Indian Born American Rishi Nair wins National Geographic Bee contest

Venue: National Geographic headquarters – Washington, United States

Edition: 28th Annual National Geographic Bee

About Rishi Nair:         

• 12­ year ­old Indian born American student
• Sixth grade student from Florida

Cash Worth and Achievements:

• Nair received a  $  50,000  college  scholarship  and  a  lifetime  membership  in  the National Geographic Society
• Fifth consecutive  year  that  an  Indian ­ American  has  won  the prestigious  national  tournament

Runner up: Saketh Jonnalagadda, Eighth-grader 14 age student, from Massachusetts

• Awarded cash worth of the $25,000  college  scholarship

Third place: Kapil Nathan, a 12 year old Sixth ­ Grader from Alabama

• Awarded cash worth of the $10,000 college scholarship
• The seven other finalists each won $500

The seven Indian American contestants:

• Grace Rembert  of Montana
• Rishi Kumar  of  Maryland
• Pranay Varada  of  Texas
• Lucas Eggers  of Minnesota
• Samanyu Dixit  of  North  Carolina
• Thomas Wright  of  Wisconsin
• Ashwin Sivakumar of Oregon

Previous year Winner:  Karan Menon had won the competition in 2015