10 Youth Icons From India Who Are An Inspiration To Millions

Youths are often referred to as the face of a country. Every year International Youth Day is celebrated throughout the world on the 12th of august. It is mainly hosted to draw attention to the problem faced worldwide. To make people aware of the mishaps others face due to lack of amenities. This day is also significant since youths like young children are taught how they can bring a change.

The slogan behind this whole event is for youth and mental health. Though it’s 2021, mental health is a topic people aren’t ashamed to talk about anymore, but it is still kept under a hushed tone and something that might bring down a person’s imagery in front of others.

In 1999 the United Nations General Assembly declared 12th August as international youth day. The day is used to celebrate the wins of men and women all around the world.

Here’s the list of Indians who made people realize age is not the limit, but sky is:

1. Neeraj Chopra – India’s 1st Olympic Gold Medalist In Track & Field

Social media is flooded with tweets regarding him. He has already become the national crush and every 10 mins on Twitter some 100 girls start crushing on him. But that’s not the only thing, he is India’s first field athlete to win the gold medal during the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

His story inspired so many youths in India as well. Neeraj was an obese kid, his family made him do some exercise in order to keep his health in check. While he was on the ground he saw others practice with a javelin and that’s what sparked his interest. From being the obese one, he’s ‘the one’ for the nation.

2. Abhijita Gupta – World’s youngest Author

Abhijita is the World’s Youngest author. He published her book at the age of 7 only. Her book, ‘Happiness All Around’ is mostly targeted towards children. She writes about the positive things she feels and sees, whatever makes her happy. The pieces are in the form of short stories and poems. The little author is from Uttar Pradesh, India.

3. Tathagat Avatar Tulsi – India’s Youngest Ph.D. holder

Here I thought passing ISC was difficult. On the other hand, we’ve got a genius like Tathagata. He completed his graduation at the age of only 12 and completed his Ph.D. course when he was only 22. While some of us even struggle to realize what we should move forward with even when we’re 23. In 2009 he was tagged as the youngest Ph.D. holder in India.

His thesis was on, “Generalization of the Quantum Search Algorithm” he was also mentioned in the Times Magazine with the title, “Superteen.”

4. Arya Rajendran – Youngest Mayor of India

Arya is a 22-year-old daughter of an electrical and LIC agent. Making her parents proud by becoming India’s youngest mayor, in Kerala. Earlier the record was held by Kavya who became a major at the age of 26, but now it’s a 22-year-old girl. She won by 2872 votes and was elected as the Mayor of Jawaharnagar Municipal Corporation becoming the youngest.

5. Kadapala Rithvika Sri – Youngest Indian To Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

This little star managed to climb through Mt.Kilimanjaro at the age of just 9. She became Asia’s youngest girl to climb Gilman point which is 5681 meters above sea level.

Crossed one of her peaks, 19340 feet in February 2021. Her father is a cricket coach for the Special Olympics club and he was her guide during the entire climb.

Mt. Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano and is also regarded as the highest standing mountain in the world. She managed to climb that and climbers who successfully do that receive a certificate as well.

 

6. Arham Om Talsania – World’s youngest programmer

A 6-year-old little boy from Gujarat became the world’s youngest computer programmer. He got this tag in November 2020. His name is also in the Guinness Book Of World Records since he cleared the ‘Python Programming Language’.

His father is a software engineer and he taught him coding with his tablets at the age of 2. That’s what sparked Arham’s interest and he continued in that field. Now Arhan has a lot of certification for his well-deserved position. Arham revealed he wants to be an entrepreneur and build apps, the software also, he would want to help the people in need.

7. Ayesha Aziz – India’s Youngest Female Pilot

Ayesha got her student pilot license at the age of just 15. She also became India’s youngest female pilot to fly a plane all across, the young ladies from Mumbai, Maharashtra.

She met her inspiration, Sunita Williams, during her two months NASA course. She also met the first lady pilot who flew a plane with a private flying license.

She also said Kashmiri women are revolutionizing at their own pace. And right after some time of her having said that, a Kashmiri female pilot became the first one to join the Indian Air Force.

8. Hasan Safin – India’s Youngest IPS Officer

Hasan is from a very small village in interior Gujarat. He belongs to a family of diamond workers. She took the UPSC exam and scored a whopping 570 in 2018. Which then led him to take the position in charge of assistant superintendent of police at the district in December 2019.

Though he faced a lot of issues and crossed a lot of hurdles in order to accomplish his dreams, he did it. And in the end, it was completely worth it for him.

9. Mayank Pratap Singh – Youngest Judge In The Country

Mayank is from Jaipur, Rajasthan. He is tagged to be India’s youngest judge. At the age of only 21, he took the RJS exam back in 2019. He also topped the exam. Mayank never used WhatsApp or Facebook neither did he ever go to any coaching class for extra educational help.

10. Ridhima Pandey – Environment activist

The environmental activist is a 12-year-old little girl from Uttarakhand, her name is Ridhima Pandey. Among the 16 teenagers who filed a legal complaint to the UN in order to take the rapid climate change in a serious manner. The complaints sent by many people were in the age range between 8 to 17 and ridhima was one of them. Ridhima has been an environmental enthusiast since she was wee. She raised her voice against global warming becoming the Indian Greta Thunberg.