Pratap Singh: 15-year-old Indian-origin school boy, he has won the Institute of Physics Prize, for successfully carrying out an experiment that substantiated an effect of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
Nungshi and Tashi Malik: 23-year-old twin sisters planted the Indian flag on the North Pole, thereby becoming the first South Asians to scale both the North and South Pole on skis, beating men to the feat as well. In December 2014, they had conquered Antarctica, becoming the first siblings and twins to climb the Seven Summits, the tallest mountain peaks in the world. Coupled with the polar climb, they have now become the youngest women to complete the Adventurers Grand Slam.