London/Patna: Apurva Pandey, an exceptionally talented teenager from India, has been named among the Top 100 Child Prodigies of 2025 at the Global Child Prodigy Awards held on June 26 in the Member’s Dining Room of the House of Commons, British Parliament, London.
Apurva was recognised in the category of Writing and Poetry during a grand ceremony where he was felicitated by Gareth Bacon, Member of Parliament for Orpington, alongside Nobel Laureate in Physics (2006), George F. Smoot. Selected from thousands of nominations across more than 130 countries, Apurva joins an elite list of young achievers honoured for their contributions to science, innovation, arts, music, sports, entrepreneurship, and social impact.
The Global Child Prodigy Awards have previously been attended by dignitaries such as Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Dr Kiran Bedi, and Sir Richard J. Roberts. The 2022 edition was held in Dubai under the patronage of Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan, Cabinet Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, UAE.
Apurva’s achievements include scoring 1,580 out of 1,600 on the SAT at age 14 — placing him among the top 0.1 per cent globally. He has been recognised by India Book of Records and Rotary International for academic excellence, and received a High Commendation Award at IIT Bombay Tech Fest MUN in December 2024.
He is also the published author of two books, Achieving Educational Justice (2023) and The Game of Mathematics (2022), and represented India at Technoxian International 2023, where he secured first place in Social Media and fourth in Robotics. In sports, he won five medals at the Bihar State Shooting Championship in 2024, including two golds.
Other honours include ranking in Tallentex, multiple Olympiad medals, representing Bihar at the National Spell Bee in 2019, and being named LIC Student of the Year in 2016–17. He launched his personal website in January 2025 and respectfully declined an admission offer from Baylor University in the United States to continue his education in India.
