Chennai: The Global Child Prodigy Awards 2022 grand ceremony was held at Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf, Dubai, on 20th Aug 2022 under The Patronage and In the Presence of His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak AI Nahayan, Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance & Coexistence, Government of the UAE, Nobel Laureate Sir Richard J. Roberts, from the United States, was also one of the Guests of Honor for the award ceremony.
The top 100 Global Child Prodigies visited Dubai, UAE, for the award ceremony and showcased their extraordinary talent. The list includes talents from myriad backgrounds showing core competency in their area of interest, such as martial art, painting, modelling, writing, entrepreneurship, social work, acting, etc. These children come from different countries like the USA, France, Russia, UK, Spain, India, Georgia, Kenya, Brazil, Greece, Belgium, Romania, and many more.
Chennai twins Harpith and Harpita received the award under the category of entrepreneurship for their impact in helping students across the world to enrich their communication skills, life skills and self-confidence.
The twins Harpith and Harpita are already quite well known globally as “The Great Australian Spelling Bee Twins”. They are the Founders of an EdTech Company, Classminds (www.classminds.com) where over 3000 students have enrolled and enriched their Spelling, Language & Communication Skills. The twins also recently founded an Artificial Intelligence Company – Astralogic Innovation Systems (www.astralogic.ai).
The twins are also student ambassadors of Youth ExNoRa and ExNoRa International. They are leading a new global social initiative, Youth Inspire Talks, in an effort to spread awareness and literacy to students on crucial, global problems. Recently, Harpith and Harpita were also awarded the Youth Social Visionary award for upskilling over 100,000 students in the past 8 years.
The twins commented, “We dedicate this award to every deserving student across the world. To every underprivileged student, to every student living in remote areas and to every student who does not have proper exposure or awareness. Let this be a message – A message that states that you too have the potential to inspire and make a change in your own communities”