Indian American Student won National Geographic Bee contest
Meanwhile Varada was also presented a lifetime membership to the National Geographic Society. He also competed in the last year’s finals. He was declared the winner after he won the first tie-breaker question correctly identifying the Kunlun Mountains as the 1,200-mile range that separates the Taklimakan Desert from the Tibetan Plateau.
Before the finals, Varada told National Geographic that winning the bee was a five-year effort of his. “It would be the greatest experience of my life,” he said. Another indian American Veda Bhattaram from New jersey finished third at the finals, where it was stated that six of the 10 finalists were Indian-Americans. Second and third prize winners received scholarships of $25,000 and $10,000, respectively.