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 tathagat avatar tulsi indian institute of science patna science college
tathagat avatar tulsi

tathagat avatar tulsi -lrb- born 9 september 1987 -rrb- is an indian physicist , best known as a child prodigy .
he completed high school at the age of 9 , earned a b.sc .
at the age of 10 and a m.sc .
at the age of 12 from patna science college -lrb- patna university -rrb- .
in august 2009 , he got his ph.d. from the indian institute of science , bangalore at the age of 22 .
in july 2010 , he was offered a position as assistant professor on contract -lrb- a non-permanent teaching position for fresh ph.d. graduates -rrb- at iit bombay .
while he was admitted for a ph.d. program at 17 , to a journalist query the then dean of the physics dept at iisc described him as a `` good boy , very lovable and working to achieve his goals '' ; however , he declined to comment on the description of tulsi as a prodigy .
