eD’SNOTE: Congrats to Balakrishna and thanks to David for putting this up. You might also like to know that Balakrishna is giving physics tuition, if you any is interested please contact balakrishnapillaim@gmail.com

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Few people knew, the local media was silent, and the win was almost unheralded. But for 14-year old Balakrishna M Pillai, a precocious Malaysian homeschooler, it did not lessen the sweet taste of victory when he was announced a co-winner of the international Global Challenge Award in the Best Global Business Plan category.

Team leader Balakrishna and another student Ivan Duschatzky submitted a plan for a Multipurpose Electric Generator and won First Place (Best Global Business Plan) in the competition when results were announced in June this year.

Homeschooling parents who often ask about science (or, the ‘hard sciences’) will be heartened to know that Bala’s parents Murali and Juliana are hardly scientifically inclined. Both Mom and Dad are lawyers by profession.

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