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Maitreya Hegde
Maitreya Hegde (Born June 12, 1997), is an amateur astronomer and a young researcher. He is presently studying at The Vijaya School, Bengaluru in class X. He is also a good Casio player and a good sportsman. He presently lives in Bengaluru. He has won many prizes in local Essay writing competitions, debates etc. He has represented his school in the National Level Essays and drawings. He has also won the student of the year award-2013 for his top achievement in his academics. He is to discover the Varying sulphatomic ionic winds in mars, by a mere telescope. He hasn’t succeeded yet, but I’m sure he’ll do it in a couple of years.

Early life

Maitreya was born in Kumta, Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. In 1999, he came to Bengaluru and went to a school Mahila Seva Samaj, a couple of years later. There, though he couldn’t achieve anything, he had made up his mind to achieve something or the other in his later life. In his primary school phase, he won many prizes in drawing and singing. But an incident which he put curtains all over on his friends was that he met with an accident when he was in class VII. This completely washed away his singing skills and he forgot everything. But he remembered everything else. Then, he recovered from the blow and took a 2nd rank in his class VII exam. He then got a seat in The Vijaya School, which was then one of the best institutions Karnataka had ever seen. He hardly made up his mind to leave MSS. But he decided that he’ll never go near his old school as his memories would make him cry. That was the reason such a kind boy never met is primary school teachers or his friends.

Science and Maitreya Maitreya began to think of science as early as 10. He thought of many answerless questions for which even his parents couldn’t answer. But the questions were worthy. He then took science as a way of life which changed his life. He’s a topper of the school since he got the admission in The Vijaya School. He’s qualified for the NTSE 2013 level-2 examination with 152 marks out of 180. (He didn’t tell his rank) He is working out on space science, which is his favourite subject. His teachers are very proud to have this guy as a student and even Maitreya is proud to have teachers like those. He is very intelligent and kind as per my knowledge.( I’ve seen him many times) He has a good sense of humour. He’s a great fan of Stephen Hawking and his theoretical physics. “ '''He is one of the great students our school ever boasted. His English is excellent and he always thinks scientifically. He has designed even a website for our school which is now gone for approval from the higher authorities. He is an extraordinary kid and a good debater. He plays cricket very well. He’s been a topper among the students and we’re expecting 1 in 5 ranks for our school”-says his headmistress Smt. S. Geetha. Future Plans''' Maitreya hasn’t decided what to do in his future life. He says, “ What will happen to the world, I don’t know. But I’m stuck between the earth and the space ( means to say that he’s confused what to choose, whether wildlife or outer space)”. He has a dream to work for ISRO and if possible for NASA and ESA as well. He’s also alternatively interested in wildlife and wants to explore many new species of organisms in the Amazon forests, if possible. He is now more concentrating over his studies as class 10 is a turning point in his life. He also wants to explore mysterious things on earth and study about them. But what to choose depends on his mindset.