She's just 18, but Akanksha Sarda has already made history. She is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad. "It's an amazing feeling...It hasn't sunk in yet. People say girls aren't good at physics, I think I have made a point here," said Akanksha Sarda, Gold Medalist, International Physics Olympiad. Akanksha Sarda knows how precious this medal is and she refuses to take it off. The 18-year-old is the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad.

There's no formula to crack JEE

Akanksha Sarda, the all-India female topper of the this year's IIT-JEE exam, has yet another laurel to add to her list — she is now the first Indian girl to win a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad (IphO). The announcement was made on Saturday afternoon in Zagreb, Croatia, where the 41st IphO 2010 was held from July 17 to 25.

"There are so many problems in the world to be solved. It may not be finding a solution to the world energy crisis, but even a simple thing that can make a small difference to peoples' lives, that will be it,"

"I never timed my study sessions," she says. "There were days when I studied for half an hour and other times when I studied for over ten. I never followed a timetable. The only time I'd stop is when I would feel exhausted.  "You have to love what you study. If you don't, no matter how much time you spend with your books, you will not get the desired results. (Many of the toppers) are where we are because we study for the love of it and not because we have an examination ahead of us. That is what makes the difference." 

Read more..
Courtesy: NDTV.COM