Indian NASA worker completed 3-year BSc in Maths degree in one year, went to University of Berkeley, was hailed as ‘Genius of Genius' before becoming a teacher at IIT. Then he lost everything: ‘Was seen near garbage…'

Vashishtha Narayan Singhs life story seems like someone straight from a film. It began with a lot of promise, as the late academic was hailed as a child prodigy, and he went on to complete his three-year mathematics course in just one year and later went to the University of Berkeley for further studies. But his bright career was cut short by schizophrenia.

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