--- description: • National Geographic Bee winner Rishi Nair, 12*, of Seffner, Fla. • Scripps National Spelling Bee co-winners Jairam Hathwar, 13, of Painted Post, N.Y., and... title: These Kids Prove the Future Is Bright image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Kids Prove the Future Is Bright by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2016 12:49 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2016 12:49 PM CUT • National Geographic Bee winner Rishi Nair, 12\*, of Seffner, Fla. • Scripps National Spelling Bee co-winners Jairam Hathwar, 13, of Painted Post, N.Y., and Nihar Janga, 11, of Austin • Intel Science Talent Search first-place-medal winners Amol Punjabi, 17, of Marlborough, Mass.; Paige Brown, 17, of Bangor, Maine; and Maya Varma, 17, of Cupertino, Calif. \*age at time of win ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4389160/these-kids-prove-the-future-is-bright/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4389160/these-kids-prove-the-future-is-bright/"},"headline":"These Kids Prove the Future Is Bright","datePublished":"2016-06-30T12:49:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:58:02.339Z","description":"• National Geographic Bee winner Rishi Nair, 12*, of Seffner, Fla. • Scripps National Spelling Bee co-winners Jairam Hathwar, 13, of Painted Post, N.Y., and...","url":"https://time.com/4389160/these-kids-prove-the-future-is-bright/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4389160/these-kids-prove-the-future-is-bright/","name":"These Kids Prove the Future Is Bright"}}]}] ```