Naina wants to complete her PG by 16

Naina wants to complete her PG by 16
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Naina Jaiswal, a tennis champ, who represented India in International Table Tennis Tournament held in Austria, is also the first Asian girl who made a...

naian jeswalNaina Jaiswal, a tennis champ, who represented India in International Table Tennis Tournament held in Austria, is also the first Asian girl who made a record - clearing her Class X exams at the age of eight from International General Certificate of Secondary Education.

This examination is conducted by University of Cambridge that is CIE board. At the age of 10, she completed intermediate from Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education which is also another record in AP. At the age of 11, she wrote her graduation first year exam in BA Mass Communication from St Mary's College, Yousufguda, Hyderabad where VVS Laxman, Sania Mirza and Ashwini Ponnappa studied. Now she is doing her final year at the same college.

She aims to PG by the time she turns 16 so that by the time she turns 20, she can concentrate on her practice and aim at winning an Olympic gold medal for the country. She also wants to start preparing for the UPSC exams. Naina who is in Lucknow is attending Indian camp for table tennis since June 5. She is a national champion in cadets and bronze medalist in sub-junior girls whereas in junior girl's, she is quarterfinalist. She won gold medals in team events of under -12, under -14 and under -16 in 2010.

She won hat-trick in national team gold medal in sub-junior team. She was seeded sixth in the Austria tournament, in which itself is a great achievement. She got an opportunity to participate in a training camp in Hong-Kong. She also represented India in the Asian junior championship held in New Delhi. She also won many state-level and national-level medals in table tennis.

The champion's multiple talents include playing piano and singing songs. Apart from that, at the age of seven she recorded a CD of Ramayana slokas. She writes with both hands and operates CS2, Corel Draw and has a good speed in typing. She cooks Hyderabadi Biryani in 25 minutes.

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