Spelling Bee Indian Kid

Akash vukoti of san angelo texas is the youngest contestant ever to reach the scripps national spelling bee.

Spelling bee indian kid. The 1983 scripps national spelling bee had six indian competitors. Beginning with the 2002 documentary spellbound which showed nupur lala winning the 1999 bee indian american families have entered into something of a feedback loop in pursuing spelling stardom. The bee was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

For the 13th year in a row an indian american kid won the us scripps national spelling bee newsbytes. This year they made up nearly a third of all entrants and seven out of eight winners were south asian. Each of them won 50 000 and a trophy.

This year 562 spellers competed in the scripps national spelling bee and after a grueling 20 rounds the eight remaining contestants were named co champions. Registration opens for india spelling bee 2020 21. But there were eight co champions in 2019 seven of whom were indian.

The contest is open for all students anywhere in india thus providing an opportunity for every student to participate in this national level contest irrespective of state city or gender. Behind every spelling bee champ is at least one very engaged parent.