Karan Menon of New Jersey, right, reacts as he wins the National Geographic Bee, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at the National Geographic Society in Washington. Shriya Yarlagadda of Michigan, who finished second is at left. Moderator Soledad O’Brien is at center. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karan Menon, a 14-year-old Indian-American student, has won the prestigious National Geographic Bee competition in the US, in which the top three positions were bagged by Indian-origin contestants.
Menon, an eighth grader from New Jersey, competed against 10 finalists from across the US to win the 2015 National Geographic Bee championship held yesterday at National Geographic headquarters here.
