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Syamantak Payra
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Kavya Kopparap
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Navneeth Murali
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Dhruv Gaur
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Detailed explanation-1: -NEW YORK: Navneeth Murali, an Indian-American teenager from New Jersey, has won the 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee contest by correctly spelling “flipe” to earn the annual title and USD 3,000 grand prize.
Detailed explanation-2: -Harini Logan, a 14-year-old Indian-American eighth-grader from Texas, spelled 21 words correctly to win the prestigious 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, beating Vikram Raju in a marathon, first-of-its-kind spell-off, a format that tested the contestants on how many words they could correctly spell within 90 seconds.
Detailed explanation-3: -Balu Natarajan was the first person of Indian origin to win the spelling-bee championship in 1985.
Detailed explanation-4: -26 Indian-American winners of spelling bee.
Detailed explanation-5: -Why are Indian-Americans so successful? According to Pawan Dhingra, professor of sociology and American Studies at Amherst College, the success of Indian-Americans at the Scripps National Spelling Bee stems from the firm commitment of their families to spend the kind of time and money needed to prepare their kids.