Pendyala Harikrishna
Chess Player
Chess Grandmaster and former prodigy from India who has represented the Indian team in six Chess Olympiads since 2000.
He became the youngest Grandmaster in Indian history in 2001.
He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 2004.
He was encouraged to pursue chess by his family.
He was the youngest Grandmaster in Indian history until Parimarjan Negi became one at the age of 13.