19yearold who works as a flight attendant with indigo seven years ago priya was just another student at vidya school in gurgaon who after tuitions helped out at her parents grocery store in nathupur village priya was picked by mensa and has received support since then i joined indigo in april and i have rented a flat in kochi i send money to my parents every month as my father is unwell and i am also doing my bachelors degree via correspondence mensa even paid a rs 50000 deposit for my induction at indigo says priya the organisations provide all kinds of assistance through tieups with a private airline and other donors sanjana nagar another gurgaonbased dhruv scholar found it difficult to study in her oneroom tenement while her siblings played and mother cooked a study room was arranged for her and other students at a neighbourhood school after class 12 her fees for studying english honours at lady shri ram college in delhi was taken care of as well as books and travel expenses the commute to college by metro costs rs 4000 per month my parents would not be able to afford that says the 23yearold whose father works as a driver when nagar decided to sit for the civil services examination after graduation her stay at a upsc study centre at rajinder nagar was funded nagar says there was emotional support too they introduced me to meditation techniques so i could stay calm and cope with my emotional turbulence she says in her community gujjar girls are not encouraged to study and this additional assistance and motivation was helpful she says asthana says that for him and other senior officials at mensa the aim is to optimise the potential of the children selected intelligence is indias greatest resource but it is completely neglected often when you tell a child that he or she is intelligent something flips in their mind and they start working much harder and doing even better he says