hyderabad nineyearold vineela mandela a mountaineer was on cloud nine on friday after nalanda group announced to sponsor her education for being the youngest in asia to conquer mount kilimanjaro the class 4 student from the city scaled the mountain on january 12 this year by scaling the highest mountain in africa she became the youngest in asia and the second youngest in the world to achieve this featnalanda group awarded her on friday and said it would bear full cost of her education from this academic year mandela was trained by her brother vineel vineela has the confidence of climbing summits that are challenging and tougher than mount kilimanjaro said m suryanarayana raju in a press release he added that as she hailed from an economicallybackward section of society nalanda group was committed to helping her i am overwhelmed with the gesture of nalanda group i will live up to their expectations and be a brilliant student said vineela who plans to continue scaling newer heightsretracing her journey to kilimanjaro she said it was a very arduous journey there were many obstacles the most difficult one being the adverse weather conditions as we reached close to the summit we made it through with our determination and endurance level said vineela who trained for six hours per day as part of her fitness regime vineela used to run and jog with her brother though kids below 10 are not allowed to travel without their guardian to such summits special permission was accorded to vineela