Krish,11, was the first to be accepted after scoring 162 – the highest score in a Mensa Supervised IQ Test session, placing him in the top 0.26 per cent of children with high IQ.
His sister Keira recently followed soon after with a score of 152 on the Cattell III B scale, placing her in the top 2 per cent.
“They are very competitive, and Keira was inspired to give the Mensa test due to Krish,” said mother Mauli Arora, a Delhi-born senior IT manager who studied computer engineering in Pune.
“Our parenting style is very hands-on and we are actively involved with them on a day-to-day basis. Krish takes private piano lessons and also learns robotics on the weekends. Keira writes poetry and loves creative writing,” she said.
The non-identical twins, who do “fight a lot” like any other siblings, share a strong bond and often gang up against their parents if they try to intervene in their quarrels.
Father Nischal, an electronics engineer from Mumbai, moved to the UK with his family around 25 years ago and the twins went on to enrol in the local public school in Hounslow, west London.
The proud mum said it was remarkable for her and her husband to have both their kids admitted to the world’s most exclusive club of brainiacs.
They encourage Keira to attend workshops to hone her creative talents. She is also the lead vocalist in her school rock band and will soon be starting private vocal lessons at her school from September.
“While Krish would like to go to Cambridge to study maths and eventually be an actuary, Keira would like to be a lawyer, specifically studying commercial law,” said Mauli.
