15 Facts About Akash Vukoti

Akash Vukoti was born on May 29,2009 and is an American child prodigy, TV personality, and motivational speaker from San Angelo, Texas.

Akash Vukoti competed for a record 6 times at the Scripps National Spelling Bee and was the first-ever first grader to compete in the bee.

Akash Vukoti was inducted into American Mensa at the age of 3 and became a Davidson Young Scholar at the age of 5.

Akash Vukoti became the first-ever first grader to compete in the history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee at the age of 6 years, in 2016.

Akash Vukoti later competed in the 2018,2019,2021,2022, and 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bees.

Akash Vukoti was featured on several TV shows, such as Little Big Shots in Season 1, Season 2 and Little Big Shots UK in 2017.

Akash Vukoti appeared as a guest on the Harry show in 2017.

Akash Vukoti was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show on November 10,2020.

On September 25,2018, Akash Vukoti was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on Dancing with the Stars: Juniors, a spin-off of Dancing with the Stars.

Akash Vukoti was featured in the award-winning documentary film Spelling the Dream.

Akash Vukoti is the son of Chandrakala Jandyam and Dr Krishna M Vukoti, who immigrated to the United States from Andhra Pradesh, India.

Akash Vukoti has an elder sister Amrita, who is a Davidson Young Scholar and a member of Mensa.

Akash Vukoti has donated to various non-profit organizations like Children's Miracle Network in San Angelo, Wikipedia, Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, Telangana CM Relief Fund, Water.

Akash Vukoti has donated to Bharat Ke Veer, an Indian government initiative supporting the families of deceased Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles personnel.

Akash Vukoti has donated to non-profit organizations the American Red Cross Society and the Government of India's PM CARES Fund to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.