Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
An AM Naik School, Powai, Mumbai (estb.2022) team — comprising class IX students Vedanshi Mehta, Aarav Mohanraj and Arushi Ganguly — was declared National Winner of the Vivo Ignite Science & Innovation Ver. 2.0 competition for innovating prototypes of green, energy-efficient, economical and safe Smart Street devices. The finale was staged in New […]
Autar Nehru (Delhi)
Revolted by stinking storm water drains choked with garbage in Jammu’s Nanak Nagar neighbourhood, Karman Singh, a class X student of the city’s top-ranked Jodhamal Public School (JPS), has designed a Smart Dustbin solution. Last November, Karman was awarded a British patent for his revolutionary invention.
The Smart Dustbin combines radio technology with an […]
Noida-based Ayaan Suri and Shaurya Mahajan — members of Team Quadrex — are the newly crowned under-14 junior champions of RoboCup Asia-Pacific (RCAP) 2023, staged between December 5-9 (2023) at the Alpensia Convention Center in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Team Quadrex was among six teams invited from five countries to compete in RCAP 2023, after winning […]
Mumbai-based music prodigy Ayaan Deshpande (10) has sprung into the global limelight. Last August, he was adjudged winner in piano proficiency and composition at the Golden Key Music Festival, Vienna. This qualified him to perform at the winners’ Gala Concert held at the majestic Ehrbar Hall — once the concert venue for 19th century Western […]
Somasekhar Mulugu (Hyderabad)
Paderborn (Germany)-based equestrian Anush Agarwalla (24) was among 26 sportspersons conferred the prestigious Arjuna Award, 2023 for outstanding performance in sports by President Murmu on January 9. Anush won a gold medal in the team event and a historic bronze — India’s first — in the individual equine dressage event at the Asian […]
Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
For building the world’s tallest (11ft 4 inches) freestanding structure showcasing four iconic buildings of Kolkata — St. Paul’s Cathedral, Writers’ Building, Shaheed Minar, and Salt Lake Stadium — in 41 days using 143,000 playing cards without tape or adhesive, city-based Arnav Daga (16) merited an entry into Guinness World Records last December […]
Nasrin Modak Siddiqi (Mumbai)
A class XII student of the wholly residential Hotchkiss School in Connecticut (USA), Haazik Kaizi (17) is a young environment activist battling oceanic plastic pollution. His smart ship christened Ervis uses centripetal force, a multistage cleaner and compactor to sustainably and responsibly cleanse the seas of plastic waste. Last September, Haazik was […]
Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Ahmedabad-based Aryan Rajvanshi (16) is a teenage prodigy representing the growing tribe of social innovators countrywide. Last November, a six-minute documentary video featuring his breakthrough innovation MechaCrop was showcased at the United Nations’ Global Impact Summit — a global initiative to support young innovators — in New York (USA). MechaCrop integrates AI and […]
Though only 19 years of age Bangalore-based Vikram Hemanathan is already a youth of many achievements. This enthusiastic and cheerful teenager has won more than 200 prizes and awards in inter-school art, drama and sports competitions. His most recent and highly prized accolade is an award in the “Greetings Galore” contest of the IV SAARC International Youth […]
Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
A grade X student of Delhi’s upscale The British School, Anahat Singh is set to make an impact in the international squash racquets circuit. In November, this 15-year-old was crowned women’s national squash champion at the HCL 79th National Squash Championship staged in Chennai.
Earlier in October, Anahat bagged two bronze medals in the […]
Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai)
In early October, Chennai-based engineering student Anandkumar (20) returned with a bronze medal from the Asian Games 2023 staged in Hangzhou (China). He was among the three-member-strong 3,000 m speed roller skating relay team which finished behind South Korea and gold medalists Chinese Taipei.
Winning an Asian Games medal for India was a dream […]
– Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Satara (Maharashtra)-based Aditi Swami (17) returned home to a hero’s welcome after winning gold and bronze medals in her debut in the compound archery team and individual events at the XIX Asian Games 2023, which concluded in Hangzhou (China) in early October. Aditi went well-prepared for Hangzhou. In August, she was the […]
– Runa Mukherjee Parikh (Ahmedabad)
Chennai’s chess prodigy D. Gukesh (17) is on a roll this year. In September, he ended former five-times world champion Viswanathan Anand’s 36-year reign in FIDE live ratings to become India’s top-ranked chess player. There’s more.
The world’s third youngest GM (grandmaster) and India’s youngest (12 years, 7 months, and 17 days), […]
– Somasekhar Mulugu (Hyderabad)
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)-based athletics star Jyothi Yarraji (24) is on a roll this year. At the recently concluded XIX Asian Games staged in Hangzhou (China), she won a silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles clocking 12.91 seconds — .13 seconds faster than her own national record. Earlier in July, this lanky […]
– Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Back in Kolkata from the XIX Asian Games — which concluded in Hangzhou, China with a blaze of colour on October 8 — Ayhika Mukherjee (26) and Sutirtha Mukherjee (28) brought home a bronze medal in table tennis (women’s doubles). En route, they derived considerable consolation from having bested world champion Chinese […]
– Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Abu Dhabi (UAE)-based Gokul Karthik Kumar (24) is bent on leveraging the power of AI (artificial intelligence) to create positive social impact in the world. Among his innovations are a
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methodology to detect hate speech in social media memes, an AI-human interactive dubbing platform and deep learning-based text-to-speech systems in […]
-Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai)
LYDIAN NADHASWARAM
Chennai-based teenage music prodigy Lydian Nadhaswaram (17) sprang into the global limelight after he won the $1 million (Rs.7 crore) The World’s Best (American reality show) title in 2019 for piano proficiency, and wowed viewers on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with blindfold piano play. In addition, he plays 18 musical […]
-Autar Nehru (Delhi)
A class IX student of Prelude Public School, Agra, Akshar Mishra is the latest teen to join India’s league of young novelists. On April 8, this 14-year-old’s second novel The World of Magic Powers (Himanshu Publications) was released at Prelude School jointly by Dr. Prateep Philip (former DGP, Tamil Nadu & author), Salim […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
L-R: Prisha, Anupriya & Vanalika
Team Udaan comprising Prisha Dubey, Anupriya Nayak and Vanalika Konwar — all class XII students of Amity International School, Saket, New Delhi — was adjudged winner of the inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Program of Samsung (India) — Solve for Tomorrow (SFT) 2022 National Innovation Competition, for developing […]
-Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
A class X student of Kolkata’s top-ranked Modern High School (MHS) for Girls, Anandini Sengupta (15) is still savouring the sweet taste of success, months after her short story Hope Floats was selected from 10,000 entries and published by Scholastic Publishers in an anthology titled Teen Tales. The Top 16 entries of aspiring […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Bengaluru-based Aarav Lad (9) was adjudged first runner-up in the 9-11 age group among 120 solo pianists in the fifth online edition of the International Festival-Contest ‘Music of the World,’ staged in Israel in March. The competition attracted contestants from 24 countries worldwide.
Debuting in his first international competition, this pre-teen prodigy wowed the […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Sriya Sainath (25), a computer science engineering graduate of NIT-Rourkela and currently a first year MBA student of the blue-chip IIM-Bangalore, was adjudged Young Analyst 2022 of the London-based Institute of Analytics (IoA) in early March. IoA is a global organisation established to encourage responsible and ethical data science professionals.
Earlier in 2018 while […]
-Runa Mukherjee Parikh (Ahmedabad)
There was a thrilling sense of deja vu in the Jhala household when Ahmedabad-based Veerangana Jhala (7) was conferred the National Bravery Award 2023 ahead of Republic Day (January 26) in Delhi by Major General (Retd.) ‘Ironman’ Vikram Dogra, for displaying extraordinary courage in saving 60 human lives in a fire on […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Mumbai-based coding enthusiast Yuvvan Talreja (16) was declared Top 10 National Winner for innovating an air pollution detection device, by an eminent jury at the grand finale of the inaugural edition of Vivo Ignite Science and Innovation competition staged in Delhi, on February 8. As a Top 10 National Winner — ranked #4 […]
-Somasekhar Mulugu (Hyderabad)
A teenager from a BPL (below poverty line) household in Hyderabad, Preethi Kongara is making waves in an elite sport — sailing. In February, the 19-year-old qualified for the forthcoming Asian Games 2023 — scheduled to be held in Hangzhou (China) in September — in the mixed 470 class category. To ready herself, […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Bengaluru-based Rishi Shiv Prasanna (9) is a boy wonder who has made it into the list of nationally celebrated social innovators. On Republic Day (January 26) this year, Rishi was one of 11 children conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar award by President Draupadi Murmu at a grand ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, […]
-Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
Class XII student and captain of sports at Kolkata’s top-ranked The Heritage School, Neha Sannabhadti (17) is shaping into a national triathlon (swimming, cycling and running) champion. On January 8, she won the 10 km Ekal Run Marathon which drew participation of 4,000 enthusiasts, in a “fair” time of 47.56 minutes. (National record: […]
Runa Mukherjee Parikh (Ahmedabad)
When not reading Harry Potter stories, Ahmedabad-based Hanya Shah (11) prefers to practise chess moves. Both pastimes have proved useful. Recently (November), this class VI pupil of the city’s CBSE-affiliated Apple Global School, hit national headlines when she won bronze at the Commonwealth Chess Championships staged in Kalutara (Sri Lanka). To her […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Bengaluru-based pre-teen Tanishi Gupta is a promising competitive swimmer who already has 50 medals of state and national aquatic championships adorning her mantelpiece at home.
Late last year at the National Games of India staged in Gujarat, this sprint mermaid who specialises in the 50 and 100 metres freestyle and butterfly stroke events, was […]
Gurugram (Haryana)-based Dhruvi Choudhary (15) is an emerging star in national gymnastics. Last December (2022), she won an individual bronze medal in rhythmic gymnastics in the senior category at the National Games staged in Bengaluru. Earlier in May, this Haryana champion was selected to compete in the School World Games of the International School Sports […]
-Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata)
Kalna (West Bengal)-based Sayani Das recently set a new record by becoming the first Asian woman to swim across the 43-km Molokai Channel which separates the islands of O’ahu and Molokai in Hawaii, USA. Sayani swam the channel which strong currents and gusty winds apart, is also the hunting ground of sharks, box […]
Pune lad Aditya Deshpande (12) has proved his skills on the pianoforte by winning top honours at the Musiquest national piano festival 2011 held in Pune last November. Musiquest is an all-India piano talent discovery contest presented in an informal and friendly workshop/masterclass format, offering participants the opportunity not only of public performance, but of […]
Maya Devipujak (18), a dyslexic girl from a BPL (below poverty line) family, has become a celebrity in Mehsana (pop. 184,133), Gujarat. She was a member of the Indian floor hockey (a seven-a-side hockey played on basketball courts with a puck instead of ball) team which bagged the gold medal in the 10th Special
Ahmedabad-based Maana Patel (13) has set new records in the 50 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres backstroke events at the 67th Senior National Aquatics Championship staged in Trivandrum on November 20-24, and more recently at the School Games Federation of India-sponsored National School Games held in Pune from December 10-15. She bagged six gold medals […]
Abhinav Menon (17), a class XII student of the Dubai International Academy (DIA, estb. 2005), bagged a silver medal in the 21st International Philosophy Olympiad staged in Odense, Denmark from May 16-19. The Olympiad attracted 90 high school students from 40 countries who wrote essays on philosophical themes during a time window of four hours. […]
Runa Mukherjee Parikh (Ahmedabad)
A 14-member team of Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore (KCT, estb.1984) bagged the communication prize (€2,000) in the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge (MEBC) international competition, in which technical universities from 21 countries participated. This year’s MEBC version 9.0 held in Monaco on July 6-9 required participating teams to build sustainable boats within […]
Somasekar Mulugu (Hyderabad)
India’s women’s boxing star Nikhat Zareen (26) who won a gold medal in the lightweight category at the Commonwealth Games which concluded in Birmingham on August 8, and was crowned world champ at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Boxing Championships held in Istanbul three months earlier, is not resting on her […]
-Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Although he has just entered his first teenage year, Karnav Rastogi (13), a class VIII student of Mumbai’s top-ranked R.N. Podar School, has already written four paperback novels and three e-graphic books titled Kartik and Mixie featuring a ten-year-old boy and walking-talking robot.
Acknowledged as India’s ‘youngest fiction writer’ by India Book of Records […]
-Shivani Chaturvedi (Chennai)
Chennai-based teenage chess prodigy and GM (grand master) R. Praggnanandhaa (aka RP) created history on February 22 by besting Norway’s five-time reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in 39 moves at the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour’s Airthings Masters online tournament. Only two other Indians — Viswanathan Anand and Pentala Harikrishna — have achieved this […]
-Autar Nehru (Delhi)
With incidents of religious, caste and communal violence rising countrywide, protest voices of the post-millennial generation are becoming louder. A case in point is Gurugram-based Riaan Kumar (18) who is determined “to promote inter-faith communal harmony through enlightenment and public policy.”
A class XII arts student of the high-ranked The Shri Ram School, Aravalli, […]
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