- Published on March 20, 2022
- In IT Services
Young Scientists Awards for school students bringing innovation to AI & Robotics
“To make digital documents and online material more accessible to people who are blind, I have developed a 'Tactile Display' with the help of people who can read digital text and documents.”
- By Poornima Nataraj
Apps that can help deal with allergies or mental health issues, having a robot as a best friend, creating a rover to travel on the moon’s surface, a photon scarecrow to wave off birds and animals in the crop fields—these are some of the innovative projects by school students who were recently given the 'Young Scientist of India" awards.
"Young Scientist India" is an innovation competition to promote science awareness, attract school students to science careers, and fill the big vacuum in research centres. The annual competition is organised by Space Kidz India supported by Niti Aayog under Atal Innovation Mission. The competition awards over half a million rupees as prizes for the best innovation. Here is the list of students and details of their project –
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Poornima Nataraj
Poornima Nataraj has worked in the mainstream media as a journalist for 12 years, she is always eager to learn anything new and evolving. Witnessing a revolution in the world of Analytics, she thinks she is in the right place at the right time.
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