Thread by @arunpudur

Indian American Gitanjali Rao is Time’s first-ever Kid of the Year. She is an innovator & scientist.

Last year, Rao was featured in Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ list for her innovations. In 2017, she won the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge and was awarded USD 25,000

for creating a device called Tethys.

The device, which contains a 9-volt battery, a lead sensing unit, a bluetooth extension, and a processor was created to detect lead in water.

In May 2019, she was awarded the Top ‘Health’ Pillar Prize for the TCS Ignite Innovation Student

Challenge for developing a diagnostic tool based on advances in genetic engineering for early diagnosis of prescription opioid addiction.

Offlately, the 15-year-old has developed Kindly, a phone and Web tool, which uses artificial intelligence technology to detect possible early

signs of cyberbullying.

Consistently First Gen Indian origin kids perform amazingly overseas compared to India as they are allowed to focus on skills rather than low quality education in India. Further no reservations allows them to flourish.

Congrats to Rama Rao garu & his wife Bharati Rao garu for raising their kid right.

I am certain Gitanjali will inspire millions more globally and hopefully Indian Education system is fixed to allow our nation’s geniuses to explore regardless of caste or other divisions.