(December 25, 2024) In many places across the world, the absence of books creates what Rohan Satija calls “book deserts”—areas where children lack access to reading materials. For Texas-based Rohan, this issue isn’t just theoretical. It’s personal. “I was...
(December 12, 2024) Hurried lunches eaten alone in a corner of the cafeteria, endless hours at school spent mostly in silence, her heart racing at the thought of speaking to her peers, and worst of all, having to answer the dreaded question, ‘Where are you...
(December 8, 2024) At just five years old, Madhvi Chittoor watched a documentary about a Pacific island covered in plastic waste. Birds were eating trash, fish swam in polluted water, and the beauty of the island was destroyed. For Madhvi, this was more than just...
With a warm smile, Joe Biden turned to Shrusti and said, “Well, Madam President, thank you.” The crowd chuckled as he continued, “Shrusti, thank you for that wonderful introduction. Just promise me this—when you are president one day, and someone says, ‘Joe Biden is...
(October 29, 2024) When Sirish Subash’s innovation, an AI-based handheld pesticide detector named PestiSCAND, was tested, it demonstrated an impressive 85 percent accuracy in detecting pesticide residues on fresh farm produce like spinach and tomatoes. The...
