by Charu Thakur | May 16, 2025
(May 16, 2025) In parts of the world—even in the United States—people still drink water that can poison them. That’s not an exaggeration. It’s the reality for millions who rely on wells contaminated with arsenic, a toxic chemical that causes cancer and other serious...
by Charu Thakur | Feb 5, 2025
(February 5, 2025) At 22, Shubham Banerjee is a college student with an extraordinary mission. While pursuing his degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley, he also runs Braigo Labs Inc., the company he founded at the age of 12. Shubham’s...
by Charu Thakur | Aug 31, 2024
(August 31, 2024) “When I learned I was on TIME’s Kid of The Year Honoree List, I was initially stunned. It took a moment for the news to sink in, and then I felt a mix of excitement and gratitude,” says Shanya Gill, the 13-year-old innovator from...
by Charu Thakur | Jul 3, 2024
(July 3, 2024) For someone keen to become a scientist, Indian American Prathik Naidu jumped on the bandwagon at an early age when at age 17, he won $70,000 in the Regeneron Science Talent Search for developing DNALoopR. “What I essentially did was built an...
by Darshana Ramdev | Jun 27, 2024
(June 27, 2024) At the age of 17, Eshani Jha created a low-cost, water filtration device to address the problem of clean water around the world. Four years later, the San Jose teen was named winner of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize for her innovation, which uses...
