A 15-YEAR-OLD Scientist and inventor has been named as Time Magazine's first " Kid of the year".Gitanjali Rao ,from Denver,Colorado,has invented new technologies across a range of field, including a device that can identify lead in drinking water,and an app and chrome extension that uses artificial intelligence to detect cyberbullying.
She said she hoped she could inspire others to dream up ideas to "Solve the worlds's problem".
For a primary scool teacher in rural Maharashtra,it was a million dollar moment as he was named winner of the 2020 Global Teacher Prize that had more than 12,000 contenders from over 140 nations.That Ranjitsinh Disale has a heart of gold became evident from the fact that he resolved to share a whopping 50% of the prize money with nine other fellow finalists.Hailing from Paritewadi Village in Solapur district ,Disale,32,won the $1 million prize for his efforts to promote girls' education and help trigger a quick-response coded text book revolution in the country.
A video clip of the ceremony,capturing the moment Disale was named the winner and his beaming parents,trended on Twitter.
Teachers,he said,are the real changemakers."They always believe in giving and sharing,which is why,I will share 50% of the prize money among my finalists".Well Said.
Disale's interventions since 2009 helped kids access books in local languages.He embeded textbooks with unique QR Codes to give students access to audio poems,stories and assignments
വിക്രം സാരാഭായി സ്പേസ് സെൻ്റർ മുൻ ഡയറക്ടർ എസ്.രാമകൃഷ്ണൻ അന്തരിച്ചു.1972 മുതൽ ഡോ.എ.പി.ജെ അബ്ദുൾ കലാമിൻ്റെ നേതൃത്വത്തിൽ ആരംഭിച്ച ഇന്ത്യയുടെ ആദ്യ ഉപഗ്രഹ വിക്ഷേപണ റോക്കറ്റായ എസ്.എൽ.വി 3 പ്രൊജക്ടിൻ്റെ വികാസത്തിൽ പങ്കാളിയായാണ് ഔദ്യോഗിക ജീവിതം ആരംഭിച്ചത്.ഐ.എസ്.ആർ.ഒ യുടെ നിരവധി അഭിമാന പദ്ധതികളിൽ തലവനായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ച എസ്.രാമകൃഷ്ണൻ 2013-ലാണ് വി.എസ്.എസ്.സി ഡയറക്ടർ ആകുന്നത്.2003-ൽ രാജ്യം പത്മശ്രീ നൽകി ആദരിച്ചു.
