Indian American researcher, Harsh Patel, is developing advanced treatment methods for alternative water supplies
Written by: Team GI Youth
(April 15, 2023) The demand for water and energy is increasing at an unprecedented rate across the globe. Driven by steep population growth, urbanisation, and industrialisation, this increase in the demand has serious implications for the environment, as well as for economic development and social stability. While the world leaders are yet to find a solution for this urgent issue, a young Indian American researcher has come up with a potential solution for the rising water and energy demands.
A Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Harsh Patel is working on establishing novel low water content membranes, which are capable of selectively removing targeted ions from aqueous solutions like seawater, groundwater, and brines. The young researcher recently received the prestigious American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and United States Bureau of Reclamation Fellowship for Membrane Technology, along with a cash prize of $11,750. “I am extremely pleased to have received this honour,” the researcher said, “Especially knowing that successful work in this area will have direct implications on global problems like water scarcity as well as technologies needed to implement the research at a larger scale.”
For a noble cause
A curious kid, Harsh felt quite strongly about the water shortage issues faced by various parts of the world, since he was in the school. While he did work on several small ideas to save water at a local level, it was during his graduation years that the idea of developing a low water content membrane system that could distill even seawater. After finishing his school, the young researcher went on to obtain a BS in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and later joined the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, for his Ph.D.
Harsh’s experiment showing differences in ion selectivity in varying water content membranes
Harsh’s work investigates establishing novel next-generation ion-exchange membranes (IEMs) capable of selectively removing targeted ions from aqueous solutions to meet the rising water and energy demands. The results of this research will allow the discovery of design parameters to synthesise desirable IEMs for various ion separation applications which are critical for industrial applications such as lithium extraction, water softening, and nitrate recovery.
Explaining about his innovation, the Global Indian said, “IEMs are polymeric materials that possess charged functional groups on the polymer and can facilitate the transportation of counter-ions, while effectively rejecting co-ions. Most commercial IEMs cannot efficiently discriminate between different counterions, which hinders the effective isolation of lithium or nitrate as the solutions containing these two species possess other monovalent and divalent ions in high concentrations.”
Harsh, after receiving the AMTA and Bureau of Reclamation Fellowship for Membrane Technology
His research, however, will be crucial for the advanced treatment of alternative water supplies. “My research will have significant potential to reduce the cost, energy, and environmental impact of advanced treatment of recycling waste water and seawater that would offer clean, safe, abundant, and cost-effective water supplies in arid western states and across the globe.” The researcher’s work is currently revolving around synthesising inexpensive IEMs with controlled water content and charge density over broad ranges, creating opportunities to tune ion selectivity by exploring molecular-level phenomena that affect the competitive ion transport in IEMs.
Harsh is also a part of the University-funded Kamcev Lab, a research group that aims to develop next-generation polymeric materials for water treatment and energy generation and storage applications.
(January 22, 2023) In 2007, the year Rishabh Seen first heard the Foo Fighters and t their frontman, Dave Grohl, he knew his life had changed forever. "It was one of those moments where you just know that you're experiencing something that will change you," he said in an interview later. Until that point, Rishabh Seen, who belonged to an illustrious family of Hindustani musicians, had devoted himself to the classical tradition on the sitar. Steeped in tradition [caption id="attachment_26814" align="aligncenter" width="941"] Rishabh Seen[/caption] Rishabh's childhood in Jalandhar was spent immersed in music. His grandfather, Ustad Lachhman Singh Seen, is an acclaimed tabla maestro and music scholar, with his works preserved in the national archives. Rishabh's father, Manu Kumar Seen, is an accomplished sitarist. Growing up in this environment, Rishabh began vocal training at the age of six and his sitar practice started four years later. Despite the family's deep devotion to classical traditions, his father helped him understand the world of possibilities the sitar afforded him. Still, his knowledge of what lay outside classical music remained limited and Dave Grohl came as an inspiration. "It changed my entire vision about life and music in general," Rishabh said. "I discovered
Still, his knowledge of what lay outside classical music remained limited and Dave Grohl came as an inspiration. "It changed my entire vision about life and music in general," Rishabh said. "I discovered that progressive metal was based on instrument-driven songs and that is the point where Indian classical and metal meet." His enthusiasm compounded when he realised there wasn't anybody out there who seemed to have had the idea of sitar-metal, or even a band led by any instrument other than a guitar, keyboard or drums.
Dave Grohl and a journey of discovery
Rishabh's own journey of discovery continued, and he went from the Foo Fighters to Slipknot and Nirvana. "It was around 2011, when I just played a metal song on the speakers. My dad, wondering what on earth was happening, came by to check on me. What was surprising was that he really enjoyed what he was listening to," he said in an interview. Technically speaking, too, the two forms of music are very different. Hindustani classical music involves playing one scale or raaga in a 45-minute concert. With metal, a single song can contain several scales.
At first, the young Global Indian's efforts were not well received. Metal was seen as dark and hairy, while the sitar receives reverence. His fortunes turned in 2015 when he released his first cover of Animals As Leaders' 'Tempting Time'. In no time, the song garnered lakhs of views. That was also the year he founded his band, Mute The Saint. They produced covers of artists like Animals as Leaders, Steven Wilson and Meshuggah and were a success. While the two genres might stand as polar opposites, to the trained and untrained year alike, Rishabh saw only common ground, a similarity "in terms of evoking an inner revolution and spreading peace."
In 2016, Mute the Saint released a self-titled album and two years later, the second, which contained a bunch of covers of Coldplay and Foo Fighters. Rishabh has performed with singer Arijit Singh and solo headlines sitar metal shows.
(February 25, 2023) The news was as exciting as it was historic. One of the most prominent basketball teams in the USA, Dallas Mavericks, had picked Satnam Singh to be their team member, making him the first Indian-born player to be selected in an NBA draft in 2015. Little did the world know that Satnam's entry in the NBA would open doors for an aspiring Indian American basketball player, Ryan Agarwal, who at the time was just another sixth grader at a Dallas middle school. Now a Stanford freshman, Ryan is one of the only Indian-American players on the Division I level and wishes to represent India in the American basketball landscape. "Even as I play today, I just have to keep in mind the fact that I help represent such a big community, and only a few people have the ability to do what I’m trying to do,” the basketball player said in a recent interview, adding, "It’s amazing to see how many people support me and have my back." The Stanford player, who is also deemed as the rising star of US basketball, is fully aware that his game could push him to be greater on the court,
adding, "It’s amazing to see how many people support me and have my back." The Stanford player, who is also deemed as the rising star of US basketball, is fully aware that his game could push him to be greater on the court, but it doesn’t pressure him. "Basketball is just kind of fun for me. I don’t really feel like it’s a burden on me," the Global Indian shared.
A star in the making
Ryan's parents had emigrated from India, and he was born in a Dallas suburb. While the young kid never saw someone playing basketball or considered it as a career path, it was the selection of Satnam in the Dallas Mavericks that encouraged him to start playing. In 2017, Ryan and his cousin had a chance to watch Satnam in an NBA G League game, and it was there that Ryan realised he wanted to play just like him. And once he had made up his mind, there was no looking back. The youngster started playing at his school and was soon picked up to be a part of the local team. Standing at 6’7 and a slender 175 pounds, the Indian American player is a certified bucket.
[caption id="attachment_27827" align="aligncenter" width="651"] Ryan with his family[/caption]
While he loved playing the sport and spending several hours mastering the skill, Ryan credits his parents for supporting him throughout the journey. Even though they were initially unsure about the rigorous world of recruiting and elite sports, watching their son play gave them immense confidence. Eventually, Ryan shared, that several families started reaching out to them to ask for advice, partly on how to encourage their children in sports and get them noticed by college coaches. "I’m blessed with the parents I have, because they put me in every sport possible to just try to see what I love, which honestly, not a lot of Indian parents do,” Ryan said, adding, "I think that’s the biggest thing for me. If it wasn’t for the support from my parents, who knows where I would be.”
More mountains to climb
The 18-year-old, who is a part of the Standford team now, understands how rare it is to see Indian basketball players playing at the Division I level and also realises his responsibility to encourage other South Asian kids, who aspire to be basketball players. "We didn’t really have a lot of players that were Indian-American playing Division I basketball that we could all look up to,” Ryan told in an interview, adding, "In AAU travel ball, I didn’t see any Indians at all. Even in Texas, playing travel ball against other teams, I didn’t see a lot. It was just kind of on my own team if anything.”
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However, the teen player didn’t shy away from a certain amount of pressure that comes with people judging an entire culture based on his play. In fact, a few months back, Ryan also shared a video highlighting the efforts of his coaches and relatives who helped him during his journey, saying that he wants "to set an example for a whole heritage and prove that we can do it, too.”
So far this season, Agarwal has come off the bench for Stanford in nearly two-thirds of its games, averaging roughly eight minutes when he plays. Rivals.com once ranked Agarwal as a top-20 shooting guard, but Stanford Coach Jerod Haase believes that Ryan is a more complete player because of his size at 6-foot-6 and his passing ability. "I want to continue getting better and better and ready for the next level. I’ll be in the gym probably more than ever with my trainers and by myself," the player shared.
(February 18, 2024) British Indian actress Ambika Mod was 13 years old when she first picked up a copy of David Nicholls’ 2009 bestselling novel, One Day. "Everyone at school was reading it. I remember seeing that orange and white cover all over public transport – it was everywhere," the actress said in an interview. However, when she was offered the role of Emma Morley - the protagonist of the novel - for a Netflix series of the same name, she outright refused it. "I never really thought of myself as a romantic fan. I’m very cynical about that kind of stuff—about romance, love, and relationships. So this all feels a bit bizarre," the actress explained while talking about her reasons for rejecting the role initially, adding, "Also, the sheer weight and responsibility of representing Asian women on-screen was a real shock, especially at the beginning." But when the producers of the show requested her to take a second look at things, the actress delved into the reasons a bit more and came to the conclusion that she must accept the role for the exact two reasons she’s doubtful of it. [caption id="attachment_35913" align="aligncenter" width="551"] A still from the series,
uested her to take a second look at things, the actress delved into the reasons a bit more and came to the conclusion that she must accept the role for the exact two reasons she’s doubtful of it.
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The show, which faced skepticism soon after it was announced, has now become an unexpected hit. "It was a massive undertaking for me, and for that reason, it makes me so happy that people have loved the series so much. It’s done a lot for me, and I hope it can do the same for other young women who aspire to become an actor someday," said the Broadcasting Press Guild Award-winning actress.
A chance comedienne
Born to Indian immigrants in the UK, Ambika grew up in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire with a younger sister, Priya. A shy girl growing up, the actress shared that she and her sister were "raised in an environment deeply influenced by their Indian roots, even as they navigated life in England. We loved watching Bollywood movies, dressing up, and dancing." After finishing her school, the actress joined St Mary’s College in Durham to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in English Studies.
Her passion for comedy blossomed during her university years, and since then, she has showcased her talents at various stages across the UK. "Comedy gave me everything, I wouldn't be the actor I am I wouldn't be where I am today," expressed the actress, adding, "Since I was 18 years old, it taught me who I am, as clichéd as that sounds. I figured out what my voice was, I figured out what I enjoyed. I didn't compromise because I was doing all my own stuff.” During her initial days, she worked as a personal assistant at Condé Nast during the day and did comedy at night. Eventually, Ambika shared the stage with Tom Harper at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and took on the role of the troupe's President in 2017. Additionally, she showcases her skills in improvised comedy at The Free Association in London.
From stage to the silver screen
Her stage performances opened several doors for her, and the actress landed herself a role in the short film, Fair Bnb, in 2018. She also co-created the comedy duo Megan from HR with her comedy partner Andrew Shires. Recounting those experiences, the 28-year-old actress said, "The endeavour felt like a massive fail because progress was so slow. It started to garner attention only after 2019."
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However, bagging a lead role in This is Going to Hurt, the BBC adaptation of Adam Kay's memoir, proved to be a life-changing moment for her. Filmed amid the Covid-19 pandemic, she portrayed Shruti Acharya, a junior doctor. "It takes a brutal look at the Sisyphean pressures on NHS staff," the actress said, adding, "I am very glad that we didn’t shy away from the realities of what it is to be a junior doctor today, because it’s not fair on the people we’re representing. Obstetrics and gynaecology doctors have similar levels of PTSD to war veterans; it’s something that people don’t know or talk about." The Global Indian won the 2023 Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress for her role.
Talking about her current experience on the set of One Day, the actress shared, "It was quite fun, but I sacrificed a lot for this job. I didn't really see my friends and my family for like eight months, and you're working 14 hours a day. It made me reflect on what I want my life to look like. I love being an actor, but I think if you're not careful it can be all-consuming and physically speaking, your body can only do so much. So I think it's made me sort of recalibrate my priorities in terms of how much time and scope I give my career, and the jobs that I want to do and how they have to fit in with other aspects of my life.”
The actress' next series, Playdate - an adaptation by Catherine Moulton of the novel of the same name by Alex Dahl - is being produced by Disney+. "It is beautiful and I can't wait for people to see it," exclaimed Ambika.
(July 28, 2024) She's a millionaire running her own fashion brand, is called the Kylie Jenner of South Africa and has even been cancelled by actor Halle Berry on Jimmy Kimmel Live! All this by the age of 23. Rabia Ghoor began her own 'swiitchbeauty' cosmetics brand when she was 14 years old. Less than a decade later, her community-centric, tech-enabled cosmetics company has grown to become one of South Africa's largest skincare brands. 'for lazy people, by even lazier people, since 2014', she writes, on the swiitchbeauty website - her products reflect this, they're meant for young people with hectic schedules, who are looking for a fuss-free, easy to use line of cosmetics, that fit somewhere between high-end products and pharmacy brands. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rabia Ghoor (@rabiaghoor) The entrepreneurship mindset If entrepreneurship is a mindset, then this intrepid young Global Indian embodies the idea. Growing up in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa, Rabia's entrepreneurial forays began much before swiitchbeauty - she was finding ways to turn a profit by the time she was 10 years old. "I would go with my father to this bulk buy place and
If entrepreneurship is a mindset, then this intrepid young Global Indianembodies the idea. Growing up in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa, Rabia's entrepreneurial forays began much before swiitchbeauty - she was finding ways to turn a profit by the time she was 10 years old. "I would go with my father to this bulk buy place and get stickers. Those were very cool at the time, so I would take my table outside and sell the stickers I bought," she said. When her classmates decided "they were too lazy to walk to the dustbin to throw their trash," Rabia bought a bunch of small buckets, which she sold to them. They could fill the buckets with trash and empty them in the bin later, saving them multiple trips up and down.
As she and her friends began experimenting with makeup for the first time, Rabia discovered the joys of YouTube. She sought out beauty influencers who shared makeup tutorials and product reviews to get tips. Rabia realised that most of these influencers lived abroad, and that there weren't many people in South Africa doing it. Also, the influencers had access to a much wider range of products. "American, European or Asian brands that are unavailable here in South Africa were constantly innovating and evolving - especially in the digital space - while South African brands lagged behind, or just straight up didn't exist," she writes. Her friends would pull out expensive little vanity cases and show off the branded make up they had brought abroad, which were simply impossible to find in South Africa.
Unlike most teenagers, who might have thought about the problem and moved on, Rabia wondered why she couldn't be the one to fill that gap. The project took shape from a "4 square meter area" in her bedroom. While selling stickers and buckets in the school playground is one thing, building a company was a whole other ballgame, as Rabia soon learned.
Making the ‘swiitch’
Rabia also took inspiration from her father, an intrepid businessman himself, who had dropped out of high school too, and seen a string of successes and failures as an entrepreneur. He even gave her a seed fund of R6000 and gave her resources for product sourcing, formulation, e-commerce, packaging, manufacturing and design. to create a beauty brand that was easy on the pocket and which made products that were actually suited to daily use. "Things that did what they said they were going to do," is how Rabia puts it.
Rabia had no high school diploma, let alone an MBA. She functioned from instinct, learning as much as she could from the internet - it meant learning from scratch, how are products made, packaged, distributed and sold? How is a brand created? She knew that her company would cater to the gap in the South African market, and provide goods and services that were world class but easy on the pocket at the same time. "I began by asking myself why I liked a particular product, and it usually came down to specific ingredients and manufacturing techniques," she said. "Doing research on these ingredients and techniques was very beneficial."
In 2015, she made her first sale. "I didn't sleep at all during that first year," she has said, many times over. "I would be up till 3 am packaging orders, then wake up at 6 am to get to school. I was exhausted." Her exhaustion soon began to show and one morning, when she walked downstairs, her mother simply said, "Rabia, you're not going to school today, are you?" Rabia said no. "You're not going back ever, are you," her mum continued. And Rabia said no, again. That's how she quit high school at the age of 15, in 2016, to build a business as her classmates planned outfits for the end-of-year dance. "I just never went back," she laughs, as she recalls. Her parents had seen her running the business for over a year by that time, and had full faith in her. "My parents had seen what I could do with putting only half my attention into it," she says.
The realisation that she was in an unpleasant rut motivated her to get going. Her parents had just let her be to find her own way, which Rabia is grateful for always. She had to return to her bottom line, and why she had started swiitchbeauty in the first place. She listened to motivational podcasts and focussed on structuring her days and growing her business. Fortunately, order was restored quickly and Rabia hired four people to her staff.
What began an idea, with an Instagram page and two products, now has a long range of cosmetics and over 100k followers on Instagram. "I wanted a tech-enabled, affordable-priced and transparent beauty brand," she said. It was to be a homegrown product that her fellow South Africans, irrespective of race and gender, would be proud to use everyday. That's not the brand's only USP, though. swiitchbeauty stands apart from its competitors because Rabia and her team are constantly engaging with and interacting with her customers on Instagram. They get feedback and new ideas straight from her followers, along with educational tutorials made by real people who actually used swiitchbeauty products everyday. That's why she stresses on being a "tech-enabled" brand, dealing with a tech-savvy young market. "Social media has been a gift to our generation of businesses," she says. They tap into local social media influencers as well, which helped amplify the brand's customer base.
"I am focussing on dominating the market of South African beauty enthusiasts before branching out into the more competitive international field," she says. "I also feel that for now the rest of the world is well-taken care of in terms of make-up." Her 'vocal for local' approach has helped her grow the company tremendously, into one of the country's biggest beauty brands. The "money has been great too," she said in an interview, "but at present turnover is not my core focus. My main purpose is to provide my customers with the best product at the best price and build a sustainable business that will bear fruit in the future."
(October 19, 2022) At just 15, Ansh already has many achievements to his credit. The UP-born teen is the author of a book on computer science as well as the founder of two startups and an NGO. Always hamstrung by limited resources, the class 11 student studied in his native village, Tiwaripur, in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district until class five. Thereafter, he joined the Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Rajokari in Delhi, NCR. The enterprising teen is an inspiration back home in UP and now in NCR, too. Recently, Ansh’s project, Dhanwantri, an Android app that can be used to enhance the service delivery of healthcare, was selected by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India's largest research body. That apart, Ansh has also come up with several ways to leverage technology to create solutions for the problems around him. Bagging the fifth position in the CSIR Innovations Award for School Children is no mean feat, considering that more than 10,000 applicants submitted their innovative projects to CSIR. [caption id="attachment_23196" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Ansh Tiwari[/caption] "All my initiatives have been about making use of technology to find solutions. They have also been a result of the various challenges people
"All my initiatives have been about making use of technology to find solutions. They have also been a result of the various challenges people around me face, and the deep urge to do something to make life easier," tells Ansh to Global Indian.
During the lockdown when I was in my village Tiwaripur, we had to travel 20 kms to get basic healthcare facilities. The solution that I submitted to CSIR triggered from the bad experiences that I had during that time - Ansh Tiwari
He is always grateful to his parents, who ensure his good education despite not being much educated themselves. They support his dreams of being a social entrepreneur who leverages technology to solve pressing problems,
Making farmers’ lives easier
Growing up, Ansh saw his grandfather, who is a farmer in Tiwaripur, as well as many others lose out to middlemen. The greedy middlemen earned huge amounts of money by purchasing farmers’ produce at cheap rates and selling them in urban markets at inflated rates.
Ansh was determined to do something about it. As part of NXplorers programme of coming up with a solution-based startup idea, the youngster conducted a thorough survey of village farmers by interviewing them and created Kanad, an app that directly connects them to urban markets, ending exploitation by middlemen.
Sixty percent of India’s rural population can now access the internet. Through my app, farmers can directly contact urban purchasers and enhance their earnings - Ansh Tiwari
At the moment, the app’s efficiency is being tested amongst farmers of suburban areas and based on their feedback, it will be rolled out to those in the rural areas.
With the help of the same app the marginal farmers can utilise the resources of more established ones by taking their machinery on rent on an hourly basis, escaping the financial burden of purchasing expensive equipment. Ansh has also tried to integrate healthcare facilities for farmers and their families in the same app so that it’s a one-stop solution for them.
Speeding up through AI
Just before the pandemic struck, Ansh got selected for LaunchX Entrepreneurship programme scheduled to be held at Duke University, Durham, USA. Youngsters from 19 countries were selected to attend it. Unfortunately, as Covid protocols were put in place around that time, the programme took place online.
In the five-week long programme, Ansh was part of a five-member team comprising two Indians, two South Koreans and one Chinese to identify a problem and create a start-up as a solution. The members co-founded Speed Up AI.
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“Machine Learning needs data that is labelled so that AI can process such data accurately. Since most of the data is unfiltered, labelling the data is a very tiring and time-consuming process. We proposed to create an AI solution for it.”
Ansh and his team were part of the top six percent of the 800 participants to successfully complete the programme and earn a completion certificate. “It was not a small achievement for us because in order to claim the certificate, participants were required to generate $250 from the startup by the end of the five weeks. We were one of the few teams to achieve this,” he says.
Ansh and his team were later able to get funding from Delhi Government’s startup reality show, Business Blasters that helps school children to pitch their ideas to investors.
Connecting girls with mentors in STEM
I have seen many girls around me, including my sister, who do not attempt to study computer science due to lack of resources or other challenges. So, I started my NGO, ‘Girls in Stem’ to increase participation of under-represented minorities - Ansh Tiwari
In this initiative Ansh has created an online research programme in computer science where girls pitch their research ideas and are matched with university professors who guide them to take their ideas forward. In its two cohorts, Ansh’s NGO has successfully matched 210 research ideas with relevant professors.
Setting the path for students
The tech enthusiast has released his book Technology: What lies ahead? for students who want to get a head-start in computer science but don’t know where to begin.
“When I was choosing my field of study in the vast ocean of new technologies being discovered, it took me almost a year to find out that Artificial Intelligence /Machine Learning with the intersection of agriculture is what interests me,” says Ansh. “I realised that others must be facing the same challenges, especially as the school system in India focusses more on academics rather than career counselling.”
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Ansh believes that his book, published by Notion Press, and available for purchase at Amazon and Flipkart makes students’ lives easier by familiarising them with emerging technologies. “I have provided brief information about the plethora of choices available to them.”
The multi-talented multitasker
The multi-tasker's activities are not just confined to technology and entrepreneurship. He is an NCC cadet, and has been practicing yoga for seven years now. “I have won state level yoga competitions as part of a team, and zonal level competitions as a solo performer.”
His list of achievements doesn’t end here. He has been the head of his school’s robotics club and has organized several events and competitions. He is the first student of his school to get selected in the Young Technology Scholars programme conducted by Reimagining Higher Education Foundation. “I have participated in and won several hackathons.”
Teachers of life and love for teaching
Ansh loves to teach and offers free classes at home and helps out his schoolmates whenever he can, teaching them physics and chemistry concepts through experiments. He has also conducted research into social media’s impact on self-esteem in teenagers.
I have a soft corner for my village Tiwaripur and want to do a lot for the people there. Since I am still a student, I do things that can be done at this stage but would love to do more - Ansh Tiwari
The multi-faceted youngster has been the co-founder of his school’s math club, president of entrepreneurship club, head of science and technology club and class representative. The teenager receives constant support from his school Principal, Parmod Kumar Sharma and his teachers, especially his mentor, SK Pandey, under whose guidance he works as the science lab assistant in his school.
“My father is my inspiration,” Ansh says. “He took us out of our small village in UP and brought us to Delhi NCR, giving me the opportunity to explore new horizons.” signs off the youngster who is motivated by the Prime Minister of India’s hard work and down-to-earth demeanour.
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