Gitanjali Rao: TIME’s First-Ever “Kid of the Year”
Since 1927, Time magazine has annually named a Person of the Year. In 2020 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao became the magazine’s first-ever “Kid of the Year”.
In December 2020 Gitanjali was interviewed by Angelina Jolie for Time Magazine. Read on to find out about this young innovator’s progress.
Gitanjali Rao: TIME’s First-Ever “Kid of the Year”
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Time’s award is just one of Gitanjali’s many achievements. In 2017 she won the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Gitanjali invented Tethys, a device that can detect lead in drinking water using a mobile app.
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan inspired Gitanjali Rao to use Android tech to create Tethys, a device that detects lead in drinking water. Hear from the 13-year-old inventor herself on how it works. #SearchOn pic.twitter.com/kVynaAk3nZ
— Google (@Google) December 6, 2018
It took the seventh-grader only five months to develop the device.
Forbes also featured the young inventor in their 30 under 30 list in 2019.
In 2020 Gitanjali published a book called A Young Innovator’s Guide to STEM. She wanted to inspire more people to approach today’s problems with innovative solutions.
I am pleased to announce the pre-release of my new book. Today’s complex world with its unique challenges needs an innovation movement. The book details a prescriptive process and encourages everybody to be a problem solver!https://t.co/0nyTGSIdek
— Gitanjali Rao (@gitanjaliarao) September 23, 2020
Her latest invention is Kindly, an anti-cyberbullying service. Due to Covid-19 Gitanjali virtually launched it in early May 2020. The app uses AI and natural language processing to identify early signs of cyberbullying.
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