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Necessity might be the mother of invention. But with science and technology in place only curiosity can be the mother of invention. Curious questions lead to new possibilities and breakthroughs. A simple question changed the life of Bisman Deu and her invention is all set to change the pollution level in various locations all over the world.

Bisman Deu used to visit her native home once in a while. During a walk in evening she witnessed a huge rice husk burning smoke. Many around the smoke felt suffocating. Well, it is a normal event for people in North India. Because the two major crop grown there are wheat and rice. Both leaves huge amount of waste husk which will be burnt at the end of cultivation.

So such black smoke is common. But Bisman thought were on that black smoke. She researched on pollution related to rice husk and found it has dangerous particles which gets airborne. With few essential data about rice husk and pollution, she decided to find a solution for this never ending misery.

First few attempts were about making useful materials from the waste of rice husk. She collected some rice husk, mixed with resin and baked it in oven. The result material was sturdy, cheap and could be used as building materials. She continued the research and improved her product. She coined the name ‘Green Wood’ for her unique material. She participated in 2013 at HPs social innovation relay competition and won the first prize by competing with 43000 students all around the world.

UNICEF noticed her invention and invited her over as a keynote speaker and panelist for an event in New York. This is a great achievement for her which boosted confidence. Green Wood attracted companies from all over the world. But she is confident to make a better version of it and then launch in market.  But this is not the first experience for Bisman as an entrepreneur. She started selling psychedelic pencil decorations to my classmates in 4th grade. So there is no place for first time fear

Bisman also found the campaign called Colour the World Pink. The primary focus is to promote entrepreneurial skills among girls. She believe girls can do more than just a 9-5 jobs. She also wants to share information about money satisfaction. This could bring in hope for girls to take up leadership skills and creating their own path to success.

She appeared in several forum talks across the nation. She divided her time between academics and spreading leadership skills among girls. She enrolled in graduate degree on Economics, politics and environment science. She had been invited to be a guest speaker and member of Advisory Executive Council of the esteemed Women Economic Forum.

Her parents are of a great support for all adventurous attempts. In fact she turned the kitchen into mini laboratory during the earlier days of Green Wood development. It is still in progress and would hit the market at the right time with a better version of it. We wish Bisman to inspire more girls with great leadership skills.

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Muscle flexibility can bring ease of movement for the human body. It is the least benefit one can receive. But it is also possible to make world record if that body flexibility is utilized properly. Gagan Satish holds a record for being the farthest limbo skater of the world. He achieved this by limbo skating under 39 cars with just 5 inches of ground clearance within 29 seconds measuring around 230 feet distance. His amazing flexible body helped him to achieve this rare milestone. But it took lot of effort from him along with great support from his parents.

Gagan Satish is a Bangalore based school student who loves skating. He kick-started skating journey when he was just 3 years old. Her mother first noticed his son’s abnormal flexibility and believed in him. He was first rejected by local skating board for being too young. But with parents support and belief, he underwent proper training.

During the training time, he used to hurt his face, arms due to ridiculously close to floor type skating. He can fall flat while skating under the vehicles. So sometimes his face meets the floor and with greater speed the chances of injury is high. Sometimes while training hurt his face and it would bleed. But he always faces it with a smile and focused on completing the training. As part of his trainings, parents help him with warm up workouts to harvest the maximum benefit out of his unique flexibility.

He woke up early morning and trains for some time until goes to school. He continued the training in evening as well. It took several months of rigorous training before his world record attempt. His father, Rajanna was nervous throughout the record attempt event. But was the happiest person once his son achieved the great success. The entire attempt was filmed using local camera and shared in social media. He is a kind of celebrity among his area members.

Gagan set his eye on world championships for limbo skating. He also wants to participate in Olympics on behalf of our country. His achievement was registered by Indian book of records as ‘ Farthest Distance in Limbo Skating Under Cars’. He plans to do the same beneath100 cars. If achieved, this could bring more light on this unique kid.

He trained under specialist coach Yatish Gowda. The coach believed in his potential from day one. Self-realization is the secret of success. In that way, Gagan is an experienced person irrespective of his age. Limbo skating in India is not an easy thing. We should appreciate his will power. Without will power no man, irrespective of the age can win such great heights.

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Accidents, a man-made disaster combined with fate can change a person’s life to extreme level. Most of the time it makes a negative impact due to the disability it brings along as after effect. Only brave souls use it as an advantage and come out in flying colours. Chandeep Singh is one of those brave souls who achieved great after losing both his arms to a 11,000 voltage power. It happened in 2011, when he accidentally came in contact with high voltage power lines above his house.

Normally the electricity flows through body and comes out of limbs. But for chandeep it found the way through his guts. So it was not just his arms damaged, but the whole body. Doctors were busy in rescuing him and couldn’t save his arms. Both arms were amputated upto his shoulders. He was a bright kid and excelled well in academics and sports. He loved to play football but his interests widened to various sports activities. Mostly he won gold medals. But the accident couldn’t hold him back from hitting the sports arena.

After 3 painful months, he decided to come back. This time he chose to try skating where balancing is the core requirement. Without both the arms he struggled in the beginning. He practiced for 90 minutes every day after the school time with able bodied skaters. His parents encouraged him and played a key role in his achievements. They were happy; his progress healed the pain in their heart. But for Chandeep, the accident was a catalyst to his achievements.

He participated in National Roller Skating event and won bronze medal in 2012. It was just one year after the tragic accident. His proud father, Surinder Singh carries a two pages long list of all his son’s achievement with him all the time. The bronze medal was just a beginning. He set his aim on other championship events. His long term practice and grit paid off when he won gold medals beyond national level. He won gold from Taekwondo Championship both Asian and International level.

Meanwhile he focused on his studies as well. Before the incident he did his schooling in Air Force School, Jammu. He again resumed studies at Banyan International School, finished his class 10 and 12 with excellent marks. Later he joined MBSCET, Jammu and pursued Electrical Engineering. It is not an easy task to excel both in academics and sports after losing both his arms.

He won two more gold medals from Kimunyong Cup Taekwondo Championship in South Korea. This isn’t the end game for Chandeep. His brave heart aimed next at world championship. He wants to become a world champion is para-skating and participate in Olympics for India. He found support, inspiration from legendary athlete Milkha Singh.
Recently the USA based Golden Book of World Records recognized him as the fastest para-skater under 100m category. This is a great achievement for Chandeep and moving in the right direction to fulfill his dreams. This hungry mind also wants to become an IAS officer. We wish him all the success and he is a true inspiration for the young generation. Nothing is impossible if you have to guts and grit to dream big.

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Everyone has dreams as high as mountains, as large as oceans. But in India, girls have a tough time to even dream. Because society has made in such a way that girl should follow certain rules and do only certain tasks. They are not allowed to get out of their home unless they are married. Still, there are few brave souls in our nation who break all barriers to achieve bigger than ever before. Such girls bring in lot of hope and energy to millions of girls all over the nation to dream and have the guts to make it real. Malavath Poorna is such a girl who is the youngest girl to climb Mount Everest at 13.

Poorna was born in a tribal village near Nizamabad. Due to the caste issues, few students including her were not allowed to enter into class. Even proper education was declined for them. Such incidents created a spark in poorna’s mind. She always believed girls are not weak, they are strong by birth.  She joined the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society for studies. Dr. Praveen kumar, who was the Secretary of that Society noticed her talents and referred her name for the Mount Everest climbing operation.

She was under rigorous training which includes running, jogging and other beginner level cross workouts. Later she started climbing small mountains and shifted gear for bigger ones. Her maiden climb was on Telegana’s Bhongir rock. It was one of the two times she ever got scared. Before climbing the prestigious Mount Everest, tested her stamina with Mount Renock in Sikhim. Even during her expedition there were news about the landslide near their track and the disaster it brought to the area. But they chose to never give up. After a tireless journey, on May 25, 2014, Malavath Poorna climbed the Mount Everest and hoisted our tri color flag at the peak.

Many might think by now, she had fulfilled her dreams. But sorry, the girl was just getting started. After the Mount Everest she climbed few more mountains. Mountaineering is flowing like blood in her veins. She also climbed Mount Elbrus and Mount Kilimanjaro as part of her dream. She wants to climb seven highest mountain at seven continents.

As a result of her grit and determination, a biopic was created about her life and it was named as Poorna. This film reflected her life from a girl who couldn’t enter school to becoming the youngest girl Everest climber of the world. She also met Prime Minister of our country and received his blessings.

When media asked the reason behind the mountaineering, she revealed her secret with a smile. It was both great and simple at the same time. She claimed Everest to make a statement to this world. Girls can achieve anything and they are not weak. She also shared the toughest moment in whole mountaineering.

It was her return journey from Everest to home. Because she saw graves on the way and got scared about it. She has dreamt to become IPS officer to encourage young girls of India to dream big and make it real. Girls like Poorna are the need of the hour for our girls to believe in themselves. We wish her great success and happiness in her adventurous journey.

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Questions lead to answers. If you hesitate to ask questions that itch your thoughts then this world might lose some benefits. Five years ago, a kid had a curious question which simply led to a breakthrough invention. The invention benefits blind people all around the world. Meet Shubham Banerjee, youngest CEO at 13. He found the cost effective version of Braille printer and received remarkable fund from Intel Corp.

Shubham Banerjee, had an intriguing question. During his 7th Class, a doubt sparked in his mind. It was how blind people read? His father who is also a software engineer simply asked him to search in internet. Perhaps it was not just a passing question to shubham. He dug deep into this topic and grew interest to find something new. At 12, he saw potential in making a new Braille printer. He began to work on various concepts and decided to kick start the prototype. His father decided to invest from his own savings.

He made the cost effective Braille printer proto by using Lego Mindstorms EV3 robotics kit. Intel Corp., who is the world’s leading chip manufacturer showed interest in his findings. When few officers visited his house which is also a customized lab, they were in for a surprise. They saw great potential in his invention. His approach showed great chance to bring down the cost of Braille printers to significant level. Shubham received an undisclosed amount as investment from Intel Corp. He found Palo Alto startup Braigo Lab and became the CEO at 13.

Shubham made world record by becoming the youngest CEO to receive such a high capital funding to start his own company. With the help of fund from Intel, he expanded the company by recruiting more technical experts and working people. His mother, Malini Banerjee became the president of the company and it became a family run business. His father helped in attending meetings, managing schedules and other key management topics.

He also co-founded a small company called Braigo Labs, to work on further development of these printers for educational and home use. He also made it as open source documentation for anyone to build Braigo v1.0 in home. Braigo v2.0 was designed as an off the shelf product. While many experts thinks that market for such printers in India is shallow but he was happy to proceed further in his adventure.

Henry Wedler who is a PhD candidate in Organic Chemistry at California University was very impressed by Shubham’s findings. Wedler is a famous personality who was born blind and has been honoured by the President Barack Obama as a Champion of Change for creating a campaign to support visually challenged students. Shubham and his father visited Wadler in person and provided him to try out the new Braille printer. Wedler was overwhelmed by the new machine and greatly appreciated his efforts. He is now the advisor of Braigo Labs.

Shubham is confident with his finding and moving forward with iron will to create the cost effective printing machines. This could beenfit the benefit of visually challenged people all around the world.

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Failures, insults are the key factors for a person’s success. It all depends on the perspective and approach. Normally insults create a great negative impact in your thoughts. But it has the potential to change your life with a positive impact if used properly. Abhishek Jain is one of the living examples for such unique approach. Insults and enemy pushed him from knowing nothing about computers to the owner of the blog which talks about in and out of computer hacks and tricks at 14. Sounds ironic! His journey is very interesting.

Abhishek is like all normal students in school. He didn’t have any magic talents right from birth. Well, sometimes talents are not born with us, it comes by practice. Abhishek didn’t know anything about computers, in fact he hates computer. An incident, an insult by his enemy pushed his limits. The enemy is none other than his own classmate.

One day there was some discussion about computers, hacking and other topics.  His classmate mocked him for being a noob and threatened to hack all his accounts. Abhishek was scared, couldn’t concentrate on anything. Next day he asked his classmate why didn’t hacked his account. The guy said that he felt pity on abhishek. But the truth is he doesn’t know how to do it. The insult made abhishek very angry and on that day during his 6th standard started to learn about computers, programming.

He used to learn for more than 7-8 hours per day about all topics around computers. He took 35 minutes to create his first gmail account. But the fire within him kept growing and he learned lot of things every day without spending a dime. He worked hard and silent. Abhishek’s schoolmates didn’t know what he was capable for quite some time. He wanted to keep a low profile. Gradually he grew interest in programming and hacking related topics.

Abhishek created blog called as hackers den. It is an informational blog where he shares lot of tips and tricks about computer and other related topics. But the specialty is he found it at 14, when most of the similar age kids might be learning basics of computer. He has a team of 6-7 who works on topics search, content creation and providing for the public. His blog attracts 1000s of viewers on daily basis. Before opening the blog, he was working for a Facebook page where he wrote technology related content. Before getting selected he was rejected by 18 Facebook pages.

Computer knowledge is because of his enemy and writing by passion. So he merged both in Hackers den. It is extremely difficult for a school student to manage time for such activities. Surprisingly he doesn’t have any preplanned schedule. But he always keeps his computer related activities next to academics. He used to sleep for only 3-4 hrs. during the initial stage. But he still forget to eat due to the hectic schedule.

Hackers den blog was featured in The Huffington Post and at Harvard University. He visited Google office as well and received many online interviews. He always thank his enemy whose actions pushed him to come this far. From here abhishek doesn’t have any planned path. But he is firm about achieving great in his life against all odds.

Abhishek is a great example for anything is possible by determination. We wish him all the success in his life.

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Indian invented the number zero. Perhaps Indians are fond of numbers for a very long time. That is why we are able to spot many mathematical geniuses from our country. Nishchal Narayanam is another star, another proud indian who became the youngest Chartered Accountant at 19. But his achievements expands wider than you could imagine. He completed double post graduate degrees. The spark happened at the age of 9, which is a very interesting story.

Nishcal liked the numbers, had a natural talent in mathematics. One day, he found the calculation mistakes in his father’s balance sheet at 9. This is not a normal. By this age kids would be learning to multiply numbers and memorize multiplication tables. But Nischal changed gears when he realized his true potential. He has exceptional memory skills.

Padmavathy, mother of Nischal who also has a Ph.D degree from Osmania University first noticed his talents. She searched and found mentors from all over the world. She groomed him with all essential knowledge. He authored few math books at 10. He trained well and participated in various memory completion across world. He won the World Memory Champion at 12.

For kids like Nischal, one Guinness record is normal. But he advanced one step and created two Guinness world records at 13. First Guinness World Record created by memorizing 225 random objects. He did it within a span of 12 minutes. Second Guinness record was created by memorizing 132 digits within a minute of time. Thus becoming the double Guinness world record holder.

He did internship in the famous Deloitte International Audit Firm. They recognised his talent and invited for a guest lecture at their global conference held in Shanghai. He addressed more than 200 people from all over the world. National Geographic  featured him in ‘ 7 brilliant brains of the world’. He  found the ‘ Nischal smart learning solutions’ at 15. It was created to educate the poor but talented kids in mathematics domain. This is a commendable initiative.

Govt. Of India honoured him with the National Child Award. It is a gold medal provided by president which is the highest honor for children under 16. His passion about numbers made him the youngest person to work in Deloitte. He is also a philanthropist and supports kida literacy though his ‘ Nischal Foundation ‘.

He had to wait for two more years from 19 to start working as CA. Because indian law doesn’t allow CA less than 21 years. Nischal’s schooling was normal till class 7. But changed gears there and appeared for each final class exams every 6 months. By 13, he was all set to join college. He completed his both degrees from Osamania University. He was also the youngest graduate from that university.

Such bright minds should be provided with essential resources to achieve great success in their life. Most of these talents are identified by parents. So it is their responsibility to provide enough space and motivation to find what their kids love to do. We wish Nischal a great success in his life and bring many more proud moments to our country. It would inspire our kids to a great extent.

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Oscar, Golden Globe, National, International awards. Well known recognition for movies and people behind it. But this kid holds the Guinness World Record for the youngest director of the world. He directed and acted in a movie called ‘Care of Footpath’, at 9. He had beaten another guy who held this record at 13. Meet Director Kishan Shrikanth, whose first movie is a mega hit. He bagged many national and global recognition on his debut movie.

Kishan Shrikanth is based from Bangalore, Karnataka. He never had any ambition of becoming a filmmaker. Honestly neither their parents had any wish related to movies. He just stumbled on his destiny. When he was four years old, he was included as one of the kids appearing in a movie. It was his dad’s contact led him to acting. But nobody dreamt it was his starting point as a filmmaker.

During the shoot time, he used to act with other kids. Unlike other kids, once shoot is over he roamed around the set and try to understand how it works. He always has questions like how a film is made. He was curious. A four year kid roaming around the set and asked curious questions about many things. Many shared small information about whatever they do. Thus feeding his curiosity.

He learned lot of things during his first movie acting. He also appeared in few commercials. But his heart indulged more into the process of filmmaking rather than acting. He grew up with all questions, thoughts about direction and other technical aspects. He made up his mind for a full length movie in his native language, Kannada.

In 2005, Kishan made his debut film ‘Care of Footpath’ with famous Kannada stars. It was well received by the audiences and filmmakers. Thus making is own territory in Kannada film industry. The film was super hit and crossed 100 days. The movie won several awards and even got a very good rating in IMDB, well known site for movie ratings.

After the victory of his debut movie, he made several films including the part 2 of his debut movie. He has also acted in 28 feature films and more than 300 Television episodes. Some of his notable movies are Aishwarya, Teenage, Moggina Manasu. He also wanted to learn in a proper way. He requested the authorities to allow him for Master’s degree right after his Class X.

At 16, he already finished Master of Arts in Animation and Multimedia. Well he is the youngest to complete the Masters degree. Next he had his eye on another degree at Wiztoonz College of Media and Design, Bangalore. Kishan won his first Award from Government of India in 2008. It was the National Child Award for Exceptional Performance. His movie ‘Care of Footpath’ earned him lot of awards including best actor for himself.

The youngest director of the world, Kishan has his whole life and time going forward. But he already accomplished many things which others think impossible. All these achievements and all the time he need is coming to him. Let’s wish him a great success.

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Dream is not what you see in sleep but something doesn’t let you sleep – A P J Abdul Kalam. Well said by the great scientist who believed in the youth of our country. What it feels to after making your dream into a reality. You would feel like flying. All of sudden, a sense of liberty. Ayesha Aziz felt the same when she realized her dream of becoming a pilot. She is the youngest female pilot of our country and first women pilot from Kashmir. She got her student pilot license at 16.

Ayesha is from Mumbai. Her relations stay at Kashmir, which is her mom’s native place. Well, father is from Mumbai. When she was a kid, at least twice a year they used to travel to Kashmir. Ayesha loved the trip, even the takeoff and landing. But her brother scared of such things. She loved the journey several thousand feet above the sea level. She was born to be pilot. She followed her heart which urged her always to become a pilot. Her thoughts were clear, actions were focused.

After passing high school, she enrolled in Bombay Flying School. BSc aviation was her choice. She was engaged in some ground lessons followed by five viva sessions. She passed all of them with ease. Once she turned 16, she was awarded with student pilot license in November 2013. Due to some financial constraints, her commercial pilot license got delayed. She had to complete another 80 hours of the total 200 hours of flying task.  However she used to operate Cessna 152 and Cessna 172.

Her early days were filled with lot of memorable moments. She remembered the first time she travelled with her parents as a pilot. She felt a sense of liberation all of sudden. it was her one of the memorable moments. As she was an aspiring pilot, she found her way into NASA for some specific trainings. It was a two month special training. Various training modules were assigned to her. Some of them are Space Shuttle Mission, Micro-gravity, manned maneuvering unit, multi-axis training, Extra-Vehicular activity. She completed all the trainings from NASA.

Apart from trainings she also met some of the well known space heroes. She met former NASA astronaut John McBride. But her memorable moment was when she met her second great inspiration Sunita Williams in 2013. She shared some of her activities in NASA like bunny walk, scuba diving, moon walk. These are essential training for space travelers. She also met Rabia Futehally, who is the First Indian Women to drive an aircraft as a Private Pilot License (PPL) holder.

Ayesha’s great aspirations were all backed by her parents. They wanted her to do as the heart wants. She believes in great potential of every woman. According to her, women must be encouraged to come out of their comfort zone and take challenging careers. Women like Ayesha are not born, but made by encouraging society. Everyone born with a hidden talent. You should find yours and nurture it. Dream big, achieve great.

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IQ – Intelligent Quotient is a famous test designed to test human intelligence. It includes various standardized tests. Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein had an IQ of 160. A well-known fact. But there are people who score more than these geniuses. Meet Lydia Sebastian who put herself in the top 1% of intelligent people. It means, she scored more than Einstein. Her score was 162. It was the maximum score one could achieve. It has lifetime significance. Because she can do wonders, foresee future in a scientific way like Einstien and Hawking.

Lydia Sebastian, was born in London. Her father Arun Sebastian, a radiologist and mother Erika Kottiath, associate director at Braclays Bank. But they are from Kerala, settled in U.K. It is a busy family and Lydia was always busy doing something. They remembered, she spoke first as a six months old baby. Lydia used to surprise her parents with her unique talents. It was her idea to participate in IQ test.

During school holidays, she decided to attend the Cattell III B paper. It was supervised by Mensa, the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world. She appeared for the test at Birkbeck College, London.  The test was easy for her, even though she was nervous at the beginning. She finished the test with two minutes to spare. At 12, she scored 162 IQ score and picked a spot in top 1% of test takers.

Cattell III B paper consists of 150 questions. It includes various questions, reading through comprehension, etc. She was tested on language skills, definitions, analogies, logical thinking and many more. Her father said it was her idea to attend the test, discussed with mother. The IQ test is available for anyone who wants to prove their ability. If you score in top 2% of applicants, you will be part of Mensa.

Lydia’s score put her above the required score with ease. An IQ of 162 means, she is a multi-talented soul. She was interested in Violin and practiced since 4 years. She is a big fan of Harry Potter book series. Also completed reading the whole series, thrice! She loves to read books. In fact she red the books which was meant for several year older kids than her. Maths, is her favourite subject. She also won award in school competition which includes mathematical skills.

Lydia Sebastian looks like a brave, intelligent kid who could make india proud in future. High IQ score means, by nature the person can posses advance thinking, perform better than a normal one. Best thing is, she found her own talent and proved it. We can only expect her to do wonders in her field of interest.