Selected from a field of more than 5,000 nominees as TIME’s first-ever ‘Kid of the Year’, 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao uses technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying.
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It’s that time of the year when magazines across the world publish various lists; of accomplishments and people behind those achievements. Indian American Gitanjali Rao, who is all of fifteen has been named TIME Magazine’s first ever ‘Kid of the Year’.
While the world through 2020 has been in and out of lockdown and restrictions, Gitanjali was busy working on a mobile device to test for lead in drinking water.
Announcing the awards, Time said, Gitanjali’s ability to apply scientific ideas to real-world problems — and her desire to motivate other kids to take up their own causes is the reason she won this award.
She was chosen amongst almost 5,000 nominees, aged between 8 to 16 years. In an interview with The Better India back…