Teenpreneurs Forbes India
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Meet the young and restless, literally, on Forbes India Teenpreneurs—a weekly podcast series featuring entrepreneurs and innovators under the age of 20. Hosted by Naini Thaker, this interview-led podcast will trace brave new innovations and the trials and triumphs of starting young.
Edited by Mansvini Kaushik
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Ep 20: Anika Chebrolu, the 14-yr-old who won $25,000 for a Covid-19 treatment
The youngest teenpreneur to be on the podcast yet, Anika closes off our first season with a riveting story about how she has potentially discovered a cure for Covid-19, at age 14. The Indian-American recently won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her discovery of a molecule, which holds promising clues to a Covid-19 cure
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Ep 19: Made by 17-yr-olds, this paper test can detect pancreatic cancer
Raipur-based Anmol Rathi and Harsh Agarwal have developed a cancer test that they claim is 130x cheaper than MRI or CT scans, and about 40x cheaper than the pancreatic cancer blood test. The test has been found to be 85% effective in trials. Listen to Rathi talk about the prototype, and future plans for the venture
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Ep 18: Is your syllabus gender neutral? This teen wants you to find out
Ananya Gupta, 17, has built a SaaS platform where you can upload any elementary school textbook to check whether it is biased. The venture, called Grit Parity, has received funding from Amazon Web Services, and Gupta plans to take it international
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Ep 17: The 16-yr-old taking STEM education from New Jersey to Bihar's villages
Arushi Aggarwal started an initiative called Unknown16 to help develop a passion for STEM sectors among the underprivileged. She now plans to scale this up in both the US and India. Listen to what she's accomplished so far, from a different time zone, and what lies ahead, on this week's episode of Teenpreneurs
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Ep 16: Need physiotherapy? This 15-yr-old's robotic tool can help assist your movements
Currently in the prototyping stage, Lavanya Iyer's 'Kynaid' can help patients recover their kinetic movements faster, and also let physiotherapists manage sessions remotely
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Ep 15: Can failure lead to success? Hear a live example from these teens
It wasn’t always easy for Anugreh Sehtya, 19, and Mohd Faiz, 20, founders of Hybrid Ideas Solutions. Listen to them talk about their first—failed—enterprise, and how it set the ground for their next venture, which now stands on solid ground, helping non-profits across the globe with digital operations.