What Did Gitanjali Rao Do

Student scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao is Time Magazine’s first ‘Kid of the Year’ The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, inspired her to develop a way to detect contaminants and send those results to a mobile phone, she told interviewer Angelina Jolie.

Is Gitanjali Rao Indian?

An Indian-American from Denver, Colorado, Rao was chosen from among 5,000 US-based nominees.

What is Gitanjali Rao trying to solve?

A teenage scientist and inventor named Time magazine’s first-ever Kid of the Year has said she hopes to inspire others to come up with ideas to “solve the world’s problems“. Gitanjali Rao, 15, has invented technologies including a device that can identify lead in drinking water, and an app that detects cyberbullying.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Global Business & E-Commerce Reporter

Sophia analyzes international trade, startup ecosystems, retail transformation, and supply chain logistics for modern digital publications.

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