Time Magazine Report: Three Of 25 Most Influential Teenagers 2018 Are Indian Students

The Indian must be proud when hearing that the three Indian students have been listed among the top 26 most influential teens selected by Time Magazine’s 2018. They are recognized for their contribution to public health awareness and medical technology.

It is likely for the young in India to learn something from these three students, especially for those who want to take part in the STEAM courses.

These Indian students include Rishab Jain, British-Indian Amika George, and Indian-American Kavya Kopparapu.

Among these students, Rishab Jain, at the age of 14, now lives in Portland, Oregon, US. The algorithm developed by Rishab can save more lives for patients who are suffering from pancreatic cancer. Almost all of the patients (up to 93%) can’t live over five years after their diagnosis.

Rishab Jain

When scans are conducted, other organs often eclipse the pancreas which is sometimes moving around according to other processes in our body and breathing movements. The conventional treatment for these patients is radiation one applied in the broad area to approach the tiny organ; however, it may also kill some good cells unintentionally.

Rishab’s algorithm can be used in new kinds of machines, as well as built into radiotherapy equipment that are commonly used in most hospitals. With it, doctors are easy to identify the pancreas, attack the affected area more accurately, and lessen unexpected effects.

The second student is Kavya Kopparapu, 18 years old, as a newbie at Harvard University. Her invention is a learning system called GlioVision which helps doctors to scan slides of cancer patients’ brain tissues. Two of the GlioVision’s most prominent points include the detection and interpretation of genetic information. Due to its analysis of some factors such as texture, color, density and more of a tumor, doctors will have no difficulties in realizing what kind cancer belongs to, as well as how it reacts with specific drugs.

Kavya Kopparapu

Before that, Kavya has developed the same ML systems to detect diabetic retinopathy and an app that allows emergency responders to access medical information saved in smartphones of unconscious patients.

The last student in this list, Amika George, 19 years old, who lives in the UK, is struggling against the “period poverty”. This term was given to demonstrate what girls are facing on their menstrual cycle, and the reasons why they often skip classes during these days are not due to their pain, but because they have no money to buy tampons or menstrual pads.

Amika George & Bill Gates

Through her campaign, she wants to improve policymakers’ awareness and help them to realize the importance of menstrual products in healthcare. Besides, these women should receive such products for free. With 2 lakhs signatures collected for a petition in the #FreePeriods campaign, more than 10 UK lawmakers have concentrated more on this issue, as well as taken the corresponding fund allocations into consideration.