While most kids his age are hankering after
that one extra hour of play, he’s up all night in his lab experimenting and
innovating! His hard work and passion have helped him win over 15 awards for
various inventions! Let’s meet the young genius and find out what makes him
tick.
“I do not want to live with problems, I
want to solve them,” says M.Tenith Adithyaa, a 15 year-old student who already
has 17 inventions under his name that have bagged him many awards and two
Guinness World Record attempts.
An innovator, a professional coin
collector, a software developer, a teacher, a bird tamer and a gamer, Adithyaa
has a lot of achievements in his kitty and he makes sure he learns something
new every day.
When he was in 4th standard, he started to
study Computer Applications. By now he has mastered 35 Computer Applications
and 6 Languages!
An eleventh grader, Adithyaa spends most of
his time in his lab to come up with various solutions and innovations that
could help society at large. Unlike a regular kid of his age group, who would
be busy finishing up his homework on time so he could get one extra hour of
play time, Adithyaa is up till 3 am experimenting in his lab.
“I am an outstanding student of the class
as I am always standing out.
I sleep so late that I am unable to reach
classes on time and as a result
I have to stand outside!” he laughs.
This has become a regular story of his life
and small setbacks don’t affect his desire to achieve bigger success. Once,
while experimenting in his lab, during a chemical experiment, he had inhaled
dangerous fumes, after which he had to be hospitalized.
While lying on the hospital bed, he told
his parents, ‘Science needs sacrifice’, which frightened his parents so much
that they never allowed him to work with chemicals thereafter. But, truly
dedicated to his passion for inventions, he continued his research for other
ideas and came up with some very interesting inventions.
Adjustable Electricity Extension Board
“When I work on various experiments I need
a lot of plug points to power my devices,
which would mean a lot of wires and a big
mess. I used to get very irritated with this so
I
thought to solve the issue,” he says.
Adithyaa needed many electricity plug
points to run various devices at the same time while experimenting. Using many
extension cords/power strips was cumbersome, hence he developed an adjustable
electricity extension board, in which
one can put any type of electric plugs wherever space is available. The device
is effective up to a distance of 3 meters, and the model is ready for
commercialization.
Prototype
of electricity adjuster
Banana Leaf Preservation Technology
“We use many plastic plates and create a
lot of waste, so I came up with an idea to make cups and plates with banana
leaves,” Adithyaa says.
The technology preserves banana leaves for
a year without use of any chemicals. It also increases their durability.
Preserved leaves can resist extreme temperatures and hold more weight than the
original ones.
“Normally banana leaves dry up in three
days because the cell wall is soft.
The process that I use hardens the cell
walls, preventing the leaves from drying
for
about a year,” he says.
The manufacturing cost of these plates and
cups is very low and they can also be used as manure if disposed in the right
way. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, GOI has approved this project and
Adithyaa has received various awards for the same.
Basking in the glory
For his contributions at such a young age,
Adithyaa has received global recognition including 2 world record attempts, 2
National Awards, 7 Titled Awards, 5 State Awards and many District Awards. He
is also a winner of the IGNITE Awards conducted by National Innovation
Foundation-India.
In addition to this, Adithyaa has been
selected for the inaugural “Innovator in Residence” program of the President
office launched by the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee on
his birthday on December 11, 2013. He is currently staying at Rashtrapati
Bhavan from July 1 to July 20, 2014 and is being mentored by the office of the
President House!
The future
The young achiever wants to become an
aerospace engineer and join ISRO.
“I am inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci’s
life.
After reading about him I decided that I
will not be a scientist only but will become an inventor
who makes people’s lives better. I want to
become an aeronautical engineer and
a space scientist like Dr. Abdul Kalam and
like Stephen Hawking,” he says.
Well, we hope he achieves all his dreams –
looks like they will be good for India too!
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