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Three Indian-origin students among Time's 25 most influential teens of 2018

Updated : December 21, 2018 08:23 AM IST

Rishab Jain and Kavya Kopparapu from the US and Amika George from the UK were selected by the magazine in its list of this year’s most influential teens.

Kavya Kopparapu, 18-year-old Harvard University student, made it to the list after she developed a deep learning computer system that helps victims of brain cancer.

Three Indian-origin students among Time's 25 most influential teens of 2018

Three Indian origin teenagers have been named among the 25 most influential teens of 2018 by Time magazine. Rishab Jain and Kavya Kopparapu from the US and Amika George from the UK were selected by the magazine in its list of this year’s most influential teens.

Rishab Jain, an eighth-grader from Oregon, made it to the list after developing a software tool that helps doctors zero in on the pancreas more accurately, thus aiding in cancer treatments. Jain, who has already won the prestigious ‘Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge’ for his algorithm, is on the lookout for hospital and physician partners who could help him run a clinical trial to continue testing.

Kavya Kopparapu, 18-year-old Harvard University student, made it to the list after she developed a deep learning computer system that helps victims of brain cancer. The system allows a user to scan the tissues of brain cancer patients looking for differences in density, colour, texture and cellular alignment that are unique to that particular person's case, according to the magazine.

She took this task after learning that there has been limited advancement in the last three decades when it comes to brain cancer treatment.

Amika George, 18, made it to the list for her work towards achieving her goal to convince policymakers to end ‘period poverty,’ by funding the distribution of menstrual products to girls and women who are unable to afford them.

George, a recipient of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers Campaign Award, launched the #FreePeriods campaign and gathered nearly 200,000 signatures on her petition to help eradicate period poverty. She got support from legislatures and prompted the UK government to allocate funds for the first time in its history.

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