Inspirational Indian Teenage Girls

 On National Girl Child Day 2022, let's take a look at some of the inspirational young Indian girls who with their brilliance and innovative spirit are taking India's name to new heights-

 


  1. Vinisha Umashankar, 15

Vinisha Umashankar is a child prodigy whose innovation is a sustainable step towards clean technology. Her solar powered ironing cart is set to replace the conventional charcoal ironing box that results in production of greenhouse gasses and other pollutants. Hailing from Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu her mobile ironing cart has already won her the prestigious Child Climate Prize, 2021. Her speech at Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow won her a standing ovation by world leaders like Narendra Modi, Joe Biden and Boris Johnson.

 


  1. Esha Singh, 17

Esha Singh is pistol prodigy who won the gold in air pistol in the women’s, junior and youth sections in the National championship in 2018, at a tender age of 13. She won a silver medal at the Junior World Cup at Suhl, Germany in 2019, two gold medals at Asian Junior Championships.

 


  1. Shafali Verma, 17

Shafali Verma, at the age of 15, became the youngest cricketer to play in a Women's Twenty20 International match for India.YoungShafali disguised as a boy during her childhood to play cricket due to a lack of girls' cricket academies in her city Rohtak. Today, this brilliant lady is also the youngest player, male or female, to represent India in all three formats of international cricket

 


  1. Rucha Chandorkar, 11

This 11 year old girl from Nagpur is part of the 1% intelligent people on earth. She has beaten Einstein with her MENSA IQ score of 162. The 11 year old child prodigy has a keen interest in solving puzzles and riddles. She also does illustrations and drawings and wishes to pursue it as a career.

 

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