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Stockholm, Sweden:   15-year-old Reshma Kosaraju from Siratoga, California - US i s applying AI in a life-saving way. She has created a model that proactively predicts forest fires using meteorological data and other parameters. Forest fires  have been increasing in frequency and intensity over the years, directly and indirectly causing over 339,000 premature deaths worldwide. They result in forest degradation as they wipe out trees and vegetation, cause soil erosion - leading to secondary disasters like mudslides - and destroy the habits of many species, thereby shrinking biodiversity. “Reshma represents the best of youth entrepreneurship: brave, innovative and solution-oriented,” says the jury. “Her model uses AI and technology in an innovative and savvy way in order to accurately predict the risk of forest fires while also accounting for the independent variables of climate, weather and human behavior.” From using AI to fight deforestation, to turning football goals into tr...

Entrepreneur Of The Year US National Award winner Raj Vattikuti | Altimet When Raj Vattikuti founded Altimetrik eight years ago, he set out to revamp the conventional approach to digital transformation. From his experience as a founder of several other companies, Vattikuti knew that consulting companies would too often identify a solution before they understood the problem. This approach wasted time and money, and it failed to deliver sustainable business outcomes. Instead, Vattikuti recognized that companies would be better off by identifying the data they needed to make more informed business decisions before deploying new technology. Following this approach has helped Altimetrik grow into a global enterprise with double-digit revenue growth; more than 2,500 employees; and offices in Canada, India, Japan, Singapore and Uruguay.   A serial entrepreneur and three-time Entrepreneur Of The Year Award regional winner, Vattikuti is also a strong believer in giving back. After tak...

Indian archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam lost a nerve-wracking final to Colombian heavyweight Sara Lopez to clinch a silver in the compound women's individual section at the World Championships on Saturday. The 25-year-old Indian was near her best and shot a perfect final end but the five-time World Cup champion Sara was superior to clinch the issue by two points (146-144). Vennam has now won five medals at the Worlds, including three silvers and two bronzes. Other than the two silvers here, she won two bronzes in 2019 (compound women's team and compound individual) and a silver in 2017 (compound women's team). Earlier on Friday, Jyothi was a member of the Indian women's and mixed pair compound archery teams which signed off with silver medals after lop-sided losses to Colombia here. India were in pursuit of their first ever gold medal at the world event. Jyothi dished out a consistent display shooting 28, 29 and 29 in her first three ends, but the Colombian top seed opened...

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This Hyderabad-based teacher Meghana Musunuri has made it to the top 50 shortlist for this year’s USD 1,000,000 Global Teacher Prize.  She teaches social studies, English and maths. Her name as a shortlist was announced on 9 September. She is an education futurist, philanthropist and an entrepreneur. She is the founder and chairperson of Fountainhead Global School & Junior College -Hyderabad ;  Founder of conservation NGO Save Water And Nature (SWAN); CEO of My Edu Guru and a lso Hyderabad Champion for Google’s Women Entrepreneurs On The Web (WEOW) working towards her mission of guiding women entrepreneurs in establishing their online presence. According to a  report , she went through multiple rounds of interviews and her work was reviewed not only in the education sector but also outside it. For instance, she said that her school has worked towards reviving the Meedi Kunta Lake and that’s a significant contribution. According to Musunuri, this prize given to teache...

India’s pharma sector, which has been in the spotlight during the pandemic, has just minted a new billionaire. Satyanarayana Chava , 60, founder and CEO of the $658 million (revenue) Laurus Labs —an integrated pharma and biotech company which makes everything from pharma ingredients to enzymes and proteins—saw his personal net worth cross $1.1 billion after shares of his company jumped this week. The stock has risen 176% in the past 12 months. Laurus Labs supplies pharma ingredients for drugs to treat HIV, cancer, asthma and diabetes. The company says that one out of three HIV-infected patients in low and middle income countries are taking meds with ingredients supplied by Laurus Labs. It has marquee clients, including some of the world’s big pharma players, who buy pharma intermediates, generics and contract manufacturing research services from Laurus. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, the company recorded a 70% uptick in revenue and a 286% surge in net profit to 9.8 billion r...