The group of Indians selected to represent India at the Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (SAKURA Exchange Program in Science) this May, includes 15-year-old Pushpa Kumari from Bundu in Jharkhand and 16-year-old Anil Singh from Ramgarh.
These young innovators have come up with very creative ideas to solve different problems Pushpa, a student of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV), has come up with a solution to fight infant malnutrition in India. She has developed an affordable baby food named Baal Amrit that costs just Rs. 59 per kilogramme and has all the essential vitamins, minerals and nutrients important for a baby.
It is much cheaper than the branded baby food available in the market today. It is made of 15 food products including wheat, peanut, soya bean, basil and iodine salt. Pushpa’s father is a casual labourer and she had not been to school till the age of 11 as she used to help her family in....
