{"id":14373,"date":"2016-08-14T12:07:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T12:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=14373"},"modified":"2016-08-14T12:27:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T12:27:07","slug":"indian-teens-shriyank-and-mansha-fatima-in-google-science-fair-2016-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/indian-teens-shriyank-and-mansha-fatima-in-google-science-fair-2016-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Indian Teens among 16 Finalists to Compete for $50K Scholarship in Google Science Fair 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
With Mother India gearing up to celebrate the 70th<\/sup> Independence Day, two teen students \u2013 one from Hyderabad and the other from Bangalore \u2013 made her proud by making it among the 2016 Google Science Fair finalists.<\/strong> 16-year-old Shriyank from Bangalore and 15-year-old Mansha Fatima from Hyderabad are among the 16 finalists out of thousands of young minds from across the world.<\/p>\n In July 2016, 14-year-old Advay Ramesh from Chennai<\/a><\/span> catapulted India to international headlines when his innovative GPS system for fishermen won the Google Community Impact Award in the entire Asia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Now these two wonder teens \u2013 Mansha and Shriyank \u2013 from the cyber hubs of India will travel to Google Headquarters at Mountain View in California and compete for a grand scholarship worth $50,000.<\/strong> Google will announce the winner of the competition on September 27 this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n Mansha Fatima, a 15-year-old resident of Hyderabad<\/a><\/span>, has developed an automated water management monitoring system for farmers who immensely contribute to the domestic GDP of India<\/strong>. Farming is a major source of living in rural India where farmers do still follow age-old practices to grow crops. Using Mansha Fatima\u2019s automated system to monitor water levels in rice paddy fields, farmers can prevent overuse of water whenever needed. At the same time, the optimum water level can be maintained for growth of a crop at different phases.<\/p>\n\n
<\/a><\/p>\n