{"id":15079,"date":"2016-10-18T20:22:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T20:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=15079"},"modified":"2016-10-18T21:17:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T21:17:21","slug":"innovative-ideas-of-apj-abdul-kalam-ignite-award-2016-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/innovative-ideas-of-apj-abdul-kalam-ignite-award-2016-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"This 13-year-old Boy, a Poor Indian Farmer\u2019s Son, Wins APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award 2016 for Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Missile Man of India is no more amidst us. We commemorated his death anniversary on July 27 this year. However, his presence is felt all over the nation, even in remote rural backwaters, like an invisible ray of hope, inspiration and optimism.<\/strong> That is what three school students from the Maoist hotbeds in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh proved by winning the prestigious APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award 2016.<\/p>\n 13-year-old Roshan Sori is a student of Class 6\u00a0and son of a poor farmer from a remote village in the district of Sukma, a region affected by Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh.<\/strong> His idea of a software-based solution for instantaneous voting earned him the APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award this year. According to this young Indian, electronic voting machines (EVMs) can be equipped with software which will instantly transmit data to the control room of the election commission as soon as voters press the button.<\/p>\n