New Delhi, January 22 – A 13-year-old Indian American boy, Shubham Banerjee has taken the world by surprise as he sets up his own company to develop low-cost machines to print Braille, the touch-based writing system for the visually impaired. Here we list 5 facts about the Santa Calra resident that you should know.
1, Shubham, a 8th grade student is the youngest entrepreneur to receive venture capital funding at Intel Capital Summit 2014.
2, His concept of Braigo printer slashes the price of a printer from more than $2000 to around $350 for education, teaching and home use purposes.
3, Shubham made and broke 7 models of the printer, before settling with one base model for his school’s science fair project.
4, He has already received a special recognition for his project on behalf of the California State Assembly.
5, He also won the 2014 Synopsis Outreach Foundation n+1 award for Physical Sciences in 2014.
-INDIA TODAY
