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Young Achievers

tournaments under the half displays real-time readings.
mentorship of Anshu- Swimming attendance has risen by
man Roy, chief coach of 10 percent at my school pool after
the SKIES International parents were convinced of high stan-
Table Tennis Academy, dards of pool hygiene,” says Advika.
Bengaluru, for which For her innovation, she was pre-
she has to often travel sented the Crest Gold Award 2025 of
to Bengaluru. Since the British Science Association. Her
then she has won 14 invention also made it to the second
World Table Tennis round of the prestigious Shing Tung
golds, one Asian Cham- Yau High School Science Award
pionship gold, one (ASIA) named after the renowned
World Championship Chinese-American mathematician.
silver and ten national The younger child of Sunita and
golds. More important, Mohit Sahney — co-founders of a
this rising TT star is be- non-banking finance company —
ing sponsored by Dani Advika is hugely inspired by her
DIVYANSHI BHOWMICK Sports Foundation, Gail Foundation parents’ problems-solving mindset.
“I attribute my invention to paren-
and Khelo India. “I’m looking for-
ward to the World Youth Champion- tal and school support. My parents
ack in Mumbai from the 29th ship in November and hope to hear encourage me to test and start again
Asian Youth Table Tennis the national anthem being played,” if necessary. Similarly in Jayshree
BChampionships — which says Divyanshi. Periwal, failure is never con-
concluded in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) To ensure that denouement, this demned,” says this young inventor.
on July 1 — Divyanshi Bhowmick young teen is training for six-eight Advika is also thankful to JPIS’
(14) has returned with the U-15 girls hours daily at the Khar Gymkhana biology and chemistry teachers who
singles title, ending a severe Indian under coach Sachin Shetty. “Winning let her freely use lab equipment, to
table tennis drought. The first In- the under-15 girls championship in develop and perfect her utilitarian
dian to win this title in 36 years, Di- Tashkent was a huge morale booster. invention and also her computer
vyanshi has qualified for the World I’m determined to improve on that science teacher Suraj Kumar who
Youth Table Tennis Championships performance,” says this gritty teen. helped her with circuit building, and
scheduled to be held in Romania God speed! design.
this month (November). Baishali Mukherjee (Kolkata) “Hygiene and human safety is
In a fiercely contested final the core purpose of DipSafe. I hope
against China’s Zhu Qihui, Divyan- it will be commercialised soon,”
shi emerged victorious with a 13-11, ADVIKA SAHNEY says Advika, who has plans to study
11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8 scoreline for a public health and biomedical
showcasing her calm temperament sciences degree after completing
and technical finesse. Prior to the fi- fter battling multiple in- Plus Two. “I intend to make a career
nal, she battled through a challeng- fections picked up during of inventing low-cost technologies
ing seven-game semi-final against Apractice swimming sessions in to prevent diseases and improve
China’s Liu Ziling, winning 4-3 in purportedly “safe chlorinated” public community health,” says this public-
a nail-biting encounter. This is a swimming pools in the pink city, Ad- spirited young inventor.
significant achievement considering vika Sahney (17), a class XII student Wind in your sails!
that TT is China’s national sport. of the top-ranked Jayshree Periwal Paromita Sengupta (Bengaluru)
Born in Kolkata and raised in International School (JPIS), Jaipur,
Mumbai by a sports loving family has invented a compact real
(Divyanshi’s father Rahul Bhow- time water hygiene monitor-
mick and sister Hitangshi play ing device named DipSafe.
uncompetitively), Divyanshi, a class This device enables swim-
X student of the CBSE-affiliated mers to check water quality
Ryan International School, Kandi- before diving into swimming
vali, started learning this fast-paced pools.
game at age eight in school. When “DipSafe is a compact
the Covid-19 pandemic shut down device combining key water
all schools countrywide for eight quality sensors — a pH, TDS,
months, Divyanshi’s father installed turbidity, DS18B20 water-
a TT table at home, enabling her to proof and chlorine — con-
practise with her sister under his nected to an Arduino Nano.
mentorship. It runs on a Li-ion battery
Soon after the end of the and shows results on an LCD
pandemic while she turned ten, screen. Half the box remains
Divyanshi started playing state-level under water while the other

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