TO DRIVE CHANGE, I CREATE
Project Garima
Researching Plant Pads
Researching Plant Pads
$500 pad-making machine that does not use electricity and makes pads for less than a cent.
Researching Plant Pads
Researching Plant Pads
Researching Plant Pads
Researching sustainable and absorbent plant-substitutes for cellulose filling in sanitary pads with Plant Pad at Prakash Lab, Stanford.
Think Out Of The Box
Think Out Of The Box
Think Out Of The Box
$10 personal digital maker lab
Smart Bandage
Think Out Of The Box
Think Out Of The Box
A smart bandage to prevent diabetic ulcers
Project Garima
The goal of Project Garima ("dignity" in Hindi) is to provide every girl with access to quality and affordable sanitary pads. I created a low-cost (sub $500) pad-making machine that does not require electricity and enables communities to make pads that cost less than a cent. The machine is currently deployed in girls' schools in India and enabling nearly 3000 girls to create over 100,000 pads/year. I am raising funds through my GoFundMe campaign to target 1 million pads next year.
See website for more details.
PLANT-SUBSTITUTES FOR CELLULOSE
I volunteered to assist Prakash Lab at Stanford in researching more sustainable and accessible absorbent alternatives to cellulose filling in sanitary pads. My garage is occupied with water bath, magnetic stirrer and synthetic blood as I experiment different plant options. Recently, I had success with Rice Husk and Kapok, and these will be published by the lab as part of its findings.
See Plant Pad for more details.
THINK OUT OF THE BOX
I want to make engineering accessible to every kid. Bothered by how even starter Arduino Kits cost hundreds of dollars, and appeal to hobbyist stereotypes (mostly boys!), I decided to make them as inviting as a pencil box. Think Out of The Box is a $10 kit with a microcontroller and sensors, powered by a phone using drag-and-drop code, and paper-code to increase collaboration. The kit is being used by thousands of girls in India and Africa as a personal digital maker lab, and inspiring creativity.
See more details on the website.
Smart Bandage
During my internship with the Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research program, I designed and prototyped a Smart Bandage for Type-2 Diabetes patients. The bandage monitors and regulates moisture, temperature, and pressure to accelerate healing of wounds preventing them from turning into ulcers.
