10-Year-Old Sankalp Kumra Wins Global Award for AI Anti-Alcohol Project
Sankalp Kumra, a 10-year-old student from Pathways School, Gurgaon, won the Overall Junior Winner award at the Global Social Leaders Global Goals Competition for his AI-powered project addressing alcohol addiction. His initiative includes the Recoverly app with sobriety tracking and an AI counseling assistant, a breathalyser device, and a Python tool modeling health and financial benefits of quitting alcohol. The project, aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals, has impacted over 200 individuals and partnered with multiple NGOs. Sankalp is also a published children's author.
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thetribune broke this story on 31 Jul, 11:21 am. Other outlets followed.