December 11, 2016 4:52 PM

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3 Indian origin teenagers bag $1 lakh US scholarship

Three Indian-origin teenagers,including identical twin sisters, in the US have bagged a scholarship worth one lakh US dollars for their innovative research in the 17th annual Siemens Math, Science and Technology Competition.<br/><br/>Shriya and Adhya won the competition for their project on Novel Approach to Schizophrenia Diagnosis. The twins created a new system for diagnosing the disease by combining qualitative and quantitative approaches to assessing patients. <br/><br/>Vineet Edupuganti, won the top individual award for developing an ingestible battery that could transform the way doctors diagnose and monitor health problems deep in the body, that currently require complex imaging or invasive procedures to diagnose.<br/><br/>David Etzwiler, CEO of the Siemens Foundation says; these scholars are poised to transform the lives of millions around the globe.

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