Indian-American teenager Gitanjali Rao has been named as TIME magazine's first-ever Kid of the Year for her works using 'technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying'.<br />”&nbsp;<br />”The 15-year-old from Colorado, US was selected from 5,000 nominees and was interviewed by Academy award-winning Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie for TIME.<br />”&nbsp;<br />”<span style="color: #222222;">At the age of 11, Rao won the Discovery Education 3M Scientist Challenge and was listed by Forbes in &quot;30 Under 30&quot; list for her innovations. Her latest discovery is an app called, Kindly, that detects cyberbullying at an early stage, based on artificial-­intelligence technology. In another development, Rao has developed an application called Tethys, a device that can measure the content of lead contamination in water with the help of carbon nanotubes.</span><br />