Six children from Mumbai, all below 12 years of age, were among 26 winners of an app development competition – WhiteHat Jr app – through which they got a chance to present their ideas and interact with innovators from Silicon Valley. The apps created by the students provide solutions to real world problems and include ideas like sign language for the hearing impaired, vision check-ups, remote communication between students and teachers to name a few. The six city kids were among the 26 who were chosen from over 7,000 entries that came in from different countries.

Hirranyaa Rajani