It seems like the future sure is female! Another girl has made history and got featured in Time Magazine for something that is making the entire nation proud! Who are we talking about? Well, we are about to find that out!
Gitanjali Rao Made History As TIME Magazine’s First-Ever Kid Of The Year!
Indian-American Gitanjali Rao is a young scientist and inventor who have done some groundbreaking work and has made history has been named by TIME magazine as the first-ever Kid of the Year. Here’s the Twitter post made by the official page of TIME Magazine.
Introducing the first-ever Kid of the Year, Gitanjali Rao https://t.co/Hvgu3GLoNs pic.twitter.com/4zORbRiGMU
— TIME (@TIME) December 3, 2020
Gitanjali Rao bagged such path-breaking big honor for her inspiring work using technology while tackling socially relevant issues ranging from cyberbullying, contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction as well.
The American- Indian Scientist Did Some Groundbreaking Breaking Work.
Her work spoke for itself and she was selected from as many as 5,000 nominees until she went on to get featured as a first-ever kid of the year. Several celebrities have expressed their excitement about this iconic moment and took to Twitter to announce it. It sure is an iconic moment for someone doing such groundbreaking work at such an young age of 15! Here’s what Priyanka Chopra wrote about the young talent on social media.
Blown away by @TIME’s first-ever Kid of the Year, Gitanjali Rao! 👏
Only 15 years old & tackling issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction & cyber bullying.
Thank you Gitanjali for leading the way for the next generation.https://t.co/CsvRPDhMwS— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) December 4, 2020
Gitanjali Rao was interviewed by renowned actress and activist Angelina Jolie. As Time Magazine issued an official.l statement praising Gitanjali Rao’s work and stated that the world belongs to those to shape it. The Magazine goes on to further add that each new generation produces more of what these kids have already achieved which is a positive impact, that surely comes in all sizes. She sure is an inspiring story for many.