Vinisha Umashankar

Vinisha Umashankar is a student, an artist, a speaker, and an innovator from Tiruvannamalai, a rural town in Tamil Nadu, India. She started her innovation journey with the Solar Ironing Cart when she was 12 years old. She has participated in several science and innovation competitions. She focuses on innovations that protect the environment, save our Earth, and help the less-privileged in society. She spoke along with Prince William, the Duke of Wales, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. At the World Leaders Summit, her speech went viral on social media and may have been seen over 30 million times. She advocates change through innovation. She likes nature, trees, animals, and birds. She motivates all to grow a native tree! Her role models are the Nobel Laureates C. V. Raman and Marie Curie. She enjoys visiting temples, museums, zoological parks, botanical gardens, palaces, and forts. For more info, please Google Vinisha Umashankar or Solar Ironing Cart.