Thrilled to see The Earthshot Prize finalist VINISHA UMASHANKAR 🌴 (Indian/Tamilian) 🌴 from Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, take on the role of UNICEF India Youth Advocate! 🌟 Here's to her leading the charge for positive change and inspiring a new generation of climate champions! 🌍👏

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Thrilled that I've been appointed as a UNICEF India Youth Advocate! 🌍 With a focus on innovation, climate change, and empowering girls in STEM, I aim to make a meaningful impact. Future belongs to children!🌟 #UNICEF #YouthAdvocate #Innovation #ClimateChange #GirlsInSTEM #India

'Happy Earth Day! 🌍 Let's celebrate our beautiful planet and commit to protecting it for future generations. Whether it's reducing plastic use, planting trees, or advocating for clean energy, every action counts. Together, we can make a difference!' #EarthDay #ProtectOurPlanet

The Tamil New Year, Puthandu, is observed with great excitement. According to the Tamil calendar, it is celebrated on the first day of the month of Chithirai, which falls in mid-April. To Tamils in Tamil Nadu, India, and around the world, I wish a very Happy Tamil New Year 2024!

UNICEF is seeking students aged 15 to 25 to join their 'Leading Minds Fellows on Climate' program. Selected fellows will receive a stipend throughout the 6-month fellowship and also travel to Italy between May and June 2024 with all costs paid by UNICEF. 🌐tinyurl.com/2h2wyk3w

My project, Solar Ironing Cart has been selected as one of the 6 finalists in the Beyond-Europe Projects category for the Peace, Nuclear Abolition, and Climate Engaged Youth (PACEY) Awards 2024. The award ceremony is on Friday! Please Register and VOTE: shorturl.at/vzACZ 🏆

What a proud moment!! Received the NATIONAL YOUTH AWARD (2020–21) at the 27th National Youth Festival, Nashik. I'm the YOUNGEST and ONLY awardee from TAMIL NADU for creating environmental awareness and my innovations. Do congratulate me, so that it inspires the YOUTH of INDIA! 🇮🇳

What an incredible 27th National Youth Festival! Over 8000 youth from 28 States and 8 Union Territories came to Nashik, Maharashtra, to participate in the biggest extravaganza of youth in India. Want to experience what it means to be an Indian? Visit a National Youth Festival! 🇮🇳

What a year 2023 was!! Everything I wished, I thought, and I hoped had come true. The days were not perfect; at times they were tiring, and I wasn't sure what to expect, but most days were perfect to learn, get out of my comforts, and think outside the box. Happy New Year 2024!🙂

I'm happy that the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India has selected me for the National Youth Award 2020–21, the highest national award given to youth (ages 15-29) in India. This is my 2nd national award. The first was the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award 2019.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way to a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year filled with laughter, joy, and happiness to last a lifetime. May the holiday season be filled with laughter, love, and happy moments with loved ones. Happy Christmas and Happy New Year! Ho, ho!

Happy to share that I’ve been accepted into 2024 Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) program with a 100% tuition waiver (US$ 6500). I express my gratitude to my parents, faculty, mentors and friends. YYGS is one of the most globally diverse, two-week summer programs in the world.🙂

இனிய கார்த்திகை தீப வாழ்த்துக்கள்!

Happy Karthigai Deepam - festival of lights!

Tiruvannamalai is famous for the Arunachaleshwarar Temple - one of the largest Shiva temples in India & the 8th largest Hindu temple in the world.

May the light drive darkness away and bring peace!

HAPPY DIWALI! 🪔 Today is the Hindu festival of lights, which celebrates the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. It is a 5-day festival that involves many rituals, traditions and customs. It is one of the most popular festivals in India.

This is for a good cause! 🙂🦋🌲🙂

I'm collaborating with CommuniTREE to create an urban forest for butterflies.

Please buy a tree: rzp.io/l/ccf23

INR 299 / USD 3.60 / GBP 2.90 / EUR 3.35

You'll get a tree tag, location, and growth updates.

👉communitree.co.in

📢 These 5 Chegg.org #GlobalStudentPrize 2023 finalists have made it their mission to protect our planet through impactful projects worldwide.

☀️ VINISHA UMASHANKAR 🌴 (Indian/Tamilian) 🌴's solar ironing card fights #airpollution .
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In the Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2023, only 181 were selected for the Gold Finalist Award out of a record-breaking 34,924 entries! I'm one of the Gold Finalist Awardees! I'm so proud of my achievement, as I'm a non-native English speaker from a rural town in India.🙂

RISE is a US$1 billion initiative of Schmidt Futures, USA and the Rhodes Trust, UK. Applications for the next cohort of RISE are open! If you are or know a talented 15–17-year old with a bright idea to make the world a better place, visit risefortheworld.org for more info! 🙂

I'm a RISE Global Winner 2023 and feel as if I'd won the The Nobel Prize! Watering plants and trees over the ground results in substantial waste of water. My project, AquaDrip, cuts the amount of freshwater required for farming, eliminates water waste, and prevents water evaporation.