Date: May 9, 2025
A young innovator from the school, Anushka Manoj of Class XII, was felicitated with the prestigious Grand Award by Akash Patil, Director, Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, for her outstanding achievement in the IRIS National Science Fair – 2nd Cohort. The felicitation ceremony was held to honour IRIS 2025 winners before they left to represent India at Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2025, the world’s largest pre-college science competition held at Columbus, Ohio, USA, from May 10-16, 2025. Anushka’s pioneering project, ‘RetinoScan: A Portable Fundus Imaging Device with Integrated Machine Learning for Automated Diabetic Retinopathy Detection’ was chosen among the top 20 innovations from 3000 projects submitted across India at IRIS 2025, securing her place in Team India @ ISEF 2025. A flag-off ceremony was held at the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), after the felicitation wherein the awardees were honoured by Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Padma Shri president of INSA, as they prepared to represent India on the global stage.
Anushka Manoj showcases Retinoscan, an AI-powered portable retinal imaging device for diabetic retinopathy detection
Anushka with fellow peers at ISEF
The Indian delegation at ISEF 2025
Anushka points to her name on the Wall of Honour at ISEF