New Delhi: Mrinalini Singh, a Class 12 student of St Xavier’s School in Delhi, is over the moon. She and a fellow student have created a prototype of a wand-like ‘Trekker’s Safety Device’ as part of a bootcamp at Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi (IIT-D). The device, which can transmit a low-frequency SOS signal whenever a trekker gets lost, has been termed “promising” by the director of the institute, Prof Rangan Banerjee.
“Our prototype was praised by the director of IIT-D as being of use to the Indian Army. He even asked our mentor to show it to the Defence Research and Development Organisation,” an elated Mrinalini told ThePrint.
She was among the 25 school students from across India selected…