Angad Daryani (FOUNDER&TEDxSpeaker)
A genius Mumbaikar, Angad Daryani is a social tech entrepreneur and maker of unique low-cost DIY (Do-it-Yourself) Kits. An ardentart lover, he paints his canvas with electrons
Angad Daryani, an 18 year old Mumbaiker.”Maker” is what he calls himself. Angad is a school dropout, who left school in the 9th grade and spent 6 hours a day with his tutor learning things that interested him. Angad is a TEDx speaker, founder of Sharkits and SharkBot 3D systems. Angad is the maker of India’s first 3D printer which is also the world’s cheapest 3D printer. He has been an inventor since a very tender age. At 8 he developed Lego Mindstorm Humanoid Robot, at 9 he created Breathing System, Pinhole Camera, Plastic Kaleidoscope and several other significant things. At such an early age, Angad aims at improving people’s lives through technology and innovation.
Inspiring 15 year old Angad Daryani Builds Eye-pad – Virtual Brailer For the Blind
Angad Daryani has been called a number of things: child prodigy, little genius, the inspiring teenager, but he can best be described by one word—Maker. He quit school in 9th grade to teach himself the art of science and was home schooled by teachers who focus on hands on learning.
Angad has always been passionate about building things, from improvising already existing software to making custom hardware. This one-man-army built at the age of 13 Rep Raps and supplies to prestigious institutions like the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, where he is also currently doing research on Desktop Prototyping with Tree Labs.
His passion for building things led to the invention of Virtual Brailler, a device that converts digital text from Roman to braille in real time to give tactile braille feedback to the tracked finger of a visually challenged person. This low cost ebook reader for the blind is a revolutionary product that could make books accessible to millions of people who currently depend on time-consuming methods like getting braille books printed or unintuitive methods like text-to-speech.
This project was developed in collaboration with other engineers and designers at the DIY Workshop, Hyderabad, and the team plans to take it forward, so that they could help blind people know the joy of paperless reading through open source.
15 year-old Angad’s love for aquatic animals led him to name his DIY Kits company, Shark Kits, whose open source kits are available for Indian enthusiasts at reasonable prices.
has been called a number of things: child prodigy, little genius, the inspiring teenager, but he can best be described by one word—Maker. Homeschooled by teachers who focus on hands on learning, Angad has always been passionate about building things, from improvising already existing software to making custom hardware.
When a guy builds a Rep Rap 3D printer at the age of 13, you know there is no stopping him. Angad’s love for aquatic animals led him to name his DIY Kits company, Shark Kits, whose open source kits are available for Indian enthusiasts at reasonable prices. He has created PRAAN, a device to scrub out pollution from air and render it clean. Currently studying at Georgia Tech, Atlanta he will surely launch his business soon.
Well, he might be a school drop-out but he still is pursuing education through home-schooling. Now … here’s the catch … he has appeared for board exams for not one, not two but three boards! He has cleared board exams of ICSE, IGCSE and NIOS. Really? Weren’t we or for that matter students of today cramming to clear board exams just for once, and this child here has cleared three boards.
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