Vinisha Umashankar wins Swedish prize for solar-powered ironing cart design

14-year-old Vinisha has stunned all after she won prestigious Children’s Climate Prize for designing mobile ironing cart using solar panels to power a steam iron box rather than conventional charcoal

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14-year-old Vinisha Umashankar, studying at a private school in Tiruvannamalai, has stunned all after she won the prestigious Children's Climate Prize for designing a mobile ironing cart using solar panels to power a steam iron box rather than conventional charcoal. A class 9 student of SKP Vanitha International School in Tiruvannamalai, Vinisha was announced as the winner on November 2.

Solar ironing cart, designed by Vinisha, can be powered by pre-charged batteries, electricity or diesel-powered generator in the absence of sunlight. The most important benefit of solar ironing cart is that it eliminates the need for coal for ironing. The vendors can move around and offer services at the doorstep for increasing their daily earning.

It took her about two months to come up with the design. According to the reports, the cart will charge in five hours and can be used for six hours. The solar ironing cart was not Vinisha's first innovation. She had developed a Smart Ceiling Fan, which operates by itself using motion sensors.

Vinisha will receive the prize of 100,000 Swedish krona (Rs 8.64 lakh approximately), diploma, and medal from the Sweden-based Children's Climate Foundation.

Earlier In 2019, Vinisha won the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award after submitting a technical paper on the solar ironing cart. Now, she has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister of India’s Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar 2021, the highest civilian award in India for students under the age of 18.

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