Krishnagiri: A teenager from Krishnagiri has been awarded the gold medal by the President of India twice for developing a device that can detect silent heart attacks. M. Akash, 15, a class 10 student has been honoured twice in a year for his innovative work that can save millions of lives from dying in silent heart attacks.
“The first award was given to me in March 15 this year by former president Pranab Mukherjee. I received the second award on Tuesday from President Ram Nath Kovind,” a happy Akash said.
He added, “I decided to do something after losing my grandfather who died when I was in class 8. He died because of a silent heart attack; his death prompted me to develop the life saving device for others.” Akash said that he visited libraries to get knowledge before developing the device. He also visited many conventions related to his topic which according to him, introduced Akash to people who supported him to complete his project successfully.
The small device developed by him looks like a skin patch if attached to the wrist or behind the ear. It warns a person in advance if he or she gets a silent heart attack.
“The skin patch attached to the wrist or behind the ear will release a small amount of electrical impulse to attract the negatively charged proteins released by the heart as a sign of a heart attack. If the quantity of this protein is more, the person should immediately take medical help,” Akash said.
CM Palaniswami lauds national award winners
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami lauded Akash Manoj, the Krishnagiri lad who received the national child award for 2017 from President Ram Nath Kovind on Children’s Day (Nov. 14) for inventing a device to predict ‘silent’ heart attacks.
Also, he congratulated Chezhian Ramu of Terres des Home and Core Trust (Tiruvannamalai), for receiving the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva award, 2017, for providing care and protection to children for quarter century.
“I feel glad and proud of Akash Manoj for inventing the devise and for receiving the national award from the President of India,” Palaniswami said while conveying his hearty congratulations and compliments to the tenth standard student, who invented the novel device.
The prototype of his non-invasive self-diagnosis of ‘silent heart attack’ was displayed during the Innovation Exhibition at the Rahtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi recently.
“I wish you many more fruitful years ahead to fetch more laurels to Tamil
Nadu and also India by coming up with new inventions in future,” the CM added.
Palaniswami also praised Chezhian and wished him continuous success in his chosen sphere of social service, especially in taking care of children and many more accolades.
Under the leadership of Chezhian, who established 16 homes for deprived children, many vulnerable kids either abandoned or infected with HIV - AIDS or other infectious diseases or pushed into beggary were rescued and rehabilitated.
