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Indian Teen Wins UK CREST Gold for AI Tool That Adapts Textbooks for Colour-Blind Students

His outreach has already tested more than 10,000 students across four districts, identifying 131 cases.

Overview

  • Aahan Ritesh Prajapati, a 17-year-old at Adani International School in Ahmedabad, built a machine-learning model reported to reach 99.7% accuracy in modifying diagrams and maps for red‑green colour‑blind learners.
  • Media reports say the project was featured at the Indo‑French Conference on AI and Healthcare at IIT‑Delhi and is set for publication in the International Journal of High School Research.
  • School backing proved central, with promoter Namrata Adani publicly offering support and the institution providing venues and resources to test and refine the tool.
  • Prajapati piloted the work in Anand and at Gokul Ashram, conducted Ishihara screenings with classmates at school camps, and partnered with the Dr. Shivani Bhatt Charitable Foundation for district drives.
  • Diagnosed in Grade 4, he now plans to scale the initiative across Gujarat and India and to press for policies such as mandatory school screenings and accessible textbook visuals.