Gurgaon: prolonged school closure since March 2020 has disrupted education in an unprecedented way, but 14 years Tanish Setyhi, a 10th grade student of a private school in Sanda, saw it as a blessing in Disguise.Increased exposure to online classes and methods Digital learning so far helps this child become serial application developers.
And earlier this week, he received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar in the Category.on Innovation January 24 Ministry of Women and the development of children was given 29 students from all over the country to achieve in various fields.
Tanish from Dabwali in the Sanda District was awarded to develop a unique mobile e-commerce application, Pashu Mall, which connected vendors with buyers.
Father could not be more proud.
“Being a teacher, I know how many of these lockdowns have had an impact on the level of learning between children.
However, I am proud of my child.
Not only did he learn coding and designed its own mobile application, but also dozens were developed from the application during this period, “said Ajay Sethi, Tanish this father.When the first class of March 2020 classrooms shrink to a small screen of smartphones, Tanish, then a class student 8, have spent more time on the internet than before.
He happened to be on the YouTube tutorial on the development of the application, and thus started the search to feed his curiosity.
“I have become an old technology addict.
I have learned image editing and logo designing quite early, too.
But I can’t explore much because school life doesn’t leave me with sufficient time.
Also, I don’t have a telephone or laptop then.
Pandemic changes all that.
Online education increased my time with the digital world, “Said Tanish.
Talking about the initial encouragement, Tanish he said often checked the government website for the innovation competition and realized that the people were developing the application.
“I started looking for an online course on the designing application.
I came in the YouTube tutorial, where I should know that I need to learn for the first code, “he said.
Tanish spent the first three months of the lip of learning coding, and in June 2020, he was sure about developing App.However, he still did not have many ideas about it.
“Then, I came in the saying – where there was a gap, there was room for an application.
And the first gap I saw was the difficulty of parents and my teacher faced while Juggling between online classes and offline school work.
So, I developed to-do a list of applications called a list up on June 20, 2020, “he said.
The feedback on his first application encouraged him to start designing more complex applications with sophisticated coding skills.
Since then, he has developed nine applications, he says.
The second wave hit the country and the school was closed again for months, Tanish had a good value of the designing application.
The oxygen crisis in the hospital and the environment and the livestock trafficking trades caught their interest.
“I was very touched by the oxygen crisis.
I developed an oxygen store application and started searching online for oxygen suppliers.
I will call them to register on my application, but some of them reject me, thinking I’m just an overenthusiastic child, “he said.
The breakthrough came when he learned about the struggle of farmers and local traders.
Because of the kuncian, ‘Pashu Mandis’ has been closed.
While cattle traders cannot find buyers, farmers cannot rent a cow to hijack and other needs.
So, Tanish was developed and launched Pashu Mall.
“This time, I reached out for buyers and sellers in the local area.
I also put up a poster to reach more than them.
I then circulated application details between farmers protesting through social media.
Immediately, the application has recorded more than 16,000 downloads, “he said.
His Tanish parents are self-trained application developers, and they are only financially supported.
“We only pay for classes and costs for approval from Google PlayStore,” said Sareena Sethi, Tanish this mother.
With the board exam in the corner, Tanish did not do a new task at this time.
He spends part of the Tof IME learning and fixes bugs and provides updates for existing applications.
Tanish said Toi he aspired to break the IIT entrance test and become a certified coder one day.