This 15-year-old from Bengaluru uses age-old techniques to fight cancer, Alzheimer’s

An enterprising teenager, Samay Godika is all set to represent India at a global competition. With his video on — a self-cleansing mechanism which could help fight dreaded diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s — the Bengaluru lad is headed to put India on the global map. Samay is one of the 30 semi-finalists chosen from more than 8,000 of entries from across the world for the Breakthrough Junior Challenge. The winner will be awarded the prestigious scholarship prize money of $250,000 in a glittering ceremony in Los Angeles. An annual global competition is sponsored by the founders of Facebook, Google and Khan Academy. Samay has also been selected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for their Launch Entrepreneurship Programme 2017. This experience has led him to cofound Memorably. With this, Samay has set his eyes on the $250,000 scholarship prize money. This feat will bring him an ultimate distinction of being the first Indian to win this challenge.