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Belfer Center | Women in STEM Series with Gitanjali Rao and Syra Madad

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About this series: The Women in STEM series developed and moderated by Dr. Syra Madad highlights women leaders in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and are nationally recognized scientists. The aim of the series is to recognize the various accomplishments and contributions by women in STEM fields while educating and empowering young women, providing valuable advice and sharing pearls of wisdom. Join Belfer Fellow Dr. Syra Madad in conversation with Gitanjali Rao.

While this virtual event is on the record, the event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization.

Date: Time: - Location: Online
Gitanjali Rao and Dr. Syra Madad

About the Speaker

Gitanjali Rao

Gitanjali Rao is an inventor, an aspiring scientist, author, speaker and an active promoter of STEM around the world. She was recognized as America's Top Young Scientist and was a recipient of an EPA Presidential award for her invention of an innovative lead contamination detection tool. Gitanjali is also the inventor of “Epione”—a device for early diagnosis of prescription opioid addiction using genetic engineering, and "Kindly"—an anti-cyberbullying service using AI and Natural Language processing. 

She was honored as Forbes “30 Under 30 in Science” in 2019 and TIME’s “Top Young Innovator”  and "TIME Kid of the Year" for her innovations and STEM workshops she conducts globally, which has inspired over 57,000 students in the last two years across six continents and 37 countries. She often presents in global and corporate forums on innovation and the importance of STEM. 
  
Gitanjali is the author of the book "Young Innovator's Guide to STEM", which guides students, educators, or teachers through a self-developed prescriptive 5 step innovation process. She was appointed as a UNICEF Youth Advocate 2021  for using science for solving social problems such as cyber-bullying and developing solutions for environmental protection . She received a National Geo Young Explorer 2021 grant for expanding her innovation workshops into under-resourced areas of the globe.