Masha Nazeem
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Masha Nazeem is an Indian inventor was born and brought up from Nagercoil in Kanniyakumari district.{{cite web|url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/masha-nazeem-receive-national-youth-award|title= 24-year-old Masha Nazeem to receive National Youth Award | work=shethepeople.tv|access-date=27 February 2020}} In 2005 during her eighth grade she designed a hi-tech train toilet (hygienic drainage disposal system in trains) that gained her two national and one international awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/aug/14/meet-masha-social-inventor-chosen-for-cms-youth-award-1509097.html|title= Meet Masha, social inventor chosen for CM's youth award | work=New Indian Express|date= 14 August 2016 |access-date=27 February 2020}}
Personal life
Nazeem was born in 1993 and was raised in Nagercoil in the Kanniyakumari district of India. Nazeem's father worked at the Treasury Office in Kanyakumari.{{Cite web|last=Iqbal|first=Naveed|date=11 March 2012|title=President plays host to India's innovators - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/president-plays-host-to-india-s-innovators/922287/2|access-date=16 June 2020|website=The Indian Express}}
= Education =
Nazeem attended St. Joseph’s Convent Higher Secondary School{{Cite web|last=Sebastian|first=Don|date=11 September 2005|title=TN girl's gadget to keep rail tracks clean|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tn-girl-s-gadget-to-keep-rail-tracks-clean-1720|access-date=17 June 2020|website=DNA India|language=en}} before pursuing a B.E in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at SSN College of Engineering. She later obtained an M.Tech in Power Electronics in SRM University, Chennai.{{cn|date=February 2020}}
Career
In 2006 at age 12, Nazeem was honoured at the Indian Science Congress in Hyderabad for her invention of a drainage system for railways.{{Cite web|last=Chaudhuri|first=Arjun|date=4 January 2006|title=Take remedial action - National pride|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/take-remedial-action/story-WSn7F4ukTVRGL3ISt1v1XP.html|access-date=16 June 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}} In 2015, Nazeem was selected for the Entrepreneurship Development Training Programme in the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kanyakumari-student-selected-for-edt-programme-in-us/article7169094.ece|title= Kanyakumari student selected for EDT Programme in US | date=4 May 2015 | newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=13 July 2020}} The next year, Nazeem was invited to be a guest speaker at the 103rd Indian Science Conference.{{Cite web|date=3 January 2016|title=An Incredible Indian Young Scientist Masha Nazeem has Invented various Useful Products|url=https://futureentech.com/an-incredible-indian-young-scientis/|access-date=16 June 2020|website=FutureEnTech|language=en-US}}
Currently, Nazeem is an innovation lead in GEMS New Millennium School, United Arab Emirates.{{cite web|title=Khaleej Times spoke to some educators who have implemented The Genius Hour into their classrooms.|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/education/students-can-now-identify-their-genius-traits-during-school-hours|access-date=27 February 2020|work=Khaleej Times}}
Awards and honors
- 2009 - IGNITE National Award (II Prize)
- 2010 - IGNITE National Award (I Prize)
- 2015 - Two National and an International award.{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/aug/14/meet-masha-social-inventor-chosen-for-cms-youth-award-1509097.html|title= Meet Masha, social inventor chosen for CM's youth award | work=New Indian Express|date= 14 August 2016 |access-date=27 February 2020}}
- 2016 - Chief Minister's State Youth Award (women's category){{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/clri-scientist-bags-a-p-j-abdul-kalam-award/articleshow/53708946.cms|title=CLRI scientist bags A P J Abdul Kalam award|date=15 August 2016|work=The Economic Times}}{{Cite web|last=PTI|date=15 August 2016|title=CLRI scientist bags A P J Abdul Kalam award|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/clri-scientist-bags-a-p-j-abdul-kalam-award-685003-2016-08-15|access-date=16 June 2020|website=India Today|language=en}}
- 2018 - National Youth Award (from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) - for contributions to science and technology{{cite news|title=TN girl to receive prestigious national award|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/tn-girl-to-receive-prestigious-national-award/article22426915.ece|access-date=27 February 2020|work=The Hindu|date=12 January 2018 }}
Inventions
- Transparent testing tool kit for students{{Cite web|last=PTI|date=21 November 2008|title=TN girl designs 'flameless sealmaker' {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/TN-girl-designs-flameless-sealmaker/articleshow/3740514.cms|access-date=16 June 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en}}
- "Mechanical porter" (a luggage carrying system on wheels){{Cite book|last=Behera|first=Bidyadhar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-mcDwAAQBAJ&q=Masha+Nazeem&pg=PA250|title=Entrepreneurship Text and cases|publisher=MJP Publishers|year=2016|isbn=978-81-8094-215-0|pages=71–72|access-date=2020-06-12|via=Google Books}}
- Burglar alarm
- Underground conveyor belt system for transporting school bags{{cite news|title=Accolades galore for this innovator|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Accolades-galore-for-this-innovator/articleshow/53716560.cms|access-date=27 February 2020|work=Times of India|date=16 August 2016 }}
= Hygienic Drainage Disposal System =
After hearing a speech from the Railway Minister that warned officials may face punishment if the stench in railway systems was not dealt with, Nazeem invented a high-tech train toilet system. The Hygienic Drainage Disposal System was presented to several railway officials and India's then-president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2005. Following Kalam's advice, Nazeem patented the invention.
= Flameless seal-maker =
As a teenager, Nazeem witnessed her father melting lac over an open flame. Upon her realization that this was potentially dangerous, Nazeem sought to create a better way to safely heat lac for sealing. Nazeem invented and patented the flameless seal-maker that heats lac, wax or other seal-making materials using electricity. The flameless seal-maker was used at polling booths during the 2011 Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.
Masha Innovation Center
In hometown setup Masha Innovation Center, a research laboratory and workshop, the main this for it is providing free hands on training to help the young inventors to make their ideas to reality, through this Innovation Center she bring lot students ideas in to lime light and convert them in to inventors.{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/aug/14/meet-masha-social-inventor-chosen-for-cms-youth-award-1509097.html|title= Meet Masha, social inventor chosen for CM's youth award | work=New Indian Express|date= 14 August 2016 |access-date=27 February 2020}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.mashanazeem.in/ Official website]
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