18-year-old Sidhardh Jain is an inventor of two novel patents (one granted and one pending), ISEF grand award winner and Microsoft imagine cup 2021 winner. Sidhardh’s journey started when he developed interest in LEGOs at age 13 – much like many other kids of that age. Little did he realize, however, that his interest would later turn into an unimaginable and rewarding career.
Sid saw an opportunity to pursue a career building LEGOs in 2013, when his team qualified for an international championship program; they would represent India in a LEGO competition. Over the years that followed, he pivoted his love for LEGOs into robotics, entering other competitions and finding new and inventive ways to impact people’s lives by building robots. As a side benefit of his love for robotics, he won some prestigious awards.
In 2018, when his grandfather was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, the power of robotics became newly personal to him. He didn’t appreciate the way his grandfather’s privacy was invaded due to his condition. So, he developed a solution based on robotics to help protect the privacy of people like his granddad. That led to inventing his first patent pending project.
Sidhardh encourages young people to take advantage of the opportunities available to them by reaching out to organizations like ASEI. He knows that by doing this, they can turn their passions into careers that change the world for others. He attributes his own success to the support he received from mentors at organizations like OMOTEC who guided him to build innovative products.
As a result of pursuing his interests and finding people to support him along the way, he turned his passion into a rewarding career that is making the world a better place.
This article is based on conversations ASEI president Piyush Malik and Aditya Guthey, an ASEI Silicon Valley chapter member and a career coach have had with Sidharth Jain for ASEI Youth Corner. ASEI has a partnership with Moonpreneur – a Silicon Valley based startup that accelerates youths’ path from STEM education to entrepreneurship. They are offering summer internships for ASEI youth members as well in summer 2022. Click to avail special offers for ASEI community
