12-Year-Old Student of Ed-tech startup SP Robotics Presents App to Hon. PM Narendra Modi

September 2: Ed-tech startup SP Robotics Maker Lab has recently informed that one of their learners – Viraj Vishwanath Marathe, presented ‘AgeCare’ – a mobile gaming app, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25th August via video conferencing. Built for the junior Smart India Hackathon 2022, Viraj, along with his team members Janhavee Dattaguru Joshi and mentor Mrs. Milan Patil, created the app to help dementia patients with gamified behavioural interventions that improve the quality of life for the diagnosed individuals, as well as their caretakers. 

AgeCare has created a minimalist and simple UI/UX that is easy to use. Through a combination of mental and physical well-being, the AgeCare app guides its users towards a multifaceted, holistic lifestyle change that may help curtail some of the effects of cognitive decline. Their offerings include “Reminiscence therapy”, which is divided into images, family, friends, and workplace, among others, to help patients remember their close ones. The app also includes video/music, art therapy as well as mental well-being and memory games that help with both social and mental stimulation for dementia. 

Commenting on the achievement, Viraj Vishwanath Marathe says, “I was always intrigued by software, and have been taking classes on robotics and programming since the 2nd standard. During one of my interactions with my parents, I was introduced to the problems of dementia and how it has become a global health issue with multiple problems for everyone involved. So when the government announced the launch of the Smart India Hackathon 2022, we decided to take up the challenge to help the society in our own way.”