A 7-year-old Abu
Dhabi girl, Saanvi Chouraria, became the youngest child to complete an
internship in artificial intelligence at the University of Oxford. The wiz kid
also holds a certification in coding from Google.
Her proud parents, Annu Chouraria and Abhishek Chouraria,
said that they wanted to inculcate digital skills in their daughter from a very
young age. "Saanvi is a very logical-minded and inquisitive kid. We
thought of introducing her to the world of AI as we knew that it would be among
the most sought-after skills in future," her mother said.
The young genius made most of the pandemic-induced
lockdown. With 'stay home' and e-learning arrangements Saanvi’s parents found
that she still had extras hours to learn new things. Hence they decided to introduce
her to the world of computing, coding and AI.
About her newly acquired digital expertise, the Grade 2
student of Pearl Academy Abu Dhabi, said, “I find coding very interesting. I
love to explore AI. I use coding and AI to make several fun games to solve real
problems and apply this to my school projects too."
Seeing her keenness and prowess for advanced technology,
Saanvi's parents got her enrolled in a virtual course with Clevered, an online
platform, based out of Noida, India, which offered certification courses for
kids in tie-up with premium institutions including Google, IBM, University of
Oxford etc.
In October 2020, Saanvi was got selected for the six-week
internship programme and developed a project for people of determination.
"AI can make a difference to the world, so I have
built a Wikipedia-based project for people who can't type. They can just speak
the word they want to search about and the AI engine works to give them the
result," Saanvi said.
Shiksha Kohli, business head, Clevered, said that Saanvi
even surprised her mentors at Clevered with her learning ability and skills.
Kohli said: "Clevered associated with the University of Oxford to offer
internship opportunities. Saanvi, our youngest student, got an opportunity.
What amazed us even further was her project. The young champ could have chosen
a game but she chose to make a difference for specially-abled people. She
created 'Wikipedia for Special', which shows how much critical thinking and
problem-solving skills she has honed while learning to code."
Ken Kahn, senior researcher at the University of Oxford,
said: "In the last six months, we have had more than 55 students qualify
for the internship programme. Saanvi, the youngest student ever to qualify for
the programme, took me by surprise when she created Wikipedia for the
disabled."
Barabara
Heaton, principal, Pearl Academy, added: "We are super proud of Saanvi's
achievements with the University of Oxford's internship programme. Impressive
stuff on coding and AI. She has represented herself and her school in an
exemplary manner."
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