The Junicorn Moment for Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam

Four Students Selected Among Top 40+ Junicorns at Global Junicorn and AI Summit 2025, Texas

28 May 2025, Chikkaballapur, Karnataka: Four children in their secondary grades from the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam have been included in the top 40+ junicorns from India and USA, who will be participating in the Global Junicorn and AI Summit 2025 organised at Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas on the 29 and 30 May 2025.

The Summit unites rising startups, AI pioneers, global mentors and investors, and ecosystem leaders who are driving change across industries. 

These four bright minds from the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam are not only young, enthusiastic, and fresh with ideas, but they are also driven by a purpose. Pranav Sai and Pranav D R knew what it is to swelt in heat, especially with the global warming that is on the rise.

They wished there was a mechanism to warn against heat waves, so people can take precautions when there is an unprecedented wave for prolonged times. They pondered sitting in their Atal Tinkering Lab, which is a special facility provided by the school for little brains to research and innovate. And there they had the brainwave to invent a ‘Wave Warn.’

It uses sentinel hub satellite imagery and open weather maps API to forecast heatwaves that may last more than 3 days, up to 10 days. All it takes is a single forecast using ML Processing and they can see the heat waves visual charts.

The best part is that it is a hyperlocal precision system which gives forecast of every local area. The ‘Wave Warn’ will be made available through mobile app, WhatsApp AI Chatbot, SMS alerts, community partnerships, and website.

While the Pranavs have found a way to fight heat by warning people of their impending danger, two other young fellas from their class, were moved by compassion for those who cannot see or hear, and yet have to navigate their path in this world.

The nearly 160 million people in this world who may not be able to hear or see, but they can still ‘sense’, was the cue which helped Tej Krishna and Saket Ram come up with an all-new ‘Sense Vibe’ tool. They created a light-weight, wearable sensor using Arduino nano, a vibration motor, ultrasonic sensor, and a tone battery for power supply.

When an obstacle is on the way, the ultrasonic sensor sends a signal to the Arduino nano, which commands the vibration motor, and from there, haptic feedback is sent to the user.

It is such a timely help for the blind or the deaf to move away from the obstacle, lest they get hurt. The ‘Sense Vibe’ device can be attached to the belt, spectacles, or walking stick of the user, and then they can walk freely without anxiety. 

These children represent the vigour to innovate and invent so there is someone out there who can be helped and served, true to the values-based education they have been imparted at the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam.

They will pitch their innovation at the summit along with 40+ other top junicorns, in the presence of global industry leaders, AI masters, eminent guests and speakers, and hosts from around the world. 

Thanks to the International Startup Foundation that is organising the Global Junicorn and AI Summit 2025 to bring together the brightest minds and boldest ideas, to build a better future for all. 

About Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam:

‘Erase affordability from the equation of education’ is the message of Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Gurukulam, and hence it promulgated its expansion into 27 campuses to provide completely free values-based integral education from Grade 6 to Doctoral Studies. 

These educational edifices are temples of living and learning, modelled by the ancient Indian gurukula system. More than 8,000 children have benefitted by the values-based integral education model for the last 12 years.

About 40% of these children are first-generation literates and over 60% are first-generation graduates. The campuses are a home, a temple, a school, and a cultural arena for the students, as they not only learn academics, but also explore umpteen opportunities to hone their innate interests, and align them with the purpose of their life. 

Its higher education wing, Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence, has commenced a one-of-a-kind free medical college, which was inaugurated by the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi in March 2023.

More than 200 students from the rural strata of society are being trained in the medical college to become capable and compassionate healthcare professionals, who will serve in the rural areas. 

The vision of the institution is to strengthen ruralisation of rural India to bolster the progress of the entire nation.

More about ‘One World One Family’: The ‘One World One Family’ is a unique humanitarian movement of Sri Madhusudan Sai, a social and spiritual leader, who is treading the road less travelled to reach the unreached, serve the unserved and do the undone in unimaginable ways.  

The movement proclaims the survival of the weakest in society to create equitable societies, thus aligning with the central promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – ‘Leaving no one behind.’

By taking strides across sectors of Nutrition, Education, and Healthcare, the Sri Madhusudan Sai Global Humanitarian Mission has transformed the lives of over 13 million individuals across the world over the last 12 years. 

‘Let no child go to school hungry ever’ was the call, and it galvanised into a morning nutrition movement. From feeding just 50 children in the outskirts of Bangalore, the programme has today grown to become India’s largest morning nutrition programme.

More than 10 million children receive fresh multinutrientsupplement drink every morning, eradicating their hidden hunger through more than 1 billion servings to date.

‘Erase affordability from the equation of education’ was the message which promulgated the expansion of the educational arena into 28 campuses that provide values-based integral education completely free of charge from Grade 6 to Doctoral Studies to over 3,700 students.

A one-of-a-kind free medical college was inaugurated by the Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi in March 2023.

More than 200 students from the rural strata of society are being trained at the medical college to be moulded into capable and compassionate healthcare professionals who will serve in rural areas. 

‘Compassion without Commercialisation’ is at the core of the healthcare services provided by the mission as single-speciality services for paediatric cardiac care, mother and child hospitals, multi-speciality services, outreach programmes, and diagnostic and wellness centres for preventive primary care.

Over 3 million outpatient consultations and screenings, and 100,000 inpatient treatments including surgeries have been performed thus far. The world’s largest chain of complete free of charge paediatric cardiac hospitals have been set up in India, Fiji and Sri Lanka with the motto ‘Sirf Dil Bina Bill’, healing more than 34,000 little hearts.

Note-worthy Achievements 

• India’s largest morning nutrition programme
• India’s one-of-a-kind completely free of charge chain of residential schools
• India’s first completely free of charge University with a self-sustainable model
• World’s first completely free medical college
• World’s largest chain of completely free of charge paediatric cardiac hospitals 

A wave of transformation is surging forth continuously creating a ripple effect of gratitude, servitude, and sacrifice in the society through these acts of compassion that gives more and takes nothing.

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