Gitanjali Rao is an inventor, an aspiring scientist, author, speaker and an active promoter of STEM around the world. She was recognized as America's Top Young Scientist in 2017, and was a recipient of an EPA Presidential award for her patented invention of an innovative lead contamination detection tool. Gitanjali is also the inventor of “Epione”—a device for early diagnosis of prescription opioid addiction using genetic engineering, and "Kindly"—an anti-cyberbullying service using AI and Natural Language processing. Kindly is now a UNICEF "Digital Public Good" service and available worldwide. Through her global workshops and speeches, Gitanjali to-date has inspired over 110,000 students across six continents and 48 countries and has raised over $100,000 to enable education equality in rural areas and create maker spaces in refugee camps. She was honored as Forbes “30 Under 30 in Science” in 2019 and TIME’s “Top Young Innovator” and "TIME Kid of the Year" for her innovations, her community outreach and workshops she conducts globally. Gitanjali is the author of the book "Young Innovator's Guide to STEM", available in 6 languages globally, which guides students, educators, or teachers through a self-developed prescriptive 5 step innovation process. She was appointed as a UNICEF Youth Advocate 2021 for using science for solving social problems such as cyber-bullying and developing solutions for environmental protection and received the Muhammed Ali Humanitarian award and the Martin Luther King Beloved Technology Innovation award for her selfless service for students globally. She is currently a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology majoring in Bio-engineering and Management.