A high school freshman by the name of Maanasa Mendu was the youngest ever to make on Forbe’s list of “30 Under 30”. Mendu was only 11 when she began experiencing a massive problem during her family trips to India. This problem was the numerous power outages she would have to deal with while on family vacation. Once she realized this was a growing concern and little effort was put forth to solve it, she began creating her company, “HARVEST”. Mendu was able to create a piezoelectric “leaf” device that harvests energy from the sun, wind, and rain.
The market Mendu was targeting in the midst of creating her product was areas experiencing the challenges of energy scarcity. And unlike the renewable competition we have today in this market, no product has been able to convert all the natural elements into energy, most are wind, solar, or water specific. Mendu is currently working to commercialize her product but has already experienced tremendous success as she was named on Forbes “30 Under 30” list at the age of 16.
Mendu was able to recognize a problem across the world and commercialize it back home and market it not only domestically but internationally as well. It will be exciting to see what the future has in store for Mendu and her company.
All this coming from an 11 year old kid? That’s really impressive! If this became successful on a large scale, it could have huge global reprocussions. Incredible innovation that will impact all of us.
This is a really cool idea, I would love to hear more about how it works! A device that can generate energy in all conditions that is also affordable and practical could be an amazing thing and its crazy that someone so young brought it to life. Great blog post!
The expansion of this company will be very interesting. It seems there are so many use applications of a product that can use solar, wind, and rain energy. Large scale or small scale, this could be used around the world. It’s cool to see the “leaf” product be born out of a need just on vacation and have the potential to impact millions of lives around the world. I believe the company can be successful commercially and/or socially depending how Mendu approaches the future.
Wow! So many big achievements for such a young girl. She was able to take the troubles that she felt during vacation and create a solution. If Mendu is able to commercialize HARVEST, it could impact the world in a very positive way.