Bhubaneswar: A Class 11 scholar of PM SHRI Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 2, CRPF Campus, Bhubaneswar, Shraavya Mishra, has been chosen for the distinguished Sakura Science Exchange Programme 2026, a collaborative initiative between the Governments of India and Japan geared toward fostering younger scientific expertise and selling worldwide educational alternate.
Her choice has been attributed to the continual steering and encouragement supplied by her faculty, academics, and Principal D. P. Sharma.
Shraavya earned this recognition for her revolutionary assistive expertise undertaking, I-SRAVIA, designed to allow two-way communication between the deaf and mute group and the listening to inhabitants. The undertaking makes use of an image-recognition neural community to interpret signal language and convert it into textual content or speech, whereas additionally translating spoken language into visible cues. With an easy-to-use and accessible interface, the system goals to interrupt the “wall of silence” that usually separates hearing-impaired people from the remainder of society.
Her undertaking obtained nationwide recognition when she was awarded the INSPIRE-MANAK Award in 2024, an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology that encourages revolutionary concepts amongst faculty college students. This recognition shaped the premise of her choice for the Sakura Science Exchange Program.
Shraavya has additionally offered her analysis on the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) 2025, hosted at Vellore Institute of Technology. Her work was properly obtained by researchers and later resulted in a peer-reviewed publication in a world journal, marking a formidable milestone for a younger scholar researcher.
In addition, she was chosen for the Lodha Genius Programme at Ashoka University in Summer 2025 and has been invited again as a returning scholar for the 2026 cohort. She has additionally been chosen for a Science Internship Program 2026 on the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, gaining publicity to international analysis with worldwide scientists.
Her accomplishments in synthetic intelligence competitions embrace being the staff chief of a zonal-winning and nationwide Top 10 finalist staff in AI Vidyasetu 1.0. She can also be a zonal winner of the Rashtriya Stariya Bal Vaigyanik Pradarshini (RSBVP) 2023 for a undertaking specializing in psychological well being consciousness and options for college kids.
Apart from analysis and innovation, Shraavya scored 96 % in her CBSE board examinations, achieved by way of high quality training supplied by her faculty and her personal self-study. She has additionally received a number of gold medals in Olympiads in Science, Mathematics, and English. Her achievements replicate a robust dedication to interdisciplinary studying and socially impactful expertise.
Her choice for the Sakura Science Exchange Program locations her amongst a choose group of younger innovators representing India on a world scientific platform. She is the daughter of the founding father of Bhubaneswar-based Prantae Solutions, Dr. Aseem Mishra, and Sumona Karjee Mishra, and the granddaughter of senior journalist Ajoy Misra.