Children’s Day: three teenage techies make an impact

On Children’s Day, November 14, three Grade XI students—Barathraam Gurumoorthy Sriram, Prakash T., and Nitish Kumar—organized a free gaming hackathon in Saligramam called Hack Club Haven - Chennai. The trio collaborated with Hack Club, a global non-profit, to guide 35 high school participants in creating and publishing their own video games.

Barathraam, a student at Akshar Arbol International School, was inspired by his own experience repairing a laptop keyboard, while Prakash and Nitish, from Heartfulness International School, brought their respective interests in entrepreneurship and hardware design to the project. The organizers managed all logistics, including venue selection and mentor recruitment, to facilitate the event.

Participants who published their games on GitHub and itch.io were rewarded with free t-shirts, reflecting the organizers' commitment to fostering technical skills and giving back to the student community.