Here’s our next intern from Delhi, Prithvi. Please give him a warm welcome here!

Since childhood, I have been good at designing and creative scientific work. This creativity helped me to develop application-based knowledge that seemed simple yet interesting. It helped me to dig deeper and associate science with real-world problems that require practical and workable solutions. In my 9th grade, I created a bio cell that produced energy by utilising algal fuel that is a mixture of algae found commonly in damp places and some nutrients like glucose. This project was a nice learning experience for me. My whole family along with my teachers worked together to bring this model to reality. The idea of creating a low-cost eco-friendly energy resource that can be used by people who lacked access to electricity motivated me to take this project up. As the bio cell used alga as a resource and alga are abundant in nature it was neither polluting nor costly. My project was showcased at the INSPIRE SCHEME expo by the Department of Science, Government of India.
I enjoy listening to old jazz music. I was surrounded by jazz music records in my childhood. My father used to play them every evening when he returned from work. Jazz is a music that helps me relax. It helps me to a great extent to sit and contemplate or just doze off to sleep. Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin are my favourite artists. I plan to play jazz on the keyboard soon.

My professional goals have always been changing. Switching from Biology in undergrad to Development Studies in master’s was swift yet a tough task. I made the switch because I strongly felt that science can be applied in workable forms along with a societal dimension that generates value for people and living spaces. I enjoy the multidisciplinary approach of the subject and learning about new things daily in the real world. FIN Trust is a very different organisation altogether. It doesn’t impose and dump work on you and makes you learn with time. In FIN, I would be able to practically use my knowledge for making a change in the society, even if it is the smallest of its kind.