Kerala student wins science award for remote-controlled farm machine

Anax Joshi, a Class 10 student from Idukki, Kerala, has been awarded the Bala Shastra Puraskaram. He designed a remote-controlled multipurpose agricultural vehicle to reduce physical labor and costs for small-scale farmers. While the innovation is promising, the project now requires extensive field trials to prove its long-term reliability and practical suitability for everyday farming.