Meet Lingampalli Himaja, the 20-year-old innovator whose Braille printer makes the James Dyson Award 2026 global top 20

Twenty-year-old Lingampalli Himaja from Andhra Pradesh has secured a place in the global top 20 shortlist of the James Dyson Award 2026 for Rudhra, a voice-enabled Braille printer. Inspired by a visit to a school for visually impaired students, she developed the device to convert spoken words into readable Braille, reducing the effort involve