{"id":43336,"date":"2025-07-28T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T01:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/?post_type=story&#038;p=43336"},"modified":"2025-07-28T09:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T03:44:18","slug":"even-barabanki-felt-out-of-reach-from-her-village-but-pooja-pals-invention-took-her-to-japan","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/even-barabanki-felt-out-of-reach-from-her-village-but-pooja-pals-invention-took-her-to-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Barabanki felt out of reach from her village, but Pooja Pal\u2019s invention took her to Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(July 28, 2025) <\/strong>\u201cI never thought I\u2019d even reach Barabanki,\u201d says 17-year-old Pooja Pal in a recent BBC interview. But life had other plans for her. The sharp young mind from a mud-walled home in a remote village of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh has just returned from Japan where she represented India as one of the country\u2019s brightest science students, and the only participant from her state in a prestigious international science exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It all began with a troubling observation, and one question, \u201cCan I stop the dust that\u2019s hurting our people?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The village girl who grew up without electricity, toilets, or a support system, built a dust-free thresher to protect rural communities. In doing so, she is on the path of changing not just her surroundings but the course of her own life.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43339\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43339\" class=\"wp-image-43339 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Japan.webp\" alt=\"Pooja in Japan\" width=\"458\" height=\"521\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Japan.webp 458w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Japan-264x300.webp 264w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 458px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 458\/521;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43339\" class=\"wp-image-43339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Japan.webp\" alt=\"Pooja in Japan\" width=\"458\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Japan.webp 458w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Japan-264x300.webp 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-43339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pooja in Japan | Image Credit: BBC<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>A childhood lit by firelight and dreams<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pooja is one of five children in a seven-member family where survival often came before ambition. Her father, Puttilal, is a daily-wage labourer and her mother, Sunila Devi, cooks mid-day meals at a local government school. Their home is a fragile structure of mud and thatch. For years, there was no electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI used to study by a kerosene lamp,\u201d Pooja recalls. \u201cLater, we used a bulb lit through a battery. My parents always said, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018We\u2019ll eat less, but you all must study as that will take you ahead.\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d That advise has always stayed with the youngster.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The moment that sparked innovation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In class eight, Pooja noticed that children in her school coughed violently due to the dust from a nearby threshing machine. The air was thick with fine chaff particles which is a common but dangerous by-product of grain threshing in agricultural areas. In rural India, exposure to this dust can lead to chronic coughing, breathing issues, allergies, and respiratory infections, especially among children and farm workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat dust just stuck in my mind. It wasn\u2019t right,\u201d she says. \u201cI asked myself, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can we do something about this?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43340\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43340\" class=\"wp-image-43340 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-at-INSPIRE.jpg\" alt=\"Pooja and her mentor and teacher with the innovative product\" width=\"470\" height=\"568\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-at-INSPIRE.jpg 420w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-at-INSPIRE-248x300.jpg 248w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 470px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 470\/568;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43340\" class=\"wp-image-43340 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-at-INSPIRE.jpg\" alt=\"Pooja and her mentor and teacher with the innovative product\" width=\"470\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-at-INSPIRE.jpg 420w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-at-INSPIRE-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-43340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pooja and her teacher with the innovative product | Image Credit: BBC<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Determined to act, she began building a model\u00a0 with the help of a welder and under the guidance of her school teacher. After multiple trials and errors, she created a dust-free thresher which is a small but effective machine that traps the flying husk particles in a water container inside the machine, instead of releasing them into the air. It has been a safer, cleaner solution that benefits both farmers\u2019 health and the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her innovation cost her family \u20b93000, which was a heavy expense for them. But Pooja didn\u2019t let go of her vision. \u201cPeople in the village mocked me. &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are you doing this? What will you get?&#8217;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they said. But I didn\u2019t listen. I went ahead anyway,\u201d she remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>National recognition<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pooja&#8217;s science teacher, Rajiv Srivastav helped her submit her project to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspireawards-dst.gov.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> INSPIRE &#8211; MANAK<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched by India\u2019s Department of Science and Technology, INSPIRE (Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research) is a national program to ignite young scientific minds. Students from classes six to 10 can submit locally-rooted ideas that solve real-world problems. Those selected receive mentorship and a grant to build prototypes, which are then showcased at district, state, and national levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43341\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43341\" class=\"wp-image-43341 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-.webp\" alt=\"Pooja with her teacher\" width=\"533\" height=\"513\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-.webp 533w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher--300x289.webp 300w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher--480x462.webp 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 533px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 533\/513;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43341\" class=\"wp-image-43341 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-.webp\" alt=\"Pooja with her teacher\" width=\"533\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher-.webp 533w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher--300x289.webp 300w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-with-her-teacher--480x462.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-43341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pooja with her teacher and mentor of INSPIRE -MANAK | Image Credit: BBC<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023, Pooja Pal\u2019s invention was chosen from among thousands of entries across India. Out of 60 national winners, she was the only one from Uttar Pradesh. Her dust-free thresher model was displayed at the National Science Exhibition in 2024, earning acclaim for its low-cost, high-impact design. The Ministry of Science and Technology is now working to patent her model which is a rare honour for a rural student.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Trip to Japan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The real surprise came in 2025, when Pooja got selected for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ssp.jst.go.jp\/en\/jst\/highschool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sakura Science High School Programme<\/a> in Japan. It&#8217;s\u00a0 a prestigious initiative by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) that brings together top science students from around the world for a week of immersive learning and cultural exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of thousands of nominees from India, only 54 students were selected. Pooja was the only one from Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from attending science activities, the students were also taken on a trip to Tokyo. For Pooja, it was an unforgettable experience. \u201cSince it was raining, each one of us had an umbrella waiting for us in the bus. We took those when we got down,\u201d she says, fondly remembering the trip, and especially the bus driver who treated the children with kindness. \u201cEverything was so organized, so respectful. It felt special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43342\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43342\" class=\"wp-image-43342 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo.webp\" alt=\"Pooja in Tokyo\" width=\"673\" height=\"443\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo.webp 782w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo-300x198.webp 300w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo-768x506.webp 768w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo-480x316.webp 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 673px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 673\/443;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43342\" class=\"wp-image-43342 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo.webp\" alt=\"Pooja in Tokyo\" width=\"673\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo.webp 782w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo-300x198.webp 300w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo-768x506.webp 768w, https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pooja-in-Tokyo-480x316.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-43342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pooja in Japan with fellow participants of Sakura Science Exchange Program | Image Credit: BBC<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Bigger dreams, grounded hopes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now back in her village and preparing for her Class 12 exams, Pooja is already thinking ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter I pass 12th, I want to start a small business,\u201d she says. \u201cThat way, I can pay for my own college education and help my parents financially.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But her dreams go far beyond survival. \u201cI want to become big enough so that the people who once looked down upon us see our true potential,\u201d she adds with confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pooja still faces the same village dynamics, the same everyday hurdles. But now, she walks with purpose, and carries the confidence of someone whose innovation has crossed oceans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/global-indian-exclusive\/tanishka-aglaves-robert-horvitz-prize-research-citrus-greening-disease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young innovator, big impact: Tanishka Aglave\u2019s fight against crop disease<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(July 28, 2025) \u201cI never thought I\u2019d even reach Barabanki,\u201d says 17-year-old Pooja Pal in a recent BBC interview. But life had other plans for her. The sharp young mind from a mud-walled home in a remote village of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh has just returned from Japan where she represented India as one of the country\u2019s brightest science students, and the only participant from her state in a prestigious international science exchange. It all began with a troubling observation, and one question, \u201cCan I stop the dust that\u2019s hurting our people?\u201d The village girl who grew up without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":43343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","story-category":[215,2252],"story-tag":[2412,3389,3492],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pooja Pal\u2019s Invention: UP Village girl earns a trip to Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From a remote village in Uttar Pradesh, 17-year-old Pooja Pal built a dust-free thresher earning national recognition and trip to Japan.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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