Young patent holder has security advice for PM

Aditi Tandon

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 24

At 18, Jaipur-based Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati is the holder of many laurels. But he is not the one to rest on past glories. So when he met Narendra Modi to receive the Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for Innovation 2020 today, the young one stole a chance to advice the PM that “our national security grid needs to shift from the binary to ternary system.”

“Future security challenges will arise in the cyber space and we must start preparing now. It will require a massive budgetary push,” a confident Hridayeshwar told The Tribune today.

As the youngest differently abled patent holder in the world and the youngest patent holder in India, Hridayeshwar has his eyes set on developing futuristic security systems should time and physical limitations permit.

With 85 per cent disability on account of fatal muscular dystrophy, he has already ensured India outdoes Japan when it comes to the development of number of chess variants.

Hridayeshwar Singh personally holds the patent for inventing circular chessboard and other patents for circular chess variants which can be played by six, 12 and 60 people at the same time.

Courtesy multiple achievements, Hridayeshwar has also landed in this year’s short list of Padma Shri awardees and his family is keeping fingers crossed.

PM Modi also tweeted salutations after he met Hridayeshwar