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Vinisha Umashankar
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- Vinisha is India's baton bearer at 16th official Queen's Baton Relay.
- It started at the Buckingham Palace in London on October 7, 2021.
- It is scheduled to conclude on July 28, 2022 at the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games after travelling across 72 Commonwealth nations and territories for 294 days.
- The 2022 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Birmingham, UK.
- India is the 27th nation en route to Birmingham in the United Kingdom.
- Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Ravi Dahiya kicked off the Queen's Baton Relay in India with a symbolic run in Delhi.
- The Queen's Baton Relay is to be held in Bengaluru on January 14 and Bhubaneswar on January 15.
- She had inspired the world with her solar ironing cart, which uses solar panels to power a steam iron box.
- She is from Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.
- She won Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award instituted by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India for her invention.
- NIF is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology under the central government.
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