Hardly 23 and already innovators!

HYDERABAD: Move over IITs and IIITs, a new crop of innovators from private as well as government colleges in remote corners of Medak, Khammam, Ranga Reddy and Nizamabad are taking the start-up and app world by storm.
Out of the 90 apps developed by students trained by the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) and hosted on the Samsung app store, four have now been selected by the state government and given seats in the T-Hub.They will now be mentored by top honchos in the industry.
The selected apps are 'Girlish', 'Al Quran', 'Bhagavad Gita' and 'Yummy foodz', all developed by 20-23-year-olds. Each of these innovators were trained barely three months ago, following which they were asked to develop apps, to be hosted by on the Samsung Tizen app store as per a tie-up with the state government.
'Girlish', an app that helps women look gorgeous with tips and useful information, has attracted around 13,000 downloads in less than three months. Developed by 22-year-old S Sravani, who hails from a remote college in Jogipet, and 23-year-old Urlana Sivakrishna from another barely-known private college in Patancheru, the app provides beauty tips, home remedies and video lessons on styling and make-up.
"Every girl wants to be more beautiful than she is. We have developed the app keeping that in mind," said Sravani, a BTech (Information Technology) graduate from DVR College of Engineering and Technology. Born to a vehicle mechanic, Sravani aims to be an entrepreneur in future.
"We are planning to upgrade the app with information on salons and parlours that help create beautiful brides," added Urlana.
Mohammadiya Afshan Naaz and V Sai Krishna, who aimed to tap the religious market in the country, developed 'Al Quran ul Kareem' and 'Bhagavad Gita' apps together. Both apps now boast of 6,000 downloads each.
"Our apps are designed to recite the holy books so that users can listen to the audio versions. In India, there is no market bigger than the religious market. We have brought it at the fingertips of users," explained V Sai Krishna, 22, a computer science graduate from Indur Institute of Engineering and Technology at Siddipet.
"Currently, the app is available in five languages. We will add more languages in future," added Naaz. At 21, she is developing an app for the first time.
Aishwarya Kasoju was 20 when she developed 'Yummy Foodz'. The app, which has 1,500 downloads in two months, allows users to find region-specific and city-specific delicacies and directions to the best hotels that offer them. "I got inspired by cookery shows on television. I plan to add more features on my app and if it does well, I will be an entrepreneur," said Aishwarya, daughter of a goldsmith.
In fact, all the selected innovators are first-time app developers and are also the first from their colleges to have developed an app.
Among other interesting apps are 'Target MBA', which allows users to access all information related to MBA courses at one place, 'Career master', aimed at helping students zero in on a career option, and 'House hunt', which is for localized agent-free house hunting.
Skill App-lenty!
* Girlish: Developed by S Sravani, 22 and Urlana Sivakrishna, 23, the app provides beauty tips, home remedies and video lessons on styling and make-up. It has earned 13,000 downloads so far
* 'Al Quran ul Kareem' and 'Bhagavad Gita': Developed by Mohammadiya Afshan Naaz, 21, and V Sai Krishna, 22. The apps, which have 6,000 downloads, provides audio recitations of the holy book
* Yummy Foodz: Developed by Aishwarya Kasoju, 20, the app allows users to find region-specific delicacies and directions to hotels. 1,500 downloads so far