Sanat's innovation is to remove external dependence from the navigation
system, i.e. GPS satellite. His system is based on a more permanent
entity, the Earth. It does not require any input from any external
medium or device and provides good navigation in even geographically remote
areas, shadows, in dense forests and in the sea also. Not only that,
while his device could neither be traced nor jammed, it does not require
high economic and technological inputs from satellites. Sanat's device
uses only rotation of the Earth and magnetic field of the Earth for its
operation.
Sanat, the son of senior CISF
commandant SK Mohanka posted in Mumbai, was born at Supaul and started
his education from St Dominic Savio High School, Patna. He also studied
at DAV School, Begusarai, when his father was posted there. Despite
changing school six times due to frequent transfer of his father, he
maintained academic excellence and got the NCERT's National Talent
Search Examination scholarship. He has keen interest in the mysteries of
physics and enjoys solving the riddles of mathematics.
On the
basis of his invention, a leading school of the US, The Wasatch Academy,
had interviewed him at Dehradun and offered him admission to science
stream in class XI. The academy has also offered full scholarship, which
includes tuition and boarding charges to the tune of $48,000 per annum.
Meanwhile, 11 young scientists were awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Prize-2012, India's premier awards in the field of science and
technology, at a function held in New Delhi on Wednesday, which was
presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is also the chairman of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
source:TOI
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