A 13-year-old Australian entrepreneur is winning hearts in India.
Hamish Finlayson is the youngest entrepreneur at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) being held in Hyderabad.
Hamish, who has autism, has developed five mobile phone apps, including one to help save sea turtles and another raising awareness about autism spectrum disorder.
"It has day-to-day tips to help those with autism and also for the other people to know about the disorder," the boy told IANS.
The year 7 student from Townsville, Queensland is passionate about the need to protect the environment and has already developed four apps on the subject.
A multi-media, multi-channel educational tool, it is both a game and fundraising initiative designed to protect oceans and save turtles.
He is currently working on a sixth app.
For Hamish, this is his second Global Entrepreneurship Summit. He also participated in the 2016 event held in Silicon Valley.
"In Hyderabad, I want to learn about virtual reality and talk to people to know about the skills," he said.
Happy to be in India, he is also keen to learn about the country, entrepreneurs and the eco-system here.
Hamish's father Graeme Finlayson said his son has always liked technology, maths and coding.
"He started coding when he was just eight. He used to draw stuff on screen. The sixth app he is developing is about teaching people about road safety," Graeme told NDTV.
