Akash Manoj is an Indian

cardiology Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart d ...

researcher and inventor from

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. He is known for his award-winning research on "silent"

heart attacks A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tra ...

. He developed a novel technique that can non-invasively detect and alert at-risk patients of a potential asymptomatic heart-attack. His method involves transcutaneously isolating, identifying, spectroscopically analyzing, and sensing elevation in the levels of a cardiac biomarker called

heart-type fatty acid binding protein Heart-type fatty acid binding protein (hFABP) also known as mammary-derived growth inhibitor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''FABP3'' gene. Function Heart-type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (H-FABP) is a small cytoplasmic protein ( ...

(h-FABP) in realtime – a process that significantly establishes a path to preventative cardiovascular healthcare.

Personal life

Akash graduated high school from The Ashok Leyland School in

Hosur Hosur is an industrial city located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Hosur is one of the municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu. It is located on the bank of the river River Ponnaiyar, southeast of Bengaluru and west of Chennai, the state ...

. His recent interview with ''

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'' suggests that he is currently studying at a medical school in

Prague, Czech Republic Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oc ...

Accolades

Akash was awarded with "National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement" (Gold Medallion)

Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar () is a civilian honour in India. The award has two categories: ''Bal Shakti Puraskar'', awarded to Indian citizens under the age of 18 for outstanding achievement in innovation, scholastic achievement ...

] by the President of India and an award at Intel ISEF 2018. Additionally, he has received several other notable national and international awards.

References

2001 births Living people People from Tamil Nadu Indian medical researchers 21st-century Indian inventors {{India-scientist-stub