Two Healthcare Projects at MindSpark-2026, University of Jammu

Six Oriental Academy students in school blazers standing together in the Gymnasium Hall at MindSpark-2026, University of Jammu — Both Oriental Academy teams at MindSpark-2026, University of Jammu.

Students of Oriental Academy Senior Secondary School, Jammu, presented two healthcare projects at MindSpark-2026, an inter-school innovation challenge on “AI, Cognitive Science & Smart Technologies”. It was organised by the Skill, Incubation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (SIIEDC), University of Jammu, on 30 October 2026 at the university’s Gymnasium Hall.

The challenge was open to students of Classes IX to XII. It received 110 online entries, and 53 teams were shortlisted to present. Both of our teams were among them. They competed in the Healthcare, Assistive Technology & Human Well-being category and presented their work to the jury, a panel of academicians from different universities, at their own stalls.

Lunova: a menstrual health app for schoolgirls

Kirti Devi, Maheen Jabin and Shraddha Bhardwaj, students of Classes X and XII, built Lunova, a menstrual health app for schoolgirls with optional smart jewellery. The team said many girls are told that period pain is normal and must be borne silently. A study of 473 schoolgirls in North India found that nearly three in ten missed school during their periods.

Lunova helps a girl record her cycle and pain. It checks her entries against medical guidelines and tells her when her symptoms need a doctor. It creates a one-page “Period Passport” in English and Hindi that she can show her doctor. A silent signal lets her ask a trusted friend or teacher for help at school without saying anything in class. The team also designed three pieces of jewellery to go with the app: a ring, a heat band worn at the waist, and a pendant that guides calm breathing.

Three Oriental Academy students at the Lunova stall, beside a display card of the jewellery designs — The Lunova team at their stall, with the jewellery designs on display.

The Lunova stall: the Lunova team card, the jewellery display, the app on a laptop and design sketches of a heat band — The Lunova stall: the app, the jewellery and the team’s design sketches.

NeuroStep: a smart prosthetic leg

Pratham Verma, Siddhant Sarmal and Avni designed NeuroStep, a smart below-knee prosthetic leg. More than five lakh people in India live with an amputation. Many prosthesis users get skin sores where the leg meets the socket, and in hilly areas a fall can go unnoticed for hours.

The team designed two versions. NeuroStep X is an advanced model. NeuroStep Saathi is a budget version with a target cost of ₹20,000 to ₹30,000. Features include an antimicrobial liner to protect the skin, and a fall alert that sends a notification with the user’s location to the family’s phone. The team showed the fall alert working at their stall.

The NeuroStep stall: a prosthetic leg model with a phone attached, a laptop, and the Oriental Academy banner on the table — The NeuroStep stall, with the leg and the school banner.

NeuroStep team members explaining the prosthetic leg to visitors at their stall — Explaining NeuroStep to visitors.

NeuroStep team members with the prosthetic leg and the phone app attached to it — The NeuroStep leg with its phone app.

Lunova and NeuroStep are student designs, not medical devices.

Well done to both teams, and thank you to SIIEDC, University of Jammu, for giving school students a stage to show what they can build.

Oriental Academy students walking across the University of Jammu campus in the morning, carrying their project boxes — Arriving at the University of Jammu with the projects.

Guests listening to the NeuroStep team at their stall in the Gymnasium Hall — Guests at the NeuroStep stall.

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