The Young Innovator Bridging Sports Tech and Skills

After learning hardware skills at a cricket-tech startup, a Grade XII student built an AI-powered sensor for tennis rackets—and then channelled that expertise into an initiative helping other students access industry-recognised technical courses. When cricketer Shikhar Dhawan endorsed StanceBeam Striker, a sensor that clips onto a cricket bat and turns net sessions into data on bat speed, power and shot efficiency, Priyansh Agarwal saw a technology gap in another sport he knew well: tennis.