Milstein Program alum named to Forbes 30 under 30 list

Kush Jain '22 has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for work by his company, ORama AI, which has developed a high-tech glove to help people learn to read Braille.

Since its founding in early 2022, the company has raised more than a half million dollars in funding. The glove uses light and sensor technology to "read" the dots beneath a person's fingers and speak the words out loud.

"More than 90 percent of visually impaired people can't read Braille because it requires a tutor to learn," Jain said, adding that tutors are in short supply and expensive. "Meanwhile, there's a lot of employment data that shows that braille literacy is the single most determining factor of whether a visually impaired person is employed."

Jain, who is from India, was inspired to create the device after volunteering at a school for the blind in Bangalore in 2018. He created a prototype for the device as a student at Cornell and a member of the eLab student business accelerator. He also received support from faculty and staff as a student in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Read the full story on The College of Arts & Sciences website.