The Better India · 22 hours ago

How Hridank Garodia Created a Solution to Clean Indoor Air and Improve Student Focus

A fourteen-year-old experiencing headaches and brain fog in crowded classrooms could have simply accepted the discomfort -- instead, Hridank Garodia spent months cultivating mason jars of microalgae on his study table, determined to understand why indoor air felt so different from outside. His persistence led to Aerovive, a system that channels air through algae to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, improving focus by up to 24 percent in testing. "My parents never dismissed the idea," he says, pointing to the faith that carried him through countless failed experiments before achieving stability. What began as personal discomfort has become a quiet revolution in classrooms and gyms, where people now breathe easier without even noticing the invisible work happening around them.