20-Year-Old Developer From Indore Asmi Jain Wins Apple Swift Student Challenge

Ms Jain hopes that her app playground can be used by people with a variety of eye conditions and injuries.

20-year-old Asmi Jain from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, is among the three winners of Apple's Swift Student Challenge this year.  Excited to be featured on Apple's Newsroom! 🚀Winner of #WWDC23 Swift Student Challenge! 🏆 Thanks @Apple for this amazing opportunity.Join me on this exhilarating journey! #SwiftStudentChallenge#Swift#iOS#AppleNewsroomLink: https://t.co/EZwY3n4hiU

Ahead of its annual developer conference WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), Apple issued a challenge to students across the globe to create an original app playground using the Swift coding language. On Tuesday, the company announced that among the top three winners this year is a 20-year-old developer from Indore, Asmi Jain who used her coding skills to solve problems in the healthcare sector. 

As per a press release, Ms Jain is currently a student at Medi-Caps University in Indore. She thought of making the playground healthcare app after her friend's uncle had to undergo brain surgery but as a result, was left with eye misalignment and facial paralysis.