{{short description|Indian cardiology researcher and inventor}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Akash Manoj | image = Akash with the President of India.jpg | caption = Akash with the President of India | parents = {{Unbulleted list|Manoj Prabhakar|Somlatha Manoj}} | honours = National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement 2017 (gold medal) }}

'''Akash Manoj''' is an Indian cardiology researcher and inventor from Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/health-and-fitness/preventing-heart-attacks-could-be-possible-with-device-made-by-class-x-student/story-j5yHnm4FLV14AKa0iYzJiK.html |title=Meet Akash Manoj, a Student who Built a Device to Predict 'Silent' Heart Attacks (CTG: Health and Fitness) (2017) |website=Hindustan Times|date=7 March 2017 }}</ref> He is known for his award-winning research on "silent" heart attacks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/tedx-gateway/tedx-gateway-2018-akash-manoj-child-prodigy-solved-a-problem-that-renowned-innovators-couldnt/1215081 |title=TEDx Gateway 2018: Akash Manoj, child prodigy, solved a problem that renowned innovators couldn't, Section: 'How Does The Device Work?' |work=The Free Press Journal}}</ref> He developed a novel technique that can non-invasively detect and alert at-risk patients of a potential asymptomatic heart-attack. His method involves transcutaneously isolating, identifying, spectroscopically analyzing, and sensing elevation in the levels of a cardiac biomarker called heart-type fatty acid binding protein (h-FABP) in realtime – a process that significantly establishes a path to preventative cardiovascular healthcare.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thelogicalindian.com/exclusive/akash-manoj/ |title=16-Yr-Old Conferred President's Award For Building A Device To Predict 'Silent' Heart Attacks |work=The Logical Indian|date=15 November 2017 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://abstracts.societyforscience.org/Home/FullAbstract?ProjectId=15441|title=Full Abstract|website=abstracts.societyforscience.org|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>

== Personal life == Akash graduated high school from The Ashok Leyland School in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. His recent interview<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/teenpreneurs/akash-manoj-meet-the-18yearold-who-invented-a-silent-heart-attack-detector/65129/1|title = Akash Manoj: Meet the 18-year-old Who Invented a Silent Heart Attack Detector}}</ref> with ''Forbes India'' suggests that he is currently studying at a medical school in Prague, Czech Republic.

== Accolades == Akash was awarded with "National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement" (Gold Medallion) [Now: Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar] by the President of India and an award at Intel ISEF 2018.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, he has received several other notable national and international awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/tedx-gateway/tedx-gateway-2018-akash-manoj-child-prodigy-solved-a-problem-that-renowned-innovators-couldnt/1215081 |title=TEDx Gateway 2018: Akash Manoj, child prodigy, solved a problem that renowned innovators couldn't |website=Free Press Journal}}</ref>

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