"How are you, Tim Apple?", Indian student asks Apple CEO Tim Cook. Here's how the Apple CEO replied

A Delhi-based student Palash Taneja was one of 13 fortunate students who stood face to face with Apple CEO Tim Cook. As students were meeting Apple CEO, re came a witty question from Palash: How are you, Tim Apple?

Before Tim Cook could answer that, floor burst into laughter.

"Yes, I am good and aware of what you mean to convey," quipped Cook as he met bright young coders from across globe, and Palash was only one from India.

US President Donald Trump absent-mindedly h dressed Tim Cook as "Tim Apple" at a conference in March.  Apple CEO later changed his Twitter name to "Tim Apple" - replacing his surname with company logo, which went viral on social media.

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Palash, 18, who recently finished school and is on a gap year ahe of moving to University of Texas at Austin, showcased a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) based project to Cook.

"I showed him my project where neural langu processing (NLP) based algorithms can change langu of a YouTube video as you watch it, say from English to Hindi," Palash said.

According to Palash, providing langu accessibility is core of his idea - utilise AI and ML to break langu barrier.

"My algorithms can translate nearly 50 langus on go. idea is to make rich and useful content accessible to all," he ded.

Cook, who wants coding to become second langu at schools, appreciated Palash's idea, saying he looks forward to it becoming a success.

Palash's inspiration for coding began when he saw his far working on Excel sheets and saw visual charts.

His first foray into coding was with Raspberry Pi while in Class 8.

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In Class 10, he suffered from dengue fever. hardship he faced in finding a bed in a hospital gave birth to an idea.

He created a website app to man hospital beds (Uber for hospital beds). Palash created a tool that predicts dengue fever outbreaks through Machine Learning, which achieved 3,000 p views a month during outbreaks. Ar app created by him called Scholarship creates music from dance moves.

"It's an educational app for people who want to combine learning music with rhythm," said Palash.

(With inputs from ncies)