Bengaluru, June 16, 2025: Seventeen-year-old innovator Ashwat Prasanna, a student at The International School Bangalore (TISB), has launched EyeSight, an AI-powered smart glasses solution designed to support real-time mobility, learning, and independence for India’s visually impaired. The announcement was made at the Vision 2025 summit, held on June 14 at the Bangalore International Centre, which brought together leading voices in accessibility, education, and AI innovation.
The Vision 2025 summit emphasized the urgent need for scalable, inclusive assistive technology tailored for India’s diverse communities. With leaders like Padma Shri awardee Shekhar Naik, Dr. Rajdeep Manwani, and accessibility advocate Madhu Singhal, and various NGOs in attendance, key challenges were discussed such as low tech adoption, implementation gaps, and infrastructure barriers in rural areas. A highlight of the event was the launch of Ashwat’s invention: the ‘Eyesight’ smart glasses
Built in India, for India, EyeSight aimed to build a products which will be priced at just ₹1500 making it one of the most affordable assistive devices globally. Developed in close collaboration with visually impaired students and educators, it converts visual data into real-time audio instructions and haptic cues, enabling users to navigate spaces, recognize objects and currency, and read text without internet access. Features include live scene narration, offline functionality, gesture recognition, multilingual voice support, and emergency alerts.
Ashwat’s four-part roadmap includes Patent filing and IP protection, Field testing with grassroots partners, Integration into skilling and CSR programs and a national scale-up strategy targeting 20,000 users by 2026.
“This isn’t just a device, it’s a bridge to dignity,” Ashwat shared during his keynote. “We didn’t build EyeSight for the visually impaired we built it with them.”
Funded partly by a $3,000 grant from the IB Global Youth Action Fund, EyeSight’s development was also supported by the RunWay Incubation Program at StartupYou. Ashwat has filed a patent for EyeSight’s unique integration of smartphone computing, offline AI processing, and wearable tech. At least 200 devices from the first batch are designated for vocational training programs to support better learning and job-readiness outcomes.
Currently in the advanced prototype phase, EyeSight is being tested in multiple regional languages to ensure inclusivity and accessibility across different linguistic and cultural contexts. By end-2025, Ashwat aims to directly impact over 10,000 users and reach another 2,000–5,000 caregivers, educators, and family members indirectly.
“EyeSight isn’t just a product it’s a promise,” Ashwat said. “A promise that innovation can be both affordable and human-centric. I want this to be a movement, not just a moment.” “My goal with Eyesight is to create the world’s most affordable smart glasses, priced under ₹1,500 and built for Bharat. That means designing for low-bandwidth environments, supporting multiple Indian languages, and understanding the everyday realities of our communities. Accessibility shouldn’t be a luxury—it should be a given.” said Ashwat.
From being India’s youngest iOS app developer at age 10 to winning the Apple WWDC Scholarship and attending programs like RSI and Stanford SUMaC, Ashwat’s journey has consistently blended deep technical expertise with a drive for social impact. His nonprofit work with blind schools across Bengaluru inspired EyeSight’s development as a tool rooted in empathy and co-creation.