New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Today, TIME and TIME for Kids reveal the 2025 Kid of the Year, recognizing one exceptional young person making the world a brighter place. The Indian-origin teenager received recognition for her efforts to teach digital literacy to protect seniors from cybercrime/

Tejasvi Manoj is making headlines after she appeared on TIME magazine's cover page as "2025 Kid of the Year." The 17-year-old digital defender concerned by online scams targeting the elderly, decided to launch a website named Shield Seniors to help seniors identify, report, and protect themselves. This idea struck her when she her grandfather almost fell victim to the online scam.

Narrating the incident from last year, she said that she was driving home ...