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A social enterprise’s mobile-based services bring agricultural, financial, governance and educational reforms
Awaaz De, a for-profit social enterprise, has been developing inclusive mobile solutions to help farmers in rural Gujarat, empowered women Self Help Groups in Assam and gave transparency of governance to NGOs and trade unions in Bihar.In 2016, a global survey conducted by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services revealed that 76% of Indian adults do …
How a couple who lost their 16-year-old son in a drowning accident made sure that not a single other person loses their life in that same spot again
Mandar was a 16-year-old cheerful boy who had just finished writing his 10th board examinations. After he gave his last board exam on 21st March 2015, he and his friends decided to go for an outing to a dam in the outskirts of the city. This dam, popularly known as the Kerwa was a prominent …
IIM Bengaluru alumni develop a Gaming App to find out how well can you detect and stop the spreading of Fake News
To study the colossal damage caused by unverified fake news and to find out if people are able to verify the news that they are consuming, Ankita Garg, and her co-founder Amitabh Mehta, both alumni of IIM Bangalore, started researching around how they can contribute to the cause of Fake News using gamification. Their startup, …
A 14-year-old animal lover who has on her own established a Rescue and Rehabilitation Center for abandoned pets and stray pups
What do you expect from a 14-year-old 9th grader? The usual school, tuitions, friends, mobile etc. However, unlike most children of her age, Chandani Grover, a student of The Sanskaar Valley School in Bhopal has gone miles ahead by defying odds and changing the mainstream narrative by conceptualizing and establishing a centre for providing shelter, …
A 21-year-old opens a shelter home for more than 66 children with hearing and speech impairment
It was just another day for Anupriya Soni, an 18-year-old who had just passed out of her school and was ready to join a medical college. She was on her way for a college counselling session on a bright sunny day and she just halted her car to have some water and buy fruits. There, …
A Pune based architect-couple is changing the convention by building Natural Houses which doesn’t require ACs.
There have been several myths around natural buildings, one that, they are weak, or that, that they won’t stand for long or that it smells bad. But what if we tell you that these houses can be as strong as their cement counterparts, if not stronger. Meet Dhruvang and Priyanka, an architect couple from Pune …
Concerned by the over-exposure of digital entertainment, a mother designs a special news-app and newspaper for kids
With the increasing impact (both positive and negative) of technology on our day to day lives, staying up-to-date with the world has become easy with just a click of a button. And children are not alien to this advancement either. Studies say that an average child spends 32-28 hours per week on devices, tv, and …