🎉 Announcing Jan 2022 winners of Gaur and Chopra Escape Velocity grants.
We're awarding 6 people under 25 years of age, a sum of Rs 50,000 each.
Their profiles in 🧵
We're awarding 6 people under 25 years of age, a sum of Rs 50,000 each.
Their profiles in 🧵
1/ Maxito is a young 🎶 music composer.
Right now he records songs using the phone mic but this grant of Rs. 50k will help him buy equipment to take his compositions to next level and make a living out of this.
Check out his songs: open.spotify.com/album/58qDziUO…
Right now he records songs using the phone mic but this grant of Rs. 50k will help him buy equipment to take his compositions to next level and make a living out of this.
Check out his songs: open.spotify.com/album/58qDziUO…
2/ Maryam is a high school student from Ernakulum, Kerla.
She got into the semi-final round of 🧪 HSBC science innovation contest (top 200 out of 500 entries).
She will use this grant to purchase components (such as GPS module and fingerprint sensor) for her project.
She got into the semi-final round of 🧪 HSBC science innovation contest (top 200 out of 500 entries).
She will use this grant to purchase components (such as GPS module and fingerprint sensor) for her project.
3/ Kaira and Hansa are pursuing economics degrees.
This grant will enable them to do a project to estimate willingness-to-pay for menstrual cups amongst ♀️ Indian women. These cups are more sustainable than pads/tampons but not very popular.
This research will figure out why.
This grant will enable them to do a project to estimate willingness-to-pay for menstrual cups amongst ♀️ Indian women. These cups are more sustainable than pads/tampons but not very popular.
This research will figure out why.
4/ Mohammad Qureshi is a final year ⚖️ law student from Kashmir.
He has formed a young lawyers group to help do pro-bono legal work in Kashmir.
This grant will help him conduct moot-court competitions to help train the young lawyers to improve the quality of life for Kashmiris
He has formed a young lawyers group to help do pro-bono legal work in Kashmir.
This grant will help him conduct moot-court competitions to help train the young lawyers to improve the quality of life for Kashmiris
5/ Adwait is an aspiring 📊 economist.
His long-term goal is to work upon a treatise on modern economics in the Indian context, developing "Indian School of Thought" for economics.
This grant will help him fund his research (travel and living expenses).
adwaitr.substack.com
His long-term goal is to work upon a treatise on modern economics in the Indian context, developing "Indian School of Thought" for economics.
This grant will help him fund his research (travel and living expenses).
adwaitr.substack.com
6/ Rohit is from Maharastra and wants to teach tribal women how to make hand sanitizer from mahua plant.
Right now, spirit from the plant is drunk as alcohol. He will help teach how to make a higher value product (sanitizer) out of it.
His application -> drive.google.com/file/d/1bbRy4D…
Right now, spirit from the plant is drunk as alcohol. He will help teach how to make a higher value product (sanitizer) out of it.
His application -> drive.google.com/file/d/1bbRy4D…
7/ These grants are co-sponsored by @augfrank and other anonymous donors.
If you want to co-sponsor a future grant of Rs 50k, DM me or @sia_steel!
If you want to co-sponsor a future grant of Rs 50k, DM me or @sia_steel!
8/ HOW TO APPLY?
In case you know anyone under 25 with potential but is limited by money to achieve their dreams, please point them to our grants.
Here's how to apply: invertedpassion.com/escape-velocit…
In case you know anyone under 25 with potential but is limited by money to achieve their dreams, please point them to our grants.
Here's how to apply: invertedpassion.com/escape-velocit…
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