Akash God is a 23-year-old cognitive science graduate from UC Berkeley and chief canine companion at Dognosis, where he develops technology that increases the bandwidth of human-canine communication. He received his EV grant for a pilot study in North Karnataka that evaluates the performance of cyber-canines in cancer screening in breath samples. He writes to his Substack.
Travel grant to the four member team representing India at the 20th International Linguistics Olympiad in Bansko, Bulgaria below:
Faraz Ahmed Siddiqui he is 17 years old in Mumbai high school. He received his EV Grant to participate in the 20th International Linguistics Olympiad in Bansko, Bulgaria, where he won a silver medal. Now he aims to promote languages in India. He also enjoys studying and teaching Astronomy and Physics. Her team (Anshul, Animikha and Diya) also received a travel grant to participate in the Olympiad.
Anshul Krishnadas Bhagwat is an 18-year-old polyglot, and a lover of language and languages. He speaks more than 9 languages fluently (English, Hindi, Konkani, Marathi, Kannada, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French) and is learning many more. He (and his team) received an EV grant to participate in the 20th International Linguistics Olympiad in Bulgaria, where he won an honorable mention.
Animikha Dutta Dhar is a 16-year-old from Kolkata, who loves maths, languages and problem solving. He received his EV grant to participate in the 20th International Linguistics Olympiad in Bulgaria.
Diya Agrawal she is 18 years old from Bangalore and she is interested in biology, law and languages. He received an EV grant to apply to US colleges and participate in the 20th International Linguistics Olympiad in Bulgaria.
Yakara Ganesh is a 24-year-old entrepreneur and founder of Samskar Electronics. He received his EV grant to create the “Samskar Toy” an interactive tool to teach young children about sexual harassment (a huge, under-reported problem in India).
Arpit Shukla i a 25-year-old social entrepreneur and researcher from Varanasi. He received his EV grant to develop and test his low-cost AI powered bone hearing aid for those with hearing loss and disabilities. This phone is designed to prevent loss of voice data and has active noise cancellation.
Parth Verma is a 26-year-old mechanical engineer and the founder of Bakz4ever. He works on Carbon Bank Technology, a 2-in-1 climate solution for low-cost Direct Air Carbon Capture and Long-Term Energy Storage, to support and sustain a 100% renewable grid.
Shivaganesh Gaddam is the founder of Zeni5, a new neobanking solution specially designed for students, which provides a convenient platform to manage their payments and benefits, inform them of financial information, and reward them with digital gold returns for every purchase.
Shweta Dalmia is a 26 year old entrepreneur from Delhi, Founder and CEO of Climapreneur. He got his EV money for rating his podcast; where he presents information about climate startups and the non-profit ecosystem and presents opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Atul Singhal and his founder Sudhanshu Singh received their EV funding to grow their startup Cuvette, which helps connect students from small towns in India looking for internships and jobs in the field of software development to employers. Currently, Cuvette is already used by 400K+ users and has around 6,000+ partner companies.
Anagha Rajesh is a 21-year-old chemistry student at BITS Goa and believes that the future of computing will be driven by biomolecules. He received an EV grant to build a DNA nanochip powered by bacteria to power the next generation of computing and storage. Prior to this, Anagha spent four years building and scaling Yours Mindfully, a mental health nonprofit that has touched over 10,000 people.
Gautham Pasupuleti is the CEO and Managing Director of Biodesign Innovation Labs in Bangalore. He received his EV grant to develop and evaluate RespiraID, a patented medical technology that provides a safe, affordable, and reliable alternative to manual ventilation.
Shashank Aswathanarayana is a 34-year-old music professional, percussionist and postdoctoral researcher at American University. He received an EV grant to travel across South India to create a complete acoustic image of Hindu temples.
Shankar Sri he is the 22-year-old founder of Sputnik Brain (rebranded in the US as Neural Inception). He is building a non-surgical neural interface to democratize access to happiness by using the brain’s serotonergic circuits to solve the problem of treatment-resistant depression, and ultimately hopes to create a human civilization without suffering.
Rahul Sagar is Professor of Global Networking at NYU Abu Dhabi. He created Ideas of India, a new database indexing all English-language periodicals published in India from 1800-1950. More than 150 researchers tracked down and cataloged these lost books, resulting in 300,000 entries in more than 400 journal entries from 175 libraries worldwide. Rahul’s EV funding will support “off-the-grid” hunts, sending teams to manually search libraries that hold only paper records, hoping to uncover endangered archives.
Hardeep Gambhir is a 20-year-old from New Delhi/Toronto, who is passionate about improving education and the future of humanity. He received his EV grant to develop a general career and take a year off from university to create an education/community program called The Residency, a home for ambitious people.
Those unfamiliar with Emergent Ventures can read more here and here. The EV India announcement is here. More about winners of EV India second batch, third batch, fourth batch, and fifth batch. Applying for EV Indiarun the EV program, click the “Apply Now” button and select India from the “My Project Will Affect” drop-down menu.
If you are interested in supporting the India tranche of Emergent Ventures, please write to me or write to Shruti at [email protected].