Roumak Das, a grade 11 student from West Bengal, and Samik Goyal, a grade 12 student from Patiala, received their grants to attend the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence 2025 in Beijing, where Roumak received a gold medal and Samik a silver medal. Roumak’s grant also supports his college applications, while Samik’s grant supports SPOI, which is dedicated to teaching informatics to school students.
Ishaan Gangwani, 17, received his grant to develop InkVell, an AI-native LaTeX editor, and to support his trip to the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence 2025 in Beijing.
Ronald Abraham received a grant to develop the work of Veeraa, to create a platform for crowdfunding and growing community leaders in India.
Tristan Wagner received his grant to test low-cost autoinjectors for the treatment of anaphylaxis and snakebite envenoming in India.
Michael Grasa received his grant to test a transparent, pseudo-first method of recording the Indus Valley text, releasing translated overlays and open data sets for replication or refutation.
Jasraj Budigam, 16, received his grant to develop CapNav-Lite, an AI navigation system that personalizes wheelchair control for each user within minutes of everyday hardware.
Mannat Kaur, 17, a freshman at Stanford University, received her grant to further develop research into wastewater recycling and its integration into the built environment and low-carbon housing.
Vineela Upadhyayula, Hari Krishna Upadhyayula, and Phani Madhav Upadhyayula received their NeuraEase grant, to build a wearable AI-driven discovery and management of critical neurodivergence events in neurodivergence and mood disorders, including autistic outbreaks.
Arnav Kumar and Gavneesh, founders of Vyobha Aerospace, received their funding to build a regional eVTOL aircraft with partial ownership at the cost of a car.
Aditya Raj Chopra, a high school senior, received a regular career development grant.
Ansh Mishra, 17, received his grant money to build reliable and accessible prosthetic hands.
Vasu Dubey, 22, received his grant to develop a machine-based medical device to restore speech to laryngectomy patients.
Snehadeep Kumar, 21, received his Nebula Space Organization grant, building cost-effective Earth-imaging CubeSats and a global imaging platform that makes space data accessible to everyone.
Uttam Singh and Ayush Das received their funding for Nakshatra Maps, helping people navigate indoor and outdoor public spaces with dynamic hyperlocal maps, AR navigation, and smart emergency exits.
Mankaran Singh received his grant to develop conflict-free interactions for machine-robots operating in human-centric environments.
Sommaiya Angrish, 21, a Hindi pop singer, has received funding to work on her third album, based on her healing journey.
Achyut Tiwari, 24, received his funding for GeoLiquefy, an AI system that predicts earthquake-related soil liquefaction from geotechnical data for engineers, insurers, and risk assessors.
Devayan Das, 19, a biotech major, received his grant to develop tissue-soluble biomolecules that simplify lab workflows and turn the lab setting into a plug-and-play process.
Ayush Kale, a materials engineer, received his EarthSprint Solutions grant, to convert agricultural waste into low-carbon, high-efficiency cement blocks.
Mohd Fahad Eqbal, 24, received his funding for Chakraswap, to grow an affordable battery replacement network for e-rickshaw drivers.
Satyamedh Hulyalkar received his grant to develop a self-healing mesh network based on LoRa for agricultural use cases and monitoring.
Shivam Parashar received his GreenScore grant, to build an industrial pollution monitoring system that combines machine learning and IoT to keep India’s rivers clean.
Anand Unni received his grant for the Nayaneethi Policy Collective, to develop public policy curriculum and a community of public policy thinkers and analysts in Kerala, and to strengthen the demand side of public policy.
Those unfamiliar with Emergent Ventures can read more here and here. The EV India announcement is here. More about winners of EV India second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth batch. To apply for EV India, run the EV program, click the “Apply Now” button and select India from the “My Project Will Affect” drop-down menu.
And here’s Nabeel’s AI engine for some EV winners. Here are some EV collections.
If you are interested in supporting the India tranche of Emergent Ventures, please write to me or write to Shruti at [email protected].
TC: This post is from Shruti, and I thank her for her amazing work on this!
