All this from Shruti:
Aryamman Bhatia is part of the team building HackerFab IITB, an open source student-run chip microfabrication lab. He received his funding to build what he hopes will be the world’s cheapest construction equipment and encourage bottom-up donations to India’s Semiconductor Mission.
Yashi Garg, 17, received his funding for Neurosole, a smart shoe designed to diagnose and prevent diabetic neuropathy. He is also a poet and budding entrepreneur focused on meaningful creativity.
Fahad Hasin received his grant for the Kerala Growth Series, articles and policy memos to promote economic growth in the state. He thinks of this project as publicly creating a modern-day “M-document”.
Shafquat Aman, founder of NexuSelf, received her grant to build an AI health platform that syncs women’s nutrition, exercise, hydration, and menstrual cycles to drive double adherence and lasting health outcomes. The company is a Delaware C-Corp in beta with users across the United States and India.
Kevin Wilson, founder and director of Tala Education, received his grant to scale play-based music education programs that train teachers and transform classrooms for young children across India into spaces of creativity, inquiry, and joyful learning.
Yogesh Ostwal and Ayush Ranawade received their grant to develop a generative AI model for the discovery of novel oncolytic viruses.
Priyansh Kumar, from Delhi, received his grant to work on a private air defense project.
Gowtham Y is a musical instrument, electronics, and chemical engineer. He got his grant to work on synthetic fuel production, starting with cooking gas, on a large scale using solar energy.
Yash Mandlik, 18, received his grant to build a decentralized hostel network for solo and budget travelers, giving every house the power to host the world.
Khush Mahajan, 22, received his grant to build a personalized AI storytelling app that helps children grow up curious. He focuses on learning from building AI products for consumers and turning those lessons into useful tools.
Suraj Tripathi, 17, received his grant for Xorbital, a space-based solar power system that collects sunlight in orbit and wirelessly transmits clean energy to Earth, aiming to provide 24/7 power for defense, disaster response, and remote regions.
Jenil Gandhi, 22, founder of Avinya Vegan Leather, received her grant to develop 100 percent compostable vegan leather made from agricultural waste, reducing crop burning and animal cruelty.
Tanay Lohia got her funding for Mandrake Bioworks, which is building what she hopes will be small and highly efficient gene editors for effective medicine, plants, and more.
Krishna Kant, 20, received his grant to develop a novel type of quantum dot for scientific and technological applications.
Vaibhav Dabas, 20, received his grant to develop a smart ramp for boarding the train.
Anindyadeep Sannigrahi, founder of LiteFold, received his funding to build a drug discovery infrastructure. The platform helps researchers learn experiments quickly and move findings to the wet lab with greater confidence.
Chitra Singh, who holds a degree in computer vision from MPI in Germany, received her grant to build an AI pilot that guides radiology imaging workflows. He spent a decade building and scaling AI thinking at deep technology startups and GE Healthcare.
Shreyansh Diwakar, 18, from Jhansi, received his grant from the 1825 Fund, a micro-grants program that provides equal funding to aspiring young builders and hackers across India.
Aditya Jha, 16, founder of Workithm, received his grant to build an AI-powered system designed to protect attention rather than simply manage tasks. He is focused on the future of human interaction with AI, especially deep work and understanding.
Jeya Kalis, 18, from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, received her grant to develop AI for scientific discovery by exploring a potential joint space.
Chetan Bhattacharji, journalist and climate communications consultant, received his Earth Chakra grant, where he writes and produces videos and podcasts that put science, solutions, and experts on air pollution, climate change, and sustainability on the center stage.
Nithish Kumar, 26, received his grant to build the computing layer of portable nuclear fission reactors to power humanity’s next frontiers.
Sparsh Agarwal, a Darjeeling-based tea farmer, has received his grant for Alter Magazine, a monthly Works in Progress publication featuring the latest writing on science, technology, and progress from South Asia.
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, fifteenth and sixteenth batches. 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].
