Emergent Ventures India, 12th cohort

Harish Ashok, 16, received his grant to build a multi-purpose rover.

Dev Patel, economist, received his grant to expand his method combining machine learning and geophysics to detect and forecast floods across Indian villages.

Saurabh Chandra, Pranay Kotasthane, and Khyati Pathak received their grant for Puliyabaazi Hindi Podcast, to expand and develop articles and video formats in simple, conversational Hindi.

Vishrant Dave, Ayush Ranjan and Prateesh Awasthi received their grant for Armatrix, hyper-redundant robotic arms for inspection and maintenance in hard-to-reach and hazardous industrial environments.

Akhil Reddy K received his grant for Livestockify, to develop solar-powered IoT sensors for real-time poultry disease and health monitoring.

Mohil Ahuja, 19, received his grant to develop a low-cost algae-based air purification system addressing indoor pollution.

Reivanth Kanagaraj received his grant for ColourCryption, to create low-cost anti-counterfeiting solutions using fluorescent inks.

Kaviraj Prithvi, 23, received his grant for uDot, to build a tactile display enabling blind students to study STEM.

Tawheed Rahman, highschooler, received his grant to build a low-cost prosthetic robotic arm.

Keya Shah, 22, received her grant to develop a prosthetics solution in Bangalore.

Sanjay Ganguli received his grant to acquire equipment for documenting wildlife stories from India.

Avhijit Nair, 26, received his grant for HydroPlas Tech, to produce graphene from waste plastic.

Rain Regious received his grant for TRIPd, to develop a wearable revolutionizing personal temperature control through thermoreceptors.

Pragyaan Gaur, 18, received his grant to build technology reducing industrial sulfur dioxide emissions.

Wajih ur Rehman received his grant to develop an aerosol-technology-based solution to curb air pollution in Pakistan.

Rakshith Aloori, 25, received his grant to build desalination machines solving the water crisis.

Prashansa Tripathi, doctoral student at IIT Jodhpur, received travel and conference support to attend the cognitive neuroscience skills training program at Cambridge University.

Those unfamiliar with Emergent Ventures can learn more here and here. The EV India announcement is here. More about the winners of EV India second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh cohorts. To apply for EV India, use the EV application, click the “Apply Now” button and select India from the “My Project Will Affect” drop-down menu.

And here is Nabeel’s AI engine for other EV winners. Here are the other EV cohorts.

If you are interested in supporting the India tranche of Emergent Ventures, please write to me or to Shruti at [email protected].

TC again: I thank Shruti for preparing this blog post, and for all the work behind it!