Emergent Ventures India, 14th cohort

Avani Agarwal, 18, high school senior, received her grant for Synthera, to accelerate personalized medicine using AI-powered drug discovery.

Sushan Bhattarai received his grant to map archaeological sites linked to the Khasa-Malla kingdom across the Himalayas.

Utkrisht Singh Chauhan, 19, and Yash Chavan, 22, received their grant for InTacht, to speed up and reduce costs for edge and private AI systems.

Tanuj Pandya, 20, received his grant to build gloves bringing realistic touch to XR devices.

Dhanush Bakthavatchalam, 24, received his grant to build fully automated AI-driven factories for metal fabrication.

Rashi Bhavsar received her grant for Algaevity, to develop an all-natural, zero-electricity mosquito-killing bio-device.

Rounak Banerjee received his grant to develop affordable technology for converting standard wheelchairs into electric wheelchairs.

Vasisht Dilip received his grant for Seric Steel, to turn iron ore mining waste and crop residue into steel without fossil fuels.

Mohammad Mahean Hasan, 22, studying at Minerva university, received his grant for travel and general career development.

Syed Irfan Ahmed received his grant to develop non-invasive devices monitoring posture in real time.

Kumari Anushka, 20, received her grant for RAD-Scan, to build a citizen-led biomarker testing system for radiation and heavy metal exposure.

Prince Rawat, 19, received his grant for Falken Aerospace, to build autonomous cargo UAVs for logistics.

Joy Agrawal, 19, sophomore at University of Chicago, received his grant for general career development.

Nikhil Kashyap, 20-year-old high school dropout, received his grant to build an affordable robotics kit and visual coding platform making STEM education accessible across India.

Ansh Saxena, 21, received his grant for Aquanode, to build an AI-native cloud helping teams deploy and train models with lower costs.

Mateo Escalante, 24, received his grant for Horus Prosthetics, to develop machine learning models generating perfectly fitting prosthetic leg sockets.

Dhruv Bathla, founder of Ezbeat, received his grant to build a copilot preventing cardiovascular disease through early risk identification.

Rishi Rathi, 25, received his grant to develop a marine carbon dioxide removal solution.

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, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth 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].