Clik here to view.
This App Is Helping Mumbaikars Report Potholes, Track Them and Even Fill Them...
This article on using mobile technology for social good is part of the #Connecting4Good series & is made possible by Vodafone India. A group of alert citizens in Mumbai has developed an app to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How One Man’s Passion for Cycling Is Popularising the Healthy Practice in...
Coffee, bicycles, books, and interesting conversations with cycling enthusiasts from around the city – Bhubaneswar has a unique shop that not only gives buyers a wide range of cycles to choose from but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How a Programme Started by IIM-A & IRMA Faculty Members Sends Slum Kids to...
An education programme in nine cities across India is helping out-of-system children join mainstream schools. With interactive lessons and motivated teachers – this is how the students are learning...
View ArticleIndians Are Sharing Their Best Train Stories on Twitter and They Are Awesome
“That time when I had the best idlis at a small station; the train journey on which we met and became best friends; the time when I boarded the wrong train and it seemed hilarious after everything was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Residents of an Apartment Complex in Bengaluru Came Together to Fund...
Every Sunday, the children of domestic workers in the Tata Sherwood residential society of Bengaluru come together for afternoon tuition classes conducted by the residents of the society. These...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How an Auto with Gull-Wings Will Help Mumbaikars Tinker, Innovate and Have Fun
Someone using a 3-D printer here, someone else carving a wooden table there, a designer using a laser cutter in one corner, a group learning how to solder in another nook – welcome to Mumbai’s bright...
View ArticleClik here to view.
16-Year-Old Gurgaon Boy Develops Amazing App to Help Indian Paralympians in Rio
Arhan Bagati, a 16-year-old athlete from Gurgaon, has developed a mobile app to assist the Indian contingent in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The app, named InRio, is loaded with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Simple Solar-Powered Device Is Making Classrooms in Rural Maharashtra...
A simple device is helping students in rural Maharashtra access interesting multimedia content like their urban and semi-urban peers. It runs on solar energy and does not require any prior knowledge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This New Initiative Is Helping People in Mumbai & Pune Get Together to...
How about if someone gave you a day full of music, food, drinks, friends, and lots of paint to enjoy yourself and create whatever you want to? What if you could de-stress and even take home the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
At the Age of 50, This Man Decided to Give up His Successful Business to Take...
From having a successful business to giving it up at the age of 50, from selling furniture to becoming a farmer – this is the amazing story of Suneet Salvi. "People have family lawyers and family...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On Poetry, Feminism & Being an Indian Immigrant in Canada – An Exclusive with...
Meet Rupi Kaur, a poet of Indian origin, who began writing when she was only 17 years old. She has a huge following on social media because of her unique poems written in simple, relatable language....
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Ex-Ola Honcho Is Trying to Get the Govt to Fix Roads. You Can Help Too!
Ever thought how helpful it would be to know about the quality of the road you plan to drive on before you get on it? Or how great it would be for the authorities to figure out which roads to fix...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How a Woman Who Had Lost Her Eyesight Encouraged More Than 1000 People to...
From losing her eyesight to becoming a campaigner and encouraging people to donate their eyes -- this is the inspiring story of Varsha Ved. Before the year 2000, Varsha Ved, a resident of Mumbai, had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
India’s First Signal School, Where Street Kids Study in a Shipment Container...
Mumbai is now home to India’s first Signal School – a colourful classroom created out of a shipping container that sits under a traffic signal flyover in Thane. This is how it operates. “We believe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Mango Saplings Are Turning around the Fortunes of Farmers in Anantpur,...
Say Trees, an NGO that focusses on planting trees in Bengaluru is helping farmers in rural Maharashtra plant fruit trees as an alternate source of income. This is how. Meda Mallaiah is a farmer in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How People across India Are Using the Internet to Plant Trees and Reduce...
Want to plant a tree but not sure how to go about it? Just log on to this website and you will soon have your very own tree taking root in some part of the country. “I was born and brought up in a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
3 Applications That Prove Mobile Phones Have the Power to Transform Lives
This article on using mobile technology for social good has been made possible by NASSCOM Foundation. With over 900 million mobile phone subscribers across India and over 10 million subscribers being...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why This 28-Year-Old Decided to Teach Children Who Used to Beg at a Mumbai...
For 28-year-old Aarti Parab, the development of a country is associated with the growth and development of its children, and that’s exactly the vision with which she goes to teach the children of...
View ArticleOne Tweet to Railway Ministry & Corrupt TTE Was Suspended While Still on the...
In yet another laudable incident of Indian Railways’ authorities taking quick action based on complaints received on Twitter, a TTE who was taking bribes from passengers in return for seats was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How One Organization in Hyderabad Is Helping People Manage Waste in a...
Sixty million tons of garbage generated per year; 45 million tons of untreated waste disposed of in an unhygienic manner every day; and about 0.34 kg waste generated by every person daily – when it...
View Article