The original Gaur & Chopra Escape Velocity Grant, was founded on the belief that small amounts of funding can meaningfully change trajectories.
This grant supported young people across disciplines.
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Shriya Shankar
Help create such local language videos on science (September 2021)
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Sowyma
Helping a future CA (September 2021)
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Smriti Prabhu
To win a gold medal for India in Olympics (September 2021)
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Sainadh Chityala
Building a self-driving car for Indian roads (August 2021)
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Ritu Paul
Building a library in her village (August 2021)
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Rinku Kumari
PhD dissertation on Dalit art (August 2021)
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Sanyam Mishra
Supporting a future judge (August 2021)
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Rupesh Sharma
Teaching art to underprivileged kids while traveling pan India (August 2021)
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Riten Debnath
Bootstrapped startup to capitalize proof of work (August 2021)
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Vijay Kataria
Sports for Development Project in Uttarakhand (August 2021)
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Saikat
Helping hand for a JEE aspirant (August 2021)
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Rachna Kabiraj
Kick starting a professional art career (July 2021)
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Pavan K Rao
Future rifle olympian (July 2021)
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Nitin Raja
Anti-theft helmet and a hardware startup (July 2021)
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Phula Kumari
Printing business in a village in Bihar (July 2021)
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Sajjan Singh Chauhan
Helping a future judge (July 2021)