Escape Velocity Grants

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Awardees

List of candidates and projects that we currently back or have backed in the past.

  • Ritu Paul

    Building a library in her village (August 2021)

    Ritu Paul has started a library in her village for which she needs books and storage racks and almirahs. With the grant, she will be equipping the library with computer books and books for girls who had to drop out of school.

  • Rinku Kumari

    PhD dissertation on Dalit art (August 2021)

    Rinku Kumari is a student of women’s studies and after having lost her father, was unable to finish her PhD dissertation. She is researching about Dalit art Godhna Mithila paintings. With the grant, she will be able to travel and stay in the research area.

  • Sanyam Mishra

    Supporting a future judge (August 2021)

    Sanyam Mishra who would be spending the grant on his lifelong dream of becoming a Judge He has been on 100% scholarship for his law studies. He needed funds to focus on legal coaching, books and other related expenses.

  • Rupesh Sharma

    Teaching art to underprivileged kids while traveling pan India (August 2021)

    Rupesh Sharma runs An Art Amity – A3 (IG: an_art_amity). Recently he started a project to teach art to more than 5000 underprivileged kids while traveling 25 states pan India. With the grant, Rupesh will start an art school for around 80 children in Boisar, Maharashtra.

  • Riten Debnath

    Bootstrapped startup to capitalize proof of work (August 2021)

    Riten Debnath (@ritendn) is running a bootstrapped startup for multi-skilled aka generalist to capitalize their proof of work. Proof of work will help build personal brand & opportunities in our career and life. He’d using the funds to continue working on this startup.

  • Vijay Kataria

    Sports for Development Project in Uttarakhand (August 2021)

    Vijay Kataria is currently running a Sports For Development project named Pahadi Khiladi in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. He would be using the funds to purchase equipment for their program and hopefully create many new sportspeople from the region.

  • Saikat

    Helping hand for a JEE aspirant (August 2021)

    Saikat cleared his CBSE 10th Board in 2021 with 98.6%, AIR 8. Due to pandemic, his studies have been impacted because of lack of a laptop. He will be using the grant to purchase a laptop to continue his online classes and resume his preparation for JEE.

  • Rachna Kabiraj

    Kick starting a professional art career (July 2021)

    Rachna is an artist who got a top 100 rank of NIFT but couldn’t get into art colleges due to financial reasons. The grant will help start her journey of making a living through art by helping her buy a tablet and setup an online art store. Her work: https://instagram.com/divine_rachna/

  • Pavan K Rao

    Future rifle olympian (July 2021)

    Pavan is a national-level rifle shooter who is currently preparing for the Olympics. He needs Rs 60k to upgrade his 10m rifle jacket and trousers, which will help him get better results. Hopefully, this grant can help Pavan win a medal for India in the future!

    This grant is sponsored by @vivekanandahr

  • Nitin Raja

    Anti-theft helmet and a hardware startup (July 2021)

    Nitin Raja’s grant is sponsored by @akkishore. Nitin is a 20-something building an anti-theft helmet. He has a basic prototype ready and needs funds to make a production-grade model to show to @bounceshare and @Vogo_rentals and launch a hardware startup.