Escape Velocity Grants

Sarumathi is an electrical engineering graduate who is passionate about environment conservation and biodiversity protection. With this grant (sponsored by an anonymous person), she will be able to pay fee for a masters course in environment conservation.

Shriya Shankar makes free maths educational content in Kanada. It’s unique because it reaches an audience that’s not comfortable with English: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zYwd5iZdyBA This grant (sponsored by an anonymous person) will help create such local language videos on science.

Sowyma is due for her final CA exams but due to covid-related financial stress has to take up a full-time job. This grant (which is sponsored by

@augfrank) will help her take a part-time job instead and focus on studies to finish her CA with top grades.

Smriti Prabhu is a national-level rifle shooter. Her only goal is to win a gold medal for India in Olympics and become the first woman to do so. This grant will help her upgrade her rifle so she has a better shot at her goal.

Sainadh Chityala wants to build a self-driving car for Indian roads. He’s passionate about physics and writes a publication about tech and its role in the future of human civilization: semisentient.medium.com

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 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 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 (@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.