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21531. How this Hyderabad startup went from skilling youths to delivering e-learning to schools
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- After quitting Motorola in 2008, Ananth set up Focus Ventures, which backed Hyderabad-based SkillPro, a social enterprise that aims to skill one million underprivileged youth. He took over as the chairman of SkillPro in 2013. Soon after, as the Skill India Mission took off, SkillPro transitioned from offline skill training to an e-learning solution. In eight years, it has impacted over 300,000 youth across rural and urban areas and placed them in jobs. But, there was a pain point.
- Hyderabad startup SkillPro launched mPowerO to tap into the rising demand for e-learning solutions and learning management systems during the pandemic.
- With the lockdown on educational institutions unlikely to get over anytime soon, the thrust on e-learning and online classrooms is at an all-time high. SkillPro rolled out mPowerO in May to tap into this lockdown-induced market demand.
21532. WCC2: the Made in India 3D cricket game wooing the world
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- World Cricket Championship 2 (popularly known as WCC2), a flagship cricket simulation game, became the people’s choice winner in gaming in PM Modi’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge. It garnered 74 percent of popular votes in the category, and secured the third position in the jury round.
- Rajendran PR,Founder and CEO, Nextwave Multimedia, said, “Some years ago, an investor told me ‘there’s no reason for a game development company to exist in India’. Now, when I hear the Prime Minister saying build games and go global, you know the world has changed.
- The Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge is a positive reinforcement for a sector that requires multiple skills. It is more difficult to build a game than most other software. The government push brings focus to the sector and creates an overall positive environment.”
21533. ScarFall: Made-in-India gaming app aims to level the playing field for Aatmanirbhar Bharat
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- Enter ScarFall: The Royale Combat, an online and offline action survival game that emerged as one of the top Made-in-India apps in the gaming category in the recent AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Developed and published by Surat-based XSQUADS Tech, ScarFall was launched in October 2019. Since then, the game – available on Android and iOS - has surpassed one million monthly active users (MAUs).
- Jamish Kumar Lakhani, Founder and CEO of XSUADS Tech, says his idea to create a Made-in-India gaming app that competes with the likes of Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, and PUBG was in line with the Prime Minister Modi's recent clarion call for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
21534. YourQuote: an app where anyone can tell a story or pen a poem
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- Founded by IIT Delhi alumni and neighbours Harsh Snehanshu and Ashish Singh, YourQuote is a creative writing app for writers to turn their text into art. The startup recently won Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge.
- Moreover, from his personal experiences, YourQuote co-founders Harsh found that even though there were blogging platforms that allowed people to publish whatever they wanted, they were mostly not smartphone-friendly, and that was a hindrance because the world, then, was at the precipice of smartphones taking over daily functions from the laptop.
- “PayNearby app has over 25 services listed on it, and we’re developing a one-stop-shop model to ensure that all individuals and organisations can access financial services within their target localities,” Anand adds.
21535. पेट्रोल पंप पर काम करते हैं पिता, बेटे को IAS बनाने के लिए बेच दिया था घर
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- इंदौर में रहने वाले प्रदीप सिंह ने यूपीएससी की परीक्षा में 26वां स्थान हासिल किया है। प्रदीप अभी इनकम टैक्स में असिस्टेंट कमिश्नर के तौर पर कार्यरत है।
- दीप सिंह को इस मुकाम तक पहुंचाने के लिए उनके पिता सब कुछ कुर्बान कर दिया था।पिछले साल प्रदीप के पिता ने बेटे की सफलता पर कहा था कि मैंने इसकी पढ़ाई के लिए घर तक बेच दिया था
- प्रदीप के पिता इंदौर स्थित एक पेट्रोल पंप पर काम करते हैं।
21536. 50M users, 10M downloads: Hello English’s journey to becoming one of India’s most popular English learning apps
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- Started by a husband-wife duo, Hello English is on a mission to enable people across the globe to learn the English language as a skill, and is one of the winners of the government's AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge.
- “You cannot expect your driver to learn this language from a Cambridge book. Hello English thus aims to empower people with this skill irrespective of their age group, language, and geography,” says Pranshu Patni, Co-founder of Hello English, in an exclusive interaction with
- “So that's when, in 2014, we rebranded and launched Hello English as a mobile app. And it took off really, really quickly. Within the first couple of weeks, we had 100,000 downloads and even reached the number one spot in the education category,” she reminisces.
21537. [Startup Bharat] Indore-based STAGE is building an ‘Indianised’ OTT platform with original hyperlocal content
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- After their viral Facebook page WittyFeed was lost overnight, Praveen Singhal, Shashank Vaishnav, and Vinay Singhal launched Indore-based startup STAGE, an artist and dialect-led OTT platform, in 2019.
- “We realised that most content platforms were offering sleazy content, foreign shows dubbed in Indian languages or poorly localised versions of popular global shows, something that Bharatwasis (Indians) don’t relate to,” says CEO Vinay.
- Explaining the name of the platform, Praveen says, “To cater to Bharat, we needed a platform that not only resonated with the audience with its offerings but was also easy to pronounce. Every Bharatwasis in every nukkad, galli or muhallah (neighbourhood) understands and can pronounce STAGE.”
21538. Smart Glass from Ernakulam: how this startup aims to change the way we work
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- Rohildev Nattukallingal has spent the last three years building the hardware of Nimo – a pair of smart glasses that could change our workspaces. "Best of all, it’s an office space that you can carry everywhere – from the train to the plane to the cafe. The two major areas we are focusing on is the elegantly designed Nimo Glasses, and the other one is anew operating system we call Planet OS. Planet OS is designed to support thousands of existing productivity apps," Rohildev Nattukallingal, Founder of Nimo Planet, tells YourStory.
- "The world is moving towards remote and flexible workspaces. But there are key challenges to developing effective mobile productivity. On one hand, small screens limit productivity on the go and conversely, it takes high cost to set up a physical workspace, which is not portable. More importantly, there is no privacy. For the new world, we need a new computer designed to help people work from anywhere, effectively and securely," says Rohildev.
- "The home office isn’t even confined to the home. Instead, it becomes a flexible, transportable work setup. It eliminates the decades-old desktop setup, where a desk and a chair confines you. And replaces it with wearable smart glass," says Rohildev.
21539. E-learning startup IsEqualTo is making studies fun with its made-in-India app
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- E-learning startup IsEqualTo is one of the two winners in the news category at the recent AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge launched by PM Narendra Modi.
- Mumbai-based e-learning startup IsEqualTo was launched to find ways to make studies more enjoyable for students and focus on concept-based learning rather than textbook-based learning.
- “The problem is that education has not changed over the last many years. The internet and technology have revolutionised the world with ecommerce, delivery services, logistics, health, travel etc, but not much work has been done in education,” Saakar, Co-founder and CXO, tells
21540. Mihuru: An Innovative Financial Platform for Travelers and Students
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- Mihuru Splitfare, you can book your travel months in advance with just a 25% deposit and pay the rest in installments prior to your trip.
- Mihuru means “My Freedom” and our vision is to help people manage their finances better so they can achieve various life goals.
- You have Rs.5,000 in your account. Not enough to buy a Rs.20,000 flight ticket for your trip in 3 months. So you plan to save money for 2 months and then book your flight. By then flight prices have increased to Rs.28,000. Your savings of Rs.20,000 are not enough; you need to cough up an additional Rs.8,000! As a result you may have to forgo your trip or take an expensive personal loan to fulfill the gap.