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Over the last year, the unprecedented suffering caused by the pandemic was met with an equally relentless development of rapid solutions by innovators within civil society, whether it was incisive healthcare tools, support to displaced migrant workers, or alternate job creation for those out-of-work. D4GX India aims to bring together innovators, funders, and ecosystem builders to continue growing and developing such innovations, and rebuild Indian communities who suffer most deeply at the hand of any crisis, with an inclusive and participatory arsenal of solutions.
To further this vision, the D4GX 2021 India Empowerment Challenge will award and support three exceptional early-stage social innovations incubated by ‘data-preneurs’ within successful Indian civil society organizations, across each one of our thematic focuses:
To further this vision, the D4GX 2021 India Empowerment Challenge will award and support three exceptional early-stage social innovations incubated by ‘data-preneurs’ within successful Indian civil society organizations, across each one of our thematic focuses:
DATA TO ENABLE EQUITABLE HEALTH SERVICES
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DATA TO CREATE URBAN RESILIENCE
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DATA TO ENRICH LEARNING TO LIVELIHOOD TRANSITIONS
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Applications for the D4GX 2021 India Empowerment Challenge are now closed.
For more details or inquiries, please write to d4gxindia@dasra.org
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Innovation Design Grants worth INR 10L for three winners (one from each thematic track) |
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Showcase Opportunity at the D4GX India Annual Conference 2021 for up to 15 shortlisted applicants |
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Amplification Support across Bloomberg, Dasra, Societal Platforms and Stanford PACS Digital Civil Society Lab’s networks for all shortlisted innovations |
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Strategic Mentorship
• Shortlisted innovators will receive 1-1 mentorship support from the Bloomberg Engineering and Global Data teams in India • The cohort of Innovation grant winners will have the opportunity to engage with Practitioner Fellows at the Digital Civil Society Lab - Stanford PACS through 2-3 collaborative learning sessions over a 1-year period • The winners will have an opportunity to fundraise further through 1-1 dialogues with a curated group of philanthropists |
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Dr. David Peters Faculty co-chair, Johns Hopkins India Institute |
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