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Shriya
Bengaluru
Bio
Founder at sitara akka
Entrepreneur in Residence at Circle India
Part of NSRCEL-IIMB as part of their social entrepreneurship track - Impact Orbit Cohort 1
1 year ago
Sustainable Daily Practices
I have been trying to inculcate more environment friendly practices. Some that I have been following: 1) Usage of menstrual cup 2) Only cloth bags, no plastic 3) Bamboo toothbrush 4) Usage of bus / metro wherever there's last mile connectivity
1 year ago
Local Problem Solving - Course for College Students
Created and facilitated a 1-month course on problem-solving using Reap Benefit's Discover-Investigate-Solve-Share model. 8 students of PES University attended and solved local issues in college at the end of it.
1 year ago
Naagarik - Classifying Civic Issues through AI
Naagarik is a machine learning model that scrapes tweets, identifies civic issue complaints and classifies them into the category they belong to (air, waste, water, sanitation etc). Along with this, it assigns a severity score. This has been published in IEEE Scopus Indexing - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9544777
1 year ago
Custom WhatsApp app for Personalised Learning
In order to provide each student a unique and personal learning experience, we have created our own WhatsApp app - Meteor - built using WhatsApp API. It allows us to have custom features, automate flows, track user journey, etc. We have 600 users from all 31 districts of the state Karnataka using it.
1 year ago
Sitara Akka as my career
After my undergraduate degree, I decided to run Sitara Akka as a full-time career. We provide education and a support system to highschool students from low-income communities in Karnataka to build self-directed learners for life.
2 years ago
Represented the Solve Ninja movement
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Oct 2019 Represented the Solve Ninja movement of local problem solvers at YuWaah! Event organised by UNICEF, Generation Unlimited Program, New Delhi.
2 years ago
Built 4 chapters of Solve Ninja College Chapters
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Sep 2019 Spearheaded the first Solve Ninja College Chapter of Reap Benefit in 4 universities.
2 years ago
Crowdsourced platform of Clay Ganesha
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Aug 2019 Built the first hyperlocal, crowdsourced data platform of clay Ganesha in Bangalore, and thus helped reduce Plaster of Paris idol immersion in local water bodies to just 2% in Bangalore.
2 years ago
Tried to push adoption of biodegradable straws
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
June 2019 Became a Global Shapers Bangalore Fellow, ran the Leafy Straw campaign and convinced coconut sellers to adopt bio-degradable straws.
2 years ago
Urban flooding map for bangalore
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Nov 2018 Developed a map of areas with urban flooding.
2 years ago
Started Project Sitara
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Jan 2018 Started Project Sitara, mobilised 15-20 volunteers to provide educational support to young girls in an orphanag and improve Learning Outcomes.
2 years ago
Built a mini biogas plant
Built a mini-biogas plant in school in Oct 2014
Bio
Founder at sitara akka
Entrepreneur in Residence at Circle India
Part of NSRCEL-IIMB as part of their social entrepreneurship track - Impact Orbit Cohort 1
1 year ago
Sustainable Daily Practices
I have been trying to inculcate more environment friendly practices. Some that I have been following: 1) Usage of menstrual cup 2) Only cloth bags, no plastic 3) Bamboo toothbrush 4) Usage of bus / metro wherever there's last mile connectivity
1 year ago
Local Problem Solving - Course for College Students
Created and facilitated a 1-month course on problem-solving using Reap Benefit's Discover-Investigate-Solve-Share model. 8 students of PES University attended and solved local issues in college at the end of it.
1 year ago
Naagarik - Classifying Civic Issues through AI
Naagarik is a machine learning model that scrapes tweets, identifies civic issue complaints and classifies them into the category they belong to (air, waste, water, sanitation etc). Along with this, it assigns a severity score. This has been published in IEEE Scopus Indexing - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9544777
1 year ago
Custom WhatsApp app for Personalised Learning
In order to provide each student a unique and personal learning experience, we have created our own WhatsApp app - Meteor - built using WhatsApp API. It allows us to have custom features, automate flows, track user journey, etc. We have 600 users from all 31 districts of the state Karnataka using it.
1 year ago
Sitara Akka as my career
After my undergraduate degree, I decided to run Sitara Akka as a full-time career. We provide education and a support system to highschool students from low-income communities in Karnataka to build self-directed learners for life.
2 years ago
Represented the Solve Ninja movement
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Oct 2019 Represented the Solve Ninja movement of local problem solvers at YuWaah! Event organised by UNICEF, Generation Unlimited Program, New Delhi.
2 years ago
Built 4 chapters of Solve Ninja College Chapters
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Sep 2019 Spearheaded the first Solve Ninja College Chapter of Reap Benefit in 4 universities.
2 years ago
Crowdsourced platform of Clay Ganesha
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Aug 2019 Built the first hyperlocal, crowdsourced data platform of clay Ganesha in Bangalore, and thus helped reduce Plaster of Paris idol immersion in local water bodies to just 2% in Bangalore.
2 years ago
Tried to push adoption of biodegradable straws
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
June 2019 Became a Global Shapers Bangalore Fellow, ran the Leafy Straw campaign and convinced coconut sellers to adopt bio-degradable straws.
2 years ago
Urban flooding map for bangalore
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Nov 2018 Developed a map of areas with urban flooding.
2 years ago
Started Project Sitara
Verified by: Reap Benefit Foundation
Jan 2018 Started Project Sitara, mobilised 15-20 volunteers to provide educational support to young girls in an orphanag and improve Learning Outcomes.
2 years ago
Built a mini biogas plant
Built a mini-biogas plant in school in Oct 2014