India
MeghaScore: Promoting financial inclusion in India
Five months ago, six UC Berkeley students joined a Challenge Lab where the objective was to solve six problems that face Meghalaya, a North-East state in India. The challenges were Rainwater Harvesting, Horticulture, Turmeric, ECO Tourism, Healthcare and Financial Inclusion. Our challenge was to find a way to create a solution for financial inclusion for…
Could these UC Berkeley students help build a 2nd Silicon Valley in India?
A lot of 22-year-olds aren’t sure what they want to do with their careers, but not Farhan Ahmed. Ever since he was a freshman at Sri Ramaswami Memorial Institute of Science and Technology (SRM) in India, he’s been involved in the startup business, beginning when he created his first app: SRM Foodies, a way for…
Teams compete for winning IV bag and infusion design in OSAA-Collider Finals
On December 7th, four teams of UC Berkeley students pitched their designs for mobilizing and improving intravenous (IV) treatment in the OSAA Med Tech Collider. The Collider — run by partnerships between the Sutardja Center, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, and OSAA-Innovation — was created to improve the design of poles that hold bags…