awards
2017
2016
Top 12 social entrepreneur in India - The Real Deal reality TV show, Season 1, 10 episodes reaching 10 million viewers
Top 15 woman-led tech venture in India - Zone Startups, sponsored by Google, Vodafone, Government of India
Featured in fashion magazine Grazia, August issue
Featured in The Hindu, second-largest English-language newspaper in India, Page 2
Featured on podcast with Cyrus Broacha, top 100 celebrity and comedian in India
Winner of Peace Nexus Foundation award for building peace in South Asia, $4,000 cash prize
Featured in Inc42
Featured in fashion magazine Femina
Featured in Mid-Day newspaper
Speaker at USAID Corporate Social Responsibility event - Gender Equality & Technology
2015
TEDx GITAM University speaker - watch talk
Top 8 tech venture in India - TechStars Startup Next, the #1 pre-acceleration program in the world
TEDx Indian Institute of Management Raipur speaker - watch talk
2014
2013
Panelist at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Entrepreneurship Summit
Most-read article of Feb 2013 on NextBillion
Speaker at Villgro Stakeholders Dinner at Sankalp Forum 2013
Most-read article of June 2013 on NextBillion
Speaker at Confederation of Indian Industry, Inclusive Innovation Summit for top 300 corporate CEOs in India, featured on NDTV - watch video
Speaker at Global Social Benefit Incubator Santa Clara University working group in Manila, Philippines
2012
2010
Most-read article of Nov 2010 on NextBillion
2009
Ranked #1 of Kiva Fellows Cohort in Lender Engagement
Ranked #2 of Kiva Fellows Cohort in Volume of Borrower Interviews Conducted