Community Engagement Archives

Ayika Foundation: How two teens inspired over a million youth to join the climate action movement

by Darshana Ramdev | Jun 13, 2024

(June 14, 2024) Litisha Bagadia and Siya Joshi, the co-founders of the Ayika Foundation, were busy brainstorming their next climate action movement. Their challenge, however, was much larger than simply getting people to show up and then go back home. They wanted to...

Anshita Mehrotra: Revolutionising hair care with Fix My Curls

by Bindu Gopal Rao | Jan 28, 2024

(January 28, 2024) When she was just 19, Anshita Mehrotra, a student, was on a winter break at her Varanasi home. Having curly hair, she did a casual Google search on curly hair products that gave her empty results, and anything available was ridiculously expensive....

The 50-state quest: How Priya Vulchi unveiled stories of race and identity across America

by Darshana Ramdev | Jan 23, 2024

(January 23, 2024) Soon after graduating from high school, best friends Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi did what Asian immigrants in the US rarely do. They took a gap year. They travelled together to all 50 states of the US, in the hope of educating themselves about race,...