Social Cops: Varun and Prukalpa s crowdsourcing platform helps anybody become a social impact agent
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If you want to experience the real India take a train trip.
Varun Banka and Prukalpa Sankar, were in their final year at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, when they decided to do exactly that. The duo, exposed to the global on-ground protests happening at that time, had already experienced an awakening. Coupled with the deep discomfort they felt with the many social and development issues plaguing India, they felt the time was for ripe for them to do something about it. The train journey covering 12 cities in 15 days across India, hammered home a recurring theme- there were heroes everywhere – in the guise of citizens, public agencies and companies – all gripped with a need to spearhead change in their communities. But their efforts were fragmented, required plenty of resources and lacked actionable data.