WE HUB’s Young Innovators, Manasa, Nafeesa gain seed investment from KTR

Both Students of Pallavi Model School, Boduppal are part of Catch’em Young: WEHUB’s Entrepreneurship program for Young Girls 

HYDERABAD: Young Innovators, N. Manasa Reddy and Nafeesa Anjum, students of Grade 9 and 10 of Pallavi Model School, Boduppal, secured seed investment in their startup, Digi Gnan, from IT Minister K. T. Rama Rao.

The startup, Digi Gnan, is a platform for students to digitally enable knowledge sharing and self-learning. The platform will be used to collaborate with female counterparts from tier II and III towns and villages. The idea stemmed from the problem statement that the children identified during their Girls in STE(A)M and Earlypreneurship programs by WE HUB which is focusing extensively on enabling more girls to take their innovative ideas into viable entrepreneurial startup ventures.

The children, during the field trip organized by Pallavi Model School, noticed that the digital literacy was lacking in their peers from the tier 2 and 3 villages. On further research, they noticed that India reported 52,974 incidents of cyber crimes in 2021, an increase of nearly six percent from the year ago period. Telangana topped the chart among states, accounting for more than 19 percent of crimes, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data shows.

India ranked 98th out of 120 countries on internet literacy indices.

The students came up with the idea of Digi Gran.

Under Digi Gran, digital literacy, employability skills and cyber security will be imparted in a pilot to over 500 students from four villages.

Over the next 12 months. 50 volunteers will enable Digi Gran expand to 25 villages reaching over 1,000 students in Telangana and the startup will be financially viable.

The Minister had personally committed to funding the students' idea during the fifth anniversary of WEHUB on March 8.

The students pitched the idea to the Minister in the presence of Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy, GHMC Mayor, MLAs, Special Chief Secretary of MA&UD, Mr. Arvind Kumar, IAS, with a request for a seed investment of Rs 10 lakh. KTR quizzed the students about the financial viability of Digi Gnan, mentor and advisor road map and return on investment. The students showed the financial projections and assured the minister of a successful RoI. Impressed, KTR gave a seed capital of Rs 8 lakh.

WE HUB, along with management and teachers of Pallavi Model School will be launching the student startup soon. Young Innovators, N. Manasa Reddy and Nafeesa Anjum, students of Grade 9 and 10 of Pallavi Model School, Boduppal, secured seed investment in their startup, Digi Gnan, from IT Minister K. T. Rama Rao.

The startup, Digi Gnan, is a platform for students to digitally enable knowledge sharing and self-learning. The platform will be used to collaborate with female counterparts from tier II and III towns and villages. The idea stemmed from the problem statement that the children identified during their Girls in STE(A)M and Earlypreneurship programs by WE HUB which is focusing extensively on enabling more girls to take their innovative ideas into viable entrepreneurial startup ventures.

The children, during the field trip organized by Pallavi Model School, noticed that the digital literacy was lacking in their peers from the tier 2 and 3 villages. On further research, they noticed that India reported 52,974 incidents of cyber crimes in 2021, an increase of nearly six percent from the year ago period. Telangana topped the chart among states, accounting for more than 19 percent of crimes, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data shows.

India ranked 98th out of 120 countries on internet literacy indices.

The students came up with the idea of Digi Gran.

Under Digi Gran, digital literacy, employability skills and cyber security will be imparted in a pilot to over 500 students from four villages.

Over the next 12 months. 50 volunteers will enable Digi Gran expand to 25 villages reaching over 1,000 students in Telangana and the startup will be financially viable.

The Minister had personally committed to funding the students' idea during the fifth anniversary of WEHUB on March 8.

The students pitched the idea to the Minister in the presence of Education Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy, GHMC Mayor, MLAs, Special Chief Secretary of MA&UD, Mr. Arvind Kumar, IAS, with a request for a seed investment of Rs 10 lakh. KTR quizzed the students about the financial viability of Digi Gnan, mentor and advisor road map and return on investment. The students showed the financial projections and assured the minister of a successful RoI. Impressed, KTR gave a seed capital of Rs 8 lakh.

WE HUB, along with management and teachers of Pallavi Model School will be launching the student startup soon.