Google's Indian Impact Challenge

Google has recently announced to launch, ‘Google Impact Challenge in India’, inviting non profits from India to tell how they would use technology to improve the lives of the people. At the end of the challenge, four nonprofits would receive Rs 3cr each Global Impact Award and technical assistance from Google to bring about their envisioned project to life.

"On the eve of India’s Independence Day, we’re celebrating the spirit of creativity and entrepreneurship of the world’s largest democracy by spotlighting the best local nonprofits that are using technology to make the world better," Nikesh Arora, senior vice president and chief business officer, Google said on a blog post.

"Today we’re launching the Google Impact Challenge in India, inviting Indian nonprofits to tell us how they’d use technology to improve people’s lives,” he added. Registered Indian nonprofits could apply online by September 5. Googlers from India and around the world will review applications and announce the 10 best projects by October 21.

"You can learn more about the top 10 finalists then, and cast a vote for who you think should receive the Fan Favorite award," commented Arora "On October 31, I'll join Ram Shriram, Jacquelline Fuller, Anu Aga and Jayant Sinha in Delhi to hear the 10 finalists pitch live. As judges, we'll select three awardees based on their potential impact, scalability and ingenuity. We'll also announce the winner of the Fan Favorite, according to your vote," he concluded.