A look behind the scenes of our winner entry for Alexa India Hackathon Introduction This story will talk about our experience at Alexa India Hackathon, held at Amazon during my tenure there as an intern in June 2019. I teamed up with two of my experienced colleagues Srini and Abhishek for…

The next stop on our north-bound journey now was Vizag, the ‘City of Destiny’ where we were hosted by the Akshaya Patra Foundation. Akshaya Patra Foundation

Our next stop was Chennai, the heritage city that bleeds yellow. We deboarded train at Tada and proceed to Sri City on buses. Sri City Sri city was established with the vision of providing infrastructure and services for world class manufacturing industries and startups. It's a smart city spread across 7500 acres…

One third through the yatra :) I’ve learned that there’s more to learn. There’s always more inspirational people to meet. More stories to hear. More risks to take. More challenges to face. And more role models to follow. Madurai! The beauty of this region really exceeds your expectations. The classic…

Bangalore. Silicon valley of India. It was time to visit the part I was most excited about. We de-boarded at Whitefield station in morning after breakfast. The buses took us to St Joseph college after a 2 hour long journey. We had talks from 2 role models in morning session. Talk 1 : Sairee Chahal, Sheros …

First day of wake-up calls on PA systems, and we already hate it. The wake up calls start at 6.30 with announcement and goes on playing songs after that. As we wake up, the train is already on halt at Dharwad. A fire drill is conducted, followed by delicious Poha…

As the eyes catch first light, it’s already 9. After a long exhausting day followed by a sweet good night’s sleep, we were ready for the next day. Breakfast and tea were served precisely at scheduled time, and it’s no exaggeration to say that catering team is the most hardworking…

Long. Exhausting. Inspiring. Enriching. These words come somewhat close to describing the first day of Yatra. It was 15 hours of constant interaction and events paired up with hot weather of Mumbai that made us weary multiple times throughout the day. …

This series of posts are aimed at sharing my experience of the 11th edition of the prestigious Jagrati Yatra, in byte sized 2–3 min read posts. This post will mostly contain how I came to know about the Yatra, how I drafted an application for it and other stuff that…