My Story

Intro

Solutions are local, but ideas are global. Across different geographies, people are constantly working on social issues and in the process, gaining new insights and identifying new solutions locally. What is missing is an effective channel to take this information from one place to another, from one group to another, in a focused and timely fashion. Parul and her group of co-founders started NGO Post to effectively channel information from one place to another, from one group to another, in a focused and timely fashion, so that soluations don’t have to be reinvented.

About Me

I was born in a small town called Khetrinagar (near Pilani) in Rajasthan and my childhood was spent in many cities all over India. I have a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a M.S. in the same from University of California, Los Angeles. Currently, the hat I wear during the day is that of a researcher at IBM India Research Labs; nights and weekends are dedicated to NGO Post.

I am especially passionate about applying technology to help solve some of our contemporary social issues. I am learning about the various needs & opportunities regarding this and hope to make some meaningful contributions in the future. The belief and motivation behind NGO post partly stems from here.

Regarding hobbies - I like doing so many things that I am always confused which one to do n general. I love to try out new things, whether it be a new book, new cuisine, new place for travel or any new activity.  Listening to music, reading, dancing, outdoor activities and travel are all very high up on my fun list.

My Venture

NGO Post is a web-based platform for sharing, discussing social welfare ideas and initiatives and connecting with people working on social issues, globally. The NGO Post website provides a citizen-journalism platform for the social-work sector – every individual can share, create or add to content, as well as rate the usefulness of content leading to a democratic filtering mechanism. It gives the power of free expression to the people, as well as leverages their collective knowledge to build a very diverse, comprehensive and rich knowledge resource. Through state-of-the-art social networking features, NGO Post has enabled a large community of users to contribute information and interact with each other forming a virtual global community of social workers.

Need: Solutions are local, but ideas are global. Across different geographies, people are constantly working on social issues and in the process, gaining new insights and identifying new solutions locally. What is missing is an effective channel to take this information from one place to another, from one group to another, in a focused and timely fashion. This often leads to “re-inventing the wheel” problem where people spend a lot of time on solving problems that have already been solved elsewhere. In contrast, the result of a collective knowledge sharing could be far more efficient and effective solutions to the world’s problems than today’s well meaning, but isolated efforts. NGO Post is becoming the platform for such knowledge sharing.