GRINS won a juror’s distinction in the 2009 Manthan Awards! Watch the entire team lined up for the award.
Gram Vaan is born: Winner is the Knight News Challenge 2008
We won the Knight News Challenge 2008! This gives us $200,000 to start Gram Vaani in India.
Winners in the Economic Times Power of Ideas 2010
Gram Vaani is among the 34 finalists from over 16,000 applicants to win a grant in the Economic Times Power of Ideas competition!
Radio Gaga: GRINS featured in the Hindustan Times and Mint
Anika Gupta from HT did a fantastic half-page article on GRINS and how it is enabling community radio stations to run exciting programs. Original source...
GRINS featured in Mobile Active
Mobile Active brought out a large feature on the use of mobile technologies in community radio stations.
vAct gets heavy press
Our community driven complaint management system for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), vAct, was featured heavily in the press in The Hindu, the Times of India, Hindustan...
Opening for Chief Operating Officer, Gram Vaani
Gram Vaani is raising $0.5M in equity investment to build the equivalent of a Facebook for rural India! We are rapidly expanding our team and...
Finalist in the Ashoka Changemakers’ competition, 2011
GRINS was a finalist in the Ashoka Changemakers’ 2011 competition. Zahir gave a detailed interview on how community radio stations all across India are using...
Economic Times suggests how Gram Vaani’s technologies can be used in the MFI sector
Our community engagement technologies can be useful for micro-finance organizations to reach out to their customers and remain updated on their problems, to offer prompt...