Nagarathna Memorial Grant – 2026 – Results
Thanks for your patience, everyone. It took a lot of work to process this year’s applications. There were lots of good applications. We are a micro-grant, but that said, this is the biggest year for NMG, with 5.85 lakhs in the grant pool, thanks to friends of NMG – Shweta/Ashwini(60K), Divya(25K), Miss.Y(30K) and Mr.S(10K), Saurabh/SG (25K), AP(50K), FOSS United Foundation (200K), Pradeep (20K), Abhinav Sarkar (25K), NP (15K) and Gangadhar (25k).
Here is the big list of grantees in no specific order.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Supriya Nandgouli – Exploratory research project on women’s lived experiences around reproductive health and care in Bidar | 25000 |
| Lalitha A R – Indian Food Informatics Database (IFID) | 50000 |
| Arun ganesh – Amche.in | 25000 |
| Seema Hegde – Phasalu Paathashaale | 50000 |
| Dev Jadiya – Wikipedia related work | 20000 |
| Sri Ranjni T.S – Documentary – River Moyar | 40000 |
| Sudeep – Durare | 15000 |
| Shruthi – School of Nature | 50000 |
| Abhinav Tushar – Harp | 50000 |
| Mihir Pathak – Zabukiyun | 50000 |
| Adhavan Mohana Sivaraj – Not so fashionable: decades long debates in the state legislatures | 1,00,000 |
| Aalok Thakkar – Translation of Poetry | 15000 |
| Neeldhara Misra – Grok A Book | 20000 |
| Sai Phanindra – Telugu epaper archival | 25000 |
| Ram – Creating Course on DSS | 50000 |
You should receive an email with the details by tomorrow. Congratulations to all the grantees, and a huge thank you to everyone who applied, shared, and supported.
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Additional Notes #
- 2026-04-30: One of the grantees couldn’t receive the funds due to personal reasons, so I reassigned the grant to the next person in the short list. Also, I had missed adding Gangadhar’s ₹25K to the pool earlier. With that included, we were able to offer a larger grant. Thank you, Gangadhar. I have also updated the original post and this post.
