Nagarathna Memorial Grant

I am creating a yearly ₹1,00,000¹ micro-grant to support something meaningful. Grant is named after my mother - Nagarathna. The reason for grant could be anything as long its meaningful to you and people around. Though I prefer free and open source or creative commons projects, It's not a must. It's a no strings attached grant.

Table of Contents

1 Current Status
2 Grantees
3 FAQ
4 Endnotes

Current Status

Closed for the year. Will reopen in early 2023

Grantees

2022

NMG+GSUS – 2022 – Results announcement blog post.

Anisha Jayadevan - The Living Museum Book
Nita Shashidharan - PHD Student
Shruti Viswanathan - The Equals Project Podcast
Shreyas R. Krishnan - South Asian Avant-Garde (SAAG) Anthology
Bharti Lalwani - Bagh-e Hind

2021

2021 - Nagarathna Memorial Grant + GSUS Grant Results announcement blog post.

Prashanth NS - Bangalae Podu (BR Hills) Village Library
Open Space Foundation - Democrazily science
Ejnana - Science and Technology in Kannada
Vachana Sanchaya

Vasundhara Social Welfare Society
IndSciComm
Banwasi Seva Ashram
Kid in our neighborhood

FAQ

What type of projects?

Any kind of project² as long as you are passionate about it. Some examples are

You want to work on that FOSS project for a month or two
You want to take an internship that you can't afford or visa that you can't afford
You want to take a small course or a workshop that will help you
School fees for a kid you know who can't afford
As initial fund for setting up pension scheme for a person you know who can't afford

Who can apply?

Anyone, from anywhere.

No strings attached?

Yes, No strings attached. I give 50% of promised at the beginning and 50% later.

Will I get full?

As much as you require with upper limit total microgrant sum. Let's say the workshop you are taking costs ₹50,000, then its ₹50,000. We can give the rest to someone else.

How can I apply?

Usually involves filling up a small form with the following details. You will get access to the form when the application is open.

Full Name, Email and Phone
What would you use this grant for?
Anything else that you want to tell me

Important Dates

Jan 14 every year - Application process opens
Mar 14 every year - Application process closes
April 14 every year - Announcement

Keep me informed

We have an announcement only list to keep you updated about the grant related information.
To subscribe to the list, send an email to nmg-announce+subscribe@thejeshgn.com and to unsubscribe from this list, send an email to nmg-announce+unsubscribe@thejeshgn.com
This is probably the best way.

Endnotes

For a while I will stick to 1 Lakh ↩
Sometimes they may not be projects ↩