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Welcome to the ninth edition of the NMG grant. I am grateful to friends (Nemo, Gangadhar, Shweta, Divya, Miss.Y, Mr.S) and other anonymous folks who have joined me on this journey with additional grant support. We do have some of them supporting us this year, too. Since last year, we have separated the...
Today, I took time to attend Anveshana Showcase 2025 at Prayoga. The plan was initially to attend the presentations by students who were part of NMG/2025 grantees group. But then I also got to know my niece was also presenting at the same event as part of another group. Unrelated, but what a...
There were 100+ high-quality applications this year, making going through and selecting hard and time-consuming. I am happy about them. Thanks to friends for pitching. Gangadhar(25K), Shweta/Ashwini(50K), Divya(50K), Nemo(50K), Kamala Manoharan (100K), Y(30K), S(10K), and T(10K) pitching in to make the total amount 4.25L. This is also the first year a former grantee has become a grantor (Not in their name), making it truly special.
Welcome to the eighth edition of the NMG grant. It seems like it started yesterday, and it’s already been eight years. I am grateful to friends (Nemo, Gangadhar, Shweta, Divya) and other anonymous folks who have joined me on this journey with additional grant support. We do have some of them supporting us...
There are a few changes to NMG this year onward. It’s not a big deal, but I wanted to note them here for future reference. TLDR: NMG Core will be ₹ 1 lakh + friends as usual, and NMG Edu will be a separate ₹ 1 lakh.
We have AC now. I don’t know how big of an event that is for anyone. For me, it’s huge. I never thought I would get one. But here we are. The summer of 2024 has changed everything. Strangely enough, it rained today and yesterday, bringing down the temperature a bit. Hopefully, it will continue to rain more, so we won’t have to use AC.
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Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) "Thej" is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India. He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape. You can read more about him here. Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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