Dhruv Bhargava
Dhruv Bhargava, a student of Amity International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon breaks the conventional norms we associate with students.
Lately there has been a global call for technology enabled solutions to social problems. We have already seen the like of Facebook, Tesla, SpaceEx and many more commit themselves to prominent social causes.
But it appears that in our very own country, we have budding entrepreneurs who are daring to look beyond the present boundaries and breaking barriers. Dhruv Bhargava has launched an initiative called DigiRoots India which has garnered appreciation from NGO’s all over the country.
He aims to expand the domains of digital literacy amongst the artisans in the extremities of India. In a telephonic interview with Times of India, Dhruv says that ’It is the youth of this generation which will change the world for the better. And in order to facilitate this change we must find inspiration in the world around us.’ It is highly appreciable how small actions can lead to big change. Dhruv has educated more than 2000 artisans from states of Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. Morever these numbers are only Increasing.
Dhruv says, ‘Last year the initiative Vneed was launched– Unifying communities which had aimed to connect those who need help to those who can help. It provided an easy interface to mention people who needed help and connected them with those people who could help. However, he couldn’t help but wondering what about those people who live in regions in india with no such infrastructure, especially local artisans who rely heavily on traditional handricrafts as a means of livelihood’.
This is the story of DigiRoots india and the rest is the past. After this Dhruv partened with various NGO’s like KadamHaat and Potli and even the state government of Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh. He then reached out to artisans and changed their lives by introducing them to e-inventories, cost management, amazon and the government e-marketplace.
Dhruv has been in contact with the UNESCO, & WTO through his partners Pan India. Dhruv has also conducted rounds of sessions with the Artisans of the Indira Gandhi Center for Arts In New Delhi.
