Olimalar's founder realised how much she'd have benefited from these lessons growing up
“I realised how much I would have benefited from these lessons growing up.”Aarthi Veerupillai, founder of the Olimalar Foundation
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Seventeen women built seven projects in eighteen hours
Young women prototyped tech ideas for social change.
On the night of January 25–26, seventeen women, most of them first-time hackers, built seven projects in eighteen hours. Gouri, a solo participant, took first place with a travel companion website and earned a badge and a certificate. Sahil, Jinso and Abhiram mentored and judged. The event was one of 60+ Kerala venues in TinkerHub's 4000-women hackathon initiative.
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