"Devansh Mehta is interested in mapping out public good impact space. Impact methodologies and markets for environmental use cases are well-documented mechanisms, but sometimes ‘impact’ wanders into more subjective territory: Investigative journalism, for example, is undoubtedly a public good. How can the real work of journalists be documented and valued in a way that fits into the right funding mechanism? Devansh will work with citizen journalism newsrooms to explore methodologies of impact documentation using the hypercerts standard, with an aim to find a good mechanism of retroactive funding for positive social outcomes."

Voicedeck operates a WhatsApp chatbot enabling citizen journalism and crowdwork in rural areas. Try it out! You can WhatsApp +918050068000Incubated at the Societal Center for Impact through Cloud and AI (SCAI) at Microsoft Research IndiaFirst runner up from SIPA for the Columbia Venture Competition

Selected as a Tamer Fellow for Social Enterprise, Columbia Business School, to work for 3 months at CGnet Swara.During this time, I worked on the following areas:• Helped raise over $500,000 in grant money from various philanthropy groups• Formed and led the innovation team that formulated and piloted the long-term sustainability strategy• Conducted urban workshops with students from various colleges for the first time

Vajra is an Indian rural development NGO. Some of the past projects have included constructing water pumps, building solar lights and conducting medical camps in the region around Ramgarh village in Uttar Pradesh.

Received $10,000 to investigate Pentagon contracts and U.S. Export-Import Bank loan guarantee to a company linked to the President of Azerbaijan. Story published in the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and led to calls for U.S. Congress to investigate the airline.