Amaan Ki Asha: Empathy for students and some tech support

Work-from-home and study-from-home might have seemed like solutions during the
To raise funds to buy laptops for students from economically
“We shortlisted students on the basis of their financial background and academic merit. We then managed to raise Rs 2.20 lakh through crowd funding and the rest through our regular donors Humane Touch. We managed to secure premium
We shortlisted students on the basis of their financial background and academic merit. We then managed to raise s 2.20 lakh through crowd-funding and the rest through our regular donors
– Amaan Asim, a political science student of Ashoka University
Through this initiative, 17 engineering students and 5 non-engineering graduates received laptops to study and work remotely. “Majority of these students come from either below poverty line (BPL) families or families who have had massive reductions in their income due to the lockdown,’’ he said.
Asim has been flooded with more requests from students from economically backward families. He hopes he can help them in future too.
Thanking Humane Touch and
With this laptop, I’m able to attend online classes,” said Syeda Muskaan Fatima. Her future plans include clearing her father’s debts and buying a house. But she also wants to pay it forward. “I want to help needy students too,’’ she said.
MACHINE, LEARNING: Mohammed Amaan Asim and some of the students who have received the laptops, thanks to his crowd-funding initiative
Another beneficiary is
Shoaib Ahmed, another recipient of the laptop said, “I joined New Horizon College of Engineering through the government quota. My father works at a warehouse outside Bengaluru.
Earlier, I used to find it difficult to do my project work without a laptop. This gift from Humane Touch and Amin has made my life comfortable,” said Shoaib Ahmed.
Asim’s empathy and interest have helped shape 17 lives and they will surely pay it forward.