Techies go to villages
Updated On: 24 December, 2009 09:09 AM IST | Chetan R
They may not be NASA scientists, but their enthusiasm to better villages is no less than that of Shah Rukh Khan's character Mohan Bhargav in Swades
They may not be NASA scientists, but their enthusiasm to better villages is no less than that of Shah Rukh Khan's character Mohan Bhargav in Swades. A group of techies from leading IT companies in the city have planned to visit rural areas in the state to better understand the problems of the villagers.
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Yuva Bengaluru was founded in 2008 by eight techies who wished to empower the youth. Today, it has over 600 members. 'A day in a village' is only the first of a row of projects planned for the next one year. One of their successful initiatives is called 'run your school', started last year. In this project, they adopted and renovated a 78-year-old school.
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