The Social Impact Study Group
Pick a real social impact problem. Build an AI project around it. Ship it on Demo Day.
Build something that helps a real community.
No lectures. No fixed curriculum. A real problem, a weekly build rhythm, and a Demo Day deadline.
This cohort is full
The theme
Social Impact
Pick a problem where a useful AI workflow can reduce manual effort, improve access, explain information, summarize messy data, or help a team serve people better. The project does not need to be big. It needs to be real enough to demo.
Nonprofit operations
Volunteer matching, donor updates, grant research, field reporting, beneficiary intake, and program follow-ups.
Public services
Eligibility checkers, civic issue trackers, local language explainers, public-data summaries, and service navigation.
Community support
Education access, accessibility workflows, climate action, health navigation, and tools for local community groups.
What we provide
You bring the cause. We bring the structure.
Use any tool. Build solo or with a partner. The group exists to make the project concrete enough to ship.
Accountability
4-week timeline. Weekly syncs. Demo Day deadline. Rs 1,000 payment with the full amount refunded when you demo.
Peer group
Small groups balanced by experience and project type. Your first line of support when you are stuck.
Build nudges
We check in, ask what is blocked, and keep the cohort moving through async WhatsApp updates.
Demo platform
Present on Demo Day, get recorded, and leave with a real artifact you can share.
The plan
4 weeks. Ship on Demo Day.
11 July
Kick-off
Introductions. Share early problem areas. Scope projects. Align on tools, weekly updates, and demo format.
Week 1
Pick the problem
Choose the user, pain point, and first useful workflow. Post: "I am building [X] for [Y]."
Weeks 2-3
Build and test
Build with real examples, test with peers or target users, and post blockers so the group can help.
8 August
Demo Day
Show the problem, your AI project, what worked, what failed, what you learned, and where it goes next.
Who's running this
Facilitators & Mentor
Surendrasingh Sucharia
Product and Technology Leader · AI-first SaaS · Digital Public Infrastructure
Product and Technology Executive with 15+ years building population-scale platforms and AI-first products. Fractional CPTO for early-stage AI-first B2B SaaS companies; previously VP Product and Technology at Dhiway and product leader at EkStep across DIKSHA, Sunbird RC, ONEST, and MOSIP/Inji.
Facilitator
Nimit Kathuria
Volunteer at Applied AI Club · Founder, ClearshotFounder, Clearshot (creative digital marketing agency) and Clearthought Academy (B2B corporate training). Volunteer at Applied AI.
Facilitator
Abheetha Pradhan
Volunteer, Applied AI Club · Product ManagerVolunteer at Applied AI Club since February 2026. Previously Product Manager at Gumbo Tech Pvt Ltd, working across product management and product marketing.
Demo Day recordings
Watch what members shipped
3 social impact demos from 15 August 2026, published as separate study group videos.
Demo 01 · 28 min
FieldLedger Tanzania
Sachin Tiwari
Sachin demos FieldLedger, an orchestration layer for Tanzania’s timber value chain. Smallholder farmers self-report produce with GPS and photo evidence, field agents physically verify each report, and a platform admin sees verified volumes across producer clusters. The goal is to close the information asymmetry that leaves growers capturing only 20% of chain value, and to make warehouse depository receipts possible as a financing instrument.
Watch demoDemo 02 · 14 min
Student Early Warning System
Sai Khuntia
Sai demos an early warning system built for Suraah, an NGO working with schools in Uttarakhand. Teachers already record attendance, sick days and absences every month, but the data stays trapped in spreadsheets. The tool links a live Google Sheet, applies a risk rules engine to surface critical and warning cases, and adds a teacher assistant that answers plain questions like “which students need immediate attention?” against the current data.
Watch demoDemo 03 · 18 min
CBSE Question Paper Extractor
Santosh Kumar Sharma
Santosh demos a tool that turns scanned CBSE past papers into a chapter-wise question bank. Gemini and NotebookLM failed on these papers because they are scanned, mix Hindi and English, and switch fonts mid-page. His pipeline runs OCR, screenshots each question to preserve diagrams and equations, parses the instruction lines for marks and question type, then classifies by chapter and exports to Word and Excel. Deliberately built with no paid AI layer: a $1.20 monthly bill is a real constraint for the students he serves.
Watch demoDemo Day
What you'll present
5 minutes per person. 3 minutes Q&A. Recorded for the AppliedAI YouTube channel.
Inspiration
What you could build in 4 weeks
These are completable first projects. Pick one, adapt one, or bring a better idea from your own context.
Nonprofits & Communities
Volunteer Matching Assistant
Weekend buildCollect volunteer skills, availability, and location. Match them to NGO tasks and draft outreach messages.
Grant Research Agent
1-2 weeksTrack grant opportunities, summarize eligibility, deadlines, and documents needed for each program.
Impact Report Builder
2-3 weeksConvert field updates, photos, and survey notes into a monthly impact summary for donors and teams.
Beneficiary Intake Helper
2-3 weeksTurn intake forms or calls into structured case notes, tags, and follow-up tasks for program teams.
Civic, Education & Access
Public Scheme Navigator
2-3 weeksAsk a few questions and suggest relevant government schemes, eligibility checks, and next documents.
Local Language Helpdesk
1-2 weeksBuild a simple multilingual FAQ assistant for a community service, NGO program, or education initiative.
Accessibility Audit Assistant
Weekend buildReview web pages, documents, or event plans and flag barriers for people with disabilities.
Civic Issue Tracker
2-3 weeksCollect reports from forms or WhatsApp, classify them, map hotspots, and generate weekly summaries.
Resources
Starting points, not requirements
Use whatever works for your project. The demo matters more than the stack.
Past study groups
See the format in action
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