Life Unlimited

Sidharth Jaggi, a fellow IIT-ian, and currently an Asst Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, observed that college students are often unable to pursue the experiences that would broaden their experiences, and end up walking only the commonly trodden path.

This problem is even more severe in India, as Sidharth realized when he went to Caltech for his PhD and observed the life of a typical American college student. Of this realization was born Life Unlimited. The idea behind Life Unlimited is simple. College students have time, energy, and ideas, but lack resources; and even if they do have resources in some cases, it's difficult for them to connect with people who've done adventurous and exotic things before. LU acts as the bridge: it brings together people who're now in the real world to provide resources, financing and mentoring to those who can make the best use of it.
Life Unlimited fellows get a grant which helps them finance their dreams, as well as access to mentors who can guide them.

As a pilot program, Life Unlimited was launched in two colleges in Mumbai, and we picked three college students as the first batch of fellows. Hindutan Times has more details on the program, the fellows and their projects, in this article titled Dream Catchers.

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