A Volunteer-Driven Collective
• Building Open Source Solutions
Enabling governance through technology to help solve local problems.
It is impossible to innovate on GovTech through RFPs and bids.
New Approach: Cutting edge technology. Built by volunteers.
200+ volunteers registered • Formal MoU signed with Chennai Smart Cities Pvt. Ltd. • Working relationship with Chennai Corporation • Partnership with 7+ organizations • 1 Corporate Partner • 5 Projects
Tech For Cities Initiatives
Being the SaaS capital of India and one of the major IT hubs, we have some amazing technical talent that have volunteered their time to build some simple yet powerful technical solutions for and to enable our governments.
Citizen Engagement Platform
Communications between the Governance bodies , NGOs and the citizens have been at best disparate - and still heavily reliant on newspapers, radio and street broadcasts. We are envisaging an improved way for citizens and governments to connect and even work together.
Volunteers
⭐Amal David ⭐Guru Prakash Sivabalan ⭐Kumaresh ⭐ Naren Sundaram ⭐Sreekesh Krishnan ⭐Surya Prakash ⭐ K Thilagarajan ⭐Yeshwanth Shenoy ⭐
What Your Ward
A Simple Android / iOS App that allows citizens to know which ward / zone they reside in (or are at), find out info about their ward office and also connect with other residents who live in the same ward.
Volunteers
⭐Arvind T ⭐Chandrasekar K ⭐Nimesh P ⭐Sharaniya P ⭐ Sivakumar R ⭐SivaSubramanian V ⭐Udhayakumar U ⭐
Volunteering for Water Body Restoration
A volunteering applet for Citizens to be part of the Water Body Restoration Project being undertaken by the Chennai Corporation and Environment Foundation of India.
Volunteers
⭐Amal David ⭐Naren Sundaram ⭐Vaidhyanathan ⭐
Water Bodies Monitoring Tool.
This tool monitors the waterbodies using satellite imagery, weather data etc and will let you know on a water body level, what is the current water level, rainfall in that area and collection etc. It can also be used to monitor encroachment.
Volunteers
⭐Gokul ⭐
Madras Waste Exchange
A platform to connect the Resource Recovery Centres of the City with Potential buyers of segregated waste materials. Listed all 210 Resource recovery points of Chennai Corporation.
Volunteers
⭐Naren Sundaram ⭐ Subbu ⭐ Venkky⭐
Volunteers from the Thought Works Team:
⭐Amit Bikram Dash ⭐ Anita Geofrey ⭐ Anupama Sugavanam ⭐ Arunvel Sriram ⭐ Chandrasekar Kuppusamy ⭐ Dharanikumar Premkumar ⭐ Ginette Thomas Vellera ⭐ Harshith Patte ⭐ Jayandran Sampath ⭐ Monika Ramesh ⭐ Nagarajan K ⭐ Nandhagopal Ezhilmaran ⭐ Pragadeeswaran G ⭐ Prasanna Anbazhagan ⭐ Sandhya S ⭐ Sayeed Munawar Hussain ⭐ Shahin Taj ⭐ Sukumar Ponnalagu ⭐ Suryaprakash M ⭐ Thamaraiselvam T ⭐ Vijay Raghavan Aravamudhan ⭐
GCC - Corona Monitoring
GCC - Corona Monitoring is the official Greater Chennai Corporation app for collecting data to curb the spread of COVID-19. The app monitors and also disseminates the corona hotspots in the city.
Volunteers
⭐ Naren Sundaram ⭐ Deepag Kumar ⭐ Britto Gnana Raj ⭐ Ajith Kumar K ⭐ Vidhyapathy A ⭐ Maalaiappan S ⭐ Jegan Raj ⭐ Riyaz Ahamed ⭐ Nandha Kumar S ⭐ Dileep ⭐ Sabrish Kanna ⭐ Nitesh Singh ⭐ Meera Sayambu ⭐
Animal Welfare Management Platform
This Project focuses on building a city-wide animal rescue, rehabilitation and release platform that connects three crucial stakeholders - citizens, volunteers and Animal Welfare Service Providers to enable a streamlined offering.
Anchored by the Blue Cross of India and Chennai SmartCities