Oswald Foundation
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| Industry | Accessibility |
| Founded | New Delhi, India (August 15, 2016) |
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| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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Key people
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Anand Chowdhary (CEO) Nishant Gadihoke (CTO) Mahendra Singh Raghuwanshi (COO) |
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| Website | oswald.foundation |
Oswald Foundation is an Indian accessibility technology company based in New Delhi that build products for individuals suffering from disabilities. It was established in 2016 by then 18-year-old Anand Chowdhary and 15-year-old Nishant Gadihoke after their product, Oswald Extension, won an event at the AngelHack hackathon in New Delhi. In an interview with The Huffington Post, Chowdhary said that he believes "Oswald can enable a Web 4.0 -- a web centered around accessibility and equality".
Oswald Foundation is named in honor of Oswald Berkhan, the German physician who first identified dyslexia in 1881.
Chowdhary and Gadihoke started working together as students at The Mother's International School, as part of their computer club, MINET, of which Chowdhary was President. Chowdhary shared his idea of developing an accessibility tool with Gadihoke, and they decided to develop the extension during the AngelHack Delhi 2016.
After the development of the tool, Chowdhary and Gadihoke purchased the domain oswald.foundation on August 14, 2016 and founded Oswald Foundation on India's Independence Day on August 15, 2016. Oswald Foundation won an award at Startup India Rocks in Bengaluru and is a part of IBM's Global Entrepreneur Program. They are also incubated in the London and Berlin-based EYE Focus Accelerator, a startup accelerator program for companies developing for living with visual impairment. On April 8, 2017, Oswald Foundation qualified to the finals of The Economic Times's Catapoolt Changemakers Challenge after winning the first round in Delhi.
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