The team competed against five other groups from across the world and won the coveted $1 million Hult Prize on Saturday. PHOTO: Roshi Rides Facebook
Rutgers University students Gia Farooqi, Moneeb Mian and Hasan Usmani and alumna Hanaa Lakhani teamed up earlier this year to launch Roshni Rides, a solar-powered rickshaw transport system which will run on a systematic route with stops along venue of employment, hospitals, schools and markets, according to a post on the Rutgers Business School webpage.
The team competed against five other groups from across the world and won the coveted $1 million Hult Prize on Saturday. The Hult Prize is considered the top student competition in the world and provides a platform for university students to create and launch of social welfare for-profit start-ups.
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The student team made around $30,000 in a crowd funding campaign in May and then in the summer ran a pilot project in Karachi’s Orangi Town.
They documented their progress on Facebook.
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On Saturday, they won $1 million in seed money for their initiative from the Hult Foundation.
President @BillClinton congratulates @RoshniRides for their idea, their model and winning the #HP17 Global Finals! @UN @RutgersU pic.twitter.com/GmtX14s8ax
— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 17, 2017
#Selfie ! Winners of #HP17 @RoshniRides w/ President @BillClinton and our incredible judges! @UN @RutgersBSchool pic.twitter.com/e7YeDYcIbe
— Hult Prize (@hultprize) September 17, 2017
Huge congrats to Hult Prize 2017 winners @RoshniRides - a transportation network that connect refugees to critical services #HP17 https://t.co/RF198vSaRn
— Ogunte (@ogunte) September 17, 2017
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