Kalpana Viswanath's guest appearances

Kalpana Viswanath

The Indian Startup Show

The Brand Called You

Personal Branding Building Blocks

Architecture Off-Centre

Anirudh Narayan

Minakshi Singh

Pawan Gupta

Sanil Sachar

Doug Wilson

John Davis

Richard Barrett

Lindsay Davis

Bobby Umar

Steve Cohen

Hillel Fuld

Alex Vitillo

Chester Elton

Kerry Sulkowicz

Tim Smit

OwlTail

If you are a young woman, who has grown up in a city or travelled to another, you might have been warned about steering off certain areas of the city because they were deemed ‘not safe’. What lends safety to urban areas is not only a matter of data and statistics, but it is also often subjective – relying heavily on how one ‘feels’ while traversing through that part of the city. Dr. Kalpana Viswanath is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin, a social enterprise that uses technology and data to advocate for gender inclusive urban spaces and mobility. She is part of Delhi government Women’s Safety Committee and has worked as a consultant with UN Women and UN Habitat. She is also a member of the Advisory Group on Gender Issues (AGGI) at UN Habitat, Board member of SLOCAT, ICPC and Jagori. About Safetipin: www.safetipin.com

If you are a young woman, who has grown up in a city or travelled to another, you might have been warned about steering off certain areas of the city because they were deemed ‘not safe’. What lends safety to urban areas is not only a matter of data and statistics, but it is also often subjective – relying heavily on how one ‘feels’ while traversing through that part of the city. Dr. Kalpana Viswanath is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin, a social enterprise that uses technology and data to advocate for gender inclusive urban spaces and mobility. She is part of Delhi government Women’s Safety Committee and has worked as a consultant with UN Women and UN Habitat. She is also a member of the Advisory Group on Gender Issues (AGGI) at UN Habitat, Board member of SLOCAT, ICPC and Jagori. About Safetipin: <a href="http://www.safetipin.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.safetipin.com</a>

On Making Public Spaces Safer / Kalpana Viswanath (Safetipin)

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Kalpana Viswanath, Co-Founder, Safetipin

Today, more and more women are migrating to India’s cities in search of work, which has led to increased concern over the last few years about their safety in urban areas.  Today I speak to Dr Kalpana Viswanath is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin, which is a social enterprise using data and technology to support cities in their endeavour to become safer, more inclusive and smarter. Since its inception in 2013, Safetipin has worked with more than 30 cities in India and other developing countries. Safetipin collects public space data from multiple sources including the MySafetipin app, and works with governments, to use this data for better planning and maintenance of cities. So in this episode, we talk about how the app works, plans for the future, working with the government on urban safety, she gives advice on doing your own social enterprise and being a city girl! So please enjoy the show! In this conversation we also talk about:  The state of Social Entrepreneurship in India Advice on Crowdsourcing - it's difficult Working on urban safety Reclaiming public  space Favorites examples of social entrepreneurship in India - Meet 2 Sleep!  (interesting idea) Favorites cities Thoughts on Delhi &amp; Mumbai Why its called Safetipin - interesting story! What would this look like in 10yrs time? Winning a number of awards  and much much more! links http://safetipin.com/ If anyone is interested in creating their own podcast. Check out my class on skillshare.com called Getting your podcast off the ground. I have been teaching this for over 15 months now &amp; have over 500 students! And it’s had great testimonials. So check out the link to get started! http://skl.sh/2kRmClL Advantages of doing your own podcast You get to build something amazing that you own 100% You have 100% creative control You can do whatever you want And it's a lot of fun!

Today, more and more women are migrating to India’s cities in search of work, which has led to increased concern over the last few years about their safety in urban areas. Today I speak to Dr Kalpana Viswanath is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin, which is a social enterprise using data and technology to support cities in their endeavour to become safer, more inclusive and smarter. Since its inception in 2013, Safetipin has worked with more than 30 cities in India and other developing countries. Safetipin collects public space data from multiple sources including the MySafetipin app, and works with governments, to use this data for better planning and maintenance of cities. So in this episode, we talk about how the app works, plans for the future, working with the government on urban safety, she gives advice on doing your own social enterprise and being a city girl! So please enjoy the show! In this conversation we also talk about: <ul> <li>The state of Social Entrepreneurship in India</li> <li>Advice on Crowdsourcing - it's difficult</li> <li>Working on urban safety</li> <li>Reclaiming public space</li> <li>Favorites examples of social entrepreneurship in India - Meet 2 Sleep! (interesting idea)</li> <li>Favorites cities</li> <li>Thoughts on Delhi &amp; Mumbai</li> <li>Why its called Safetipin - interesting story!</li> <li>What would this look like in 10yrs time?</li> <li>Winning a number of awards</li> </ul> and much much more! links <a href="http://safetipin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://safetipin.com/</a> If anyone is interested in creating their own podcast. Check out my class on <a href="http://skillshare.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">skillshare.com</a> called Getting your podcast off the ground. I have been teaching this for over 15 months now &amp; have over 500 students! And it’s had great testimonials. So check out the link to get started! <a href="http://skl.sh/2kRmClL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://skl.sh/2kRmClL</a> Advantages of doing your own podcast You get to build something amazing that you own 100% You have 100% creative control You can do whatever you want And it's a lot of fun!

Ep73: Dr. Kalpana Viswanath, Co-Founder of SafetiPin- On building an app thats making cities  safer  & more inclusive for women and everyone.