asia-south
asia
identity
NGO
2021-cohort-1
Kuldeep
Bangladesh
Kuldeep Bandhu Aryal (BRAC)(opens in a new tab) sought to build a blockchain and crypto strategy for BRAC - the world's largest NGO based in Bangladesh that annually serves over 100 million people. His project - which also involves multiple experiments using blockchain - could serve as a model for other social enterprises and the development sector at large.
Croatia
impact
international development
UN
governance
2025-cohort-5
Teodor Petricevic leads blockchain initiatives at the UN Development Programme, mapping Ethereum-based projects within the UN ecosystem and developing an impact management framework.
United Kingdom
satellite
ai
emergency-response
zero-knowledge
trusted execution
2025-cohort-5
Robert Cowlishaw is an aerospace engineer researching zero-knowledge proofs, trusted execution, and satellite imagery for automatic and verifiable emergency response systems.