Alumni News Brief

Srivastava leads effort to deliver medical aid to India

Gitika Srivastava, A.B. ’01, is co-founder of Navya Network

Gitika Srivastava

Gitika Srivastava, A.B. ’01 (computer science), and Naresh Ramarajan, A.B. '04 (Near Eastern languages and civilizations), co-founders of Navya Network, are spearheading an effort to deliver 4,500 oxygen concentrators to India, which is struggling with a devastating COVID-19 outbreak.

They have raised $2 million to fund their efforts and plan to continue raising money to supply even more oxygen concentrators to India in the future. The portable oxygen concentrators can be used at home, freeing up hospital beds for the sickest patients.

Read more in the Boston Globe.

Read a SEAS Alumni Profile on Srivastava.