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The Bangalore sun was doing its best to test everyone’s commitment, but 44 nonprofits from across India showed up with questions, experiences and enough curiosity to power the , the venue as part of our Rebuild collab.
We spent the day exploring tech as a function of people, processes, products and culture; ran a hands-on budgeting lab on planning for operational and programmatic technology; and unpacked what to do when AI sounds very convincing and very wrong.
Questions about technology where there are no communication towers. Concerns about clicking the wrong button and having to start over. Language barriers during data collection. The challenge of investing limited tech budgets in long-term solutions instead of quick fixes were some of the pertinent conversation topics.
Participants used the space to voice long standing tech frustrations. Others came to discover community-vetted tools, rethink change management or learn from past technology missteps. All of them brought perspectives that reminded us that technology adoption is rarely about the technology alone.
As customary, here is a quick peek into a day that makes these gatherings worthwhile.
| Akhila Somanath | Rinju Rajan | | | | | | .sh | | | | | .bg | | | | |
f(L)ounders is our way of seeing founders in their unusual element and this time, it took us to Chandigarh for Samarthya’s 9-year celebration. Sahil, Sidharth, Ketika, Divya, Dr Mittali, Akhila, Rinju and many others brought their worlds with them and voices that stretched across communities and roles- kids, parents, sarpanches, bureaucrats. The day unfolded in layers of panels, music, plays and conversations that refused to stay on stage. And in-between all this was plates of chole, glasses of lassi, unexpected hugs, comforts of the familiar and new relationships colliding between the teams.
The Flounders.
The one where we show up in our element, hype, cheer, lean on, and have each other’s backs.
Laughter? Check. Tough chats? Check. Real, messy, unfiltered community? Double check.
Because behind the work are the bonds, layers, and chaos that let us be raw, reset, and keep motorin’ forward.
| Akhila Somanath | Rinju Rajan | | .bg | | | | | | | | | | Queena Lin | Dhanraj Kunder | Sanvi Sharma |
28/04/2026
Ajith(), our resident calm-in-the-chaos engineering wizard, was quietly lurking with our partnerships & events team recently, watching the real struggle unfold while the rest of us were out there “reading the room”.
Are people engaged? Are they bored? What do they actually want to say but won’t? Because, most social sector events think that they’re interactive.
That’s exactly why he built Rforum.
It helps you:
-Spin up events in minutes
-Run live polls + Q&As without the awkward silence
-Learn what your audience is thinking in real time
-Keeps everything (requests, notes, slides) in one clean place
Oh and it doesn’t let your audience’s questions vanish into the void. Ajith says, “you’re welcome”.
It’s open-source, yes, go snoop, and already running live.
If you’re hosting an event sometime soon:
-Go to https://rforum.t4gc.in/
-Use code: BUILT201
-Set up your event
-Your audience joins instantly
We’ve used it. It works. It saves you from guessing games.
Next time you’re “reading the room,” maybe, wing it with our RForum.
Rinju Rajan | | | | | | | Akhila Somanath | | | | | | | | | | .bg
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