Code for Good Tech (C4GT)

#IFP2026🚀 Over the past 3 months (Jan–Mar 2026), we ran the Impact Fellowship Program (IFP) 2026 at the RCTS, IIIT-Hyderabad, supported by Qualcomm with a focus on bridging academic learning with real-world tech for social impact. The program brought together three key initiatives: 🔹 Final Year Internships 50 students placed across 11 organizations, working on live projects in healthcare, education, and governance — with 66% delivering strong outcomes and 78% women participation. 🔹 SheCodes (Women in Open Source) A hands-on workshop + sprint model to onboard women into DPG/DPI ecosystems → 240 participants, 158 starter issues worked on across 3 DPGs, and 54 PRs raised (12 merged). 🔹 Qualcomm Workshop An in-person workshop for Qualcomm scholarship students covering product thinking, UX, and MVP building → 12 team projects exploring real-world use cases, including language tech. What stood out: 🌟Students don’t just need training — they need structured pathways to apply, build, and contribute. 🌟The learnings and feedback from this cohort are invaluable, and we’re committed to making the experience even better going forward. This is the pipeline we’re building at RCTS: learn → build → contribute to public good. 🙏Grateful to all partners, mentors, and students who made this possible. #Qualcomm #CodeForGoodTech #TechForGood #SheCodes #OpenSource #WomenInTech #TechForGood #DigitalPublicGoods #GitHub #Mentorship RCTS, IIIT-Hyderabad | Samagra | Transforming Governance | Gates Foundation | Digital Public Goods Alliance | GitHub

#DMPStories Sometimes, the biggest outcome isn’t just the skills you gain — but the direction you choose. Kudos to Shuchita Prakash for her journey with C4GT, where she not only strengthened her technical capabilities through hands-on experience with Mojaloop but also discovered a deeper purpose in working within the social impact space. Code for Good Tech (C4GT) is an ecosystem initiative that connects skilled technical talent with open-source Digital Public Infrastructure, Digital Public Goods, and Tech-for-Good products that create population-scale social impact. More stories from the community coming soon. #DMP2026 #CodeForGoodTech #OpenSource #TechForGood #DigitalPublicGoods #C4GT2026 RCTS, IIIT-Hyderabad | Samagra | Transforming Governance | Gates Foundation | Digital Public Goods Alliance | GitHub

🚀 Ready to begin your #DMP2026 journey? This year, applications for the Dedicated Mentoring Program (DMP) 2026 will be hosted on Badal, a unified platform to explore, contribute, and track your journey. Through Badal, you can explore participating organizations and their repositories, every contribution you make is reflected in your contributor profile—helping you track your work in a structured way. Projects for DMP 2026 will be announced soon. Setting up your profile in advance will help ensure a smooth application process. 🔗 Get started on Badal: https://lnkd.in/gbU-Qusn Code for Good Tech (C4GT) is an ecosystem initiative that connects skilled technical talent with open-source Digital Public Infrastructure, Digital Public Goods, and Tech-for-Good products that create population-scale social impact. #DMP2026 #CodeForGoodTech #OpenSource #TechForGood #DigitalPublicGoods #C4GT2026 RCTS, IIIT-Hyderabad | Samagra | Transforming Governance | Gates Foundation | Digital Public Goods Alliance | GitHub

#DMPStories Some journeys begin with learning  and evolve into leading. Kudos to Abhinav Kumar for his journey with C4GT, moving from contributing to real-world open-source platforms like Mifos Gazelle to mentoring the next set of contributors. Experiences like these reflect what Code for Good Tech is truly meant to achieve - building a sustainable pipeline of people creating for social innovation, while enabling individuals to grow from contributors into mentors who, in turn, help others build and grow. Code for Good Tech (C4GT) is an ecosystem initiative that connects skilled technical talent with open-source Digital Public Infrastructure, Digital Public Goods, and Tech-for-Good products that create population-scale social impact.  More journeys from the community coming soon. #DMP2026 #CodeForGoodTech #OpenSource #TechForGood #DigitalPublicGoods #C4GT2026 RCTS, IIIT-Hyderabad | Samagra | Transforming Governance | Gates Foundation | Digital Public Goods Alliance | GitHub

#DMPStories Real growth begins when your work starts impacting real lives. Kudos to Sanika Kalaskar for her journey with C4GT, that goes beyond building features - to deeply understanding users, solving real-world problems, and designing with inclusivity at the core. Experiences like these redefine what it means to be a developer. Code for Good Tech (C4GT) is an ecosystem initiative enabling the development and long-term maintenance of open-source products that create population-scale social impact, by opening pathways for young talent to contribute meaningfully. More stories that inspire, coming up. #DMP2026 #CodeForGoodTech #OpenSource #TechForGood #DigitalPublicGoods #C4GT2026

#DMP Stories From contributing to open-source projects to growing into a full-time role and eventually giving back as a mentor — journeys like these are what make this community special. Kudos to Om Bhardwaj for this incredible full-circle journey with Avni and C4GT. Stories like his reflect how the right opportunities, combined with consistent effort, can shape meaningful careers in tech for social good. At its core, C4GT is about enabling builders to work on real-world Digital Public Goods — not just learning, but contributing to systems that impact lives at scale. It’s a space where contributors evolve into long-term collaborators, and often, mentors for the next cohort. More such stories coming up. #DMP2026 #CodeForGoodTech #OpenSource #TechForGood #DigitalPublicGoods #C4GT2026

The Qualcomm Online Workshop – 2 has been successfully concluded as a two-day virtual learning and build experience. Supported by Qualcomm, the workshop brought together passionate student builders to collaborate, learn, and develop impactful solutions. The program fostered a collaborative environment centered on hands-on learning and real-world problem solving. Day 1 focused on strengthening core technical foundations, covering JavaScript, React, and Databases, along with hands-on Low-Code/No-Code application development to enable rapid prototyping. Day 2 introduced participants to Git and the Tech-for-Good ecosystem, followed by a showcase by Viswam.AI, highlighting real-world AI-driven solutions and their applications. Our speakers Sampath Jonnalagadda, Namala Monika, praveen kumar Palaboyina, Sai kumar Pola, Ajitha Sindhe, Durga Bhavani Gunnam, Rajasekhar Ponakala delivered engaging sessions, guiding participants to think critically about building scalable and impactful solutions. Through continuous mentorship and active collaboration, participants enhanced their technical skills while developing a strong perspective on leveraging technology for social good. #C4GT #Qualcomm #CodeForGoodTech #TechForGood #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods #Mentorship #SocialImpactTech #StudentBuilders RCTS, IIIT-Hyderabad | Samagra | Transforming Governance | Gates Foundation | Digital Public Goods Alliance | GitHub

🚀 DMP 2026 Project Listings Are Now Live! We’re excited to share that the project listings for the Dedicated Mentoring Program (DMP) 2026 by Code for Good Tech are now live! A diverse set of organizations — PlanetRead, Avanti Fellows, Finternet Labs, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi, CHAOSS Africa, and Blockster Labs — have already listed their projects, creating exciting opportunities for contributors to work on impactful Digital Public Goods and Tech-for-Good initiatives. 📢 Contributors can start exploring these organizations repositories now. The detailed project listings will be released from the first week of April, when contributor applications officially open. Stay tuned — more updates on DMP 2026 contributor applications are coming soon! #DMP2026 #CodeForGoodTech #OpenSource #TechForGood #DigitalPublicGoods #Mentorship #SocialImpactTech RCTS, IIIT-Hyderabad | Samagra | Transforming Governance | Gates Foundation | Digital Public Goods Alliance | GitHub

Sharing an exciting opportunity for early-stage social impact founders and builders 🚀 The ACE Impact 2026 Accelerator by Changengine is now open for applications. This is a great opportunity for teams building innovative solutions in the social sector and looking to scale with the right support and ecosystem. At C4GT, we’re always excited to share initiatives that strengthen the tech-for-good ecosystem. 🔗 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dgKK8XQT If you're building in this space—or know someone who is—do consider applying or sharing this within your network. #SocialImpact #TechForGood #Startups #Innovation #Accelerator #Changengine #C4GT

We’ve successfully wrapped up the Qualcomm Workshop 2026 at IIIT Hyderabad — an incredible two-day build sprint! 🚀 Students, brought together through the Nirmaan Organization talent pool, collaborated intensively to transform real-world problem statements into functional MVPs. Supported by Qualcomm’s CSR initiative and anchored within the Code for Good Tech (C4GT) ecosystem, the workshop created a strong space for hands-on innovation. Day 1 : Focused on problem discovery, product thinking, and design fundamentals, followed by onboarding to low-code/no-code tools and the first build sprint. Day 2 : Accelerated into focused development, tech architecture sessions, and storytelling - culminating in an engaging MVP showcase. A big thank you to our speakers Avanija Ramanan, praveen kumar Palaboyina, Sai kumar Pola, Akhila Sri Manasa Venigalla, Ashutosh Chowhan for their insightful sessions, which helped participants think critically about building scalable, real-world tech-for-good solutions. The MVP projects were subsequently evaluated by Arjun Rajasekar, Ph.D.(Chief Technologist, RCTS, IIIT Hyderabad) and Pranjali Vatsalaya (Senior Engineer, Modern FW, Qualcomm). With continuous mentorship from the RCTS team(Bhanu prabhas cherukuri, Ajay Sigireddy, Sampath Jonnalagadda, Namala Monika, Ajitha Sindhe, Durga Bhavani Gunnam) at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH), participants were able to turn ideas into impactful, working solutions in a short span. This workshop reflects the power of collaboration between industry, mentorship, and the C4GT community in enabling meaningful tech-for-good innovation. #C4GT #Qualcomm #CodeForGoodTech #TechForGood #OpenSource #DigitalPublicGoods #Mentorship #SocialImpactTech #MVP #StudentBuilders RCTS, IIIT-Hyderabad | Samagra | Transforming Governance | Gates Foundation | Digital Public Goods Alliance | GitHub