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Nilay Kulkarni Parikshit Raje ASHIOTO Foot Tracker The lead innovator of ASHIOTO is only 15 years old. Nilay Kulkarni is a computer programming prodigy. He has a passion for creating and making products for the good of the world at large. Even at his young age he understands the larger impact that technology can have on people and society. He coded ASHIOTO a solution to prevent stampedes in large crowd-dense events such as the Kumbh Mela. At the Kumbh Mela the ASHIOTO crowd management by footcount prototype was installed near the Godavari River to track the number of people exiting after taking a dip. The mat was able to register large numbers of people and accurately track those numbers. A centralized dashboard on mobile phones displayed data from multiple mats located around the city. On three auspicious days of the Kumbh Mela ASHIOTO counted more than 500000 people at ve exit routes out of 20. The police were able to use the data to reroute crowds to other exits and avoid issues. ASHIOTO mats are reusable and portable. Nilay and his team are looking at opportunities to use them in other venues such as malls concerts temples and other crowded venues in order to avoid bottlenecks and stampedes. Watch Nilays TEDx talk and an interview with Nilay. Pop Up Housing for a Pop-up City Sampath Reddy Pop-up Housing Sampath Reddy is an Architect and Designer with experience as a business manager and as an Aerospace Engineer. At the Kumbhathon in Nashik he developed the Pop-up Housing solution as a low cost modular eco-friendly structure that could be used for affordable or temporary housing and ofce space. It utilizes readily available pallet racks. The structure can be erected in less than three days. Prior to the Kumbh Mela Sampath secured a space in the government housing area for one of his structures. Sampath is looking into opportunities to deploy Pop-up Housing in other settings such as emergency and transitional shelters low- cost durable housing and hostels. At the Kumbhathon in July 2015 Sampaths Pop-up Housing was recognized as one of the top 10 projects to make an impact at the Kumbh Mela. For more information see Sampaths introductory presentation and the Pop- up Housing website.