Youth Ki Awaaz

Youth Ki Awaaz
Available in English
Website www.youthkiawaaz.com
Commercial Yes
Launched 2008 (2008)

Youth Ki Awaaz is a user-generated content platform publishing stories by users. It was founded by Anshul Tewari.[1] In 2015 Quintillion Media, led by Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur, invested Rs. 4 crore (US$ 600,000) in Youth Ki Awaaz.[2]

Youth Ki Awaaz is a mixed English-Hindi phrase meaning "Voice Of Youth". Youth Ki Awaaz presents itself as "Youth Ki Awaaz: Citizen Journalism & News, Voice Of Youth",[3] calling itself a "social justice media platform".[4]

The platform received the "Social media for empowerment" award at the 2013 Manthan South Asia Awards[5] and the Laadli Media Awards for "gender sensitivity" in 2016.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Charley Locke (14 July 2016). "Global Digital News Brands See Growth Opportunity in India". WIRED.
  2. ↑ Biswarup Gooptu (7 September 2015). "Raghav Bahl-led Quintillion Media invests Rs 4 crore in YouthKiAwaaz". The Economic Times.
  3. ↑ Home page title. Youth Ki Awaaz. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "At Youth Ki Awaaz, your voice matters" ("About" page). Youth Ki Awaaz. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Of chai, change and winning ideas". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Express journalists among 51 honoured at Laadli Media Awards". The Indian Express. 18 March 2016.
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