Bangalore · Youth-led non-profit
Technology for every generation.
We sit beside senior citizens across Bangalore and teach them to video-call family, pay with UPI, and stay safe online — patiently, one-on-one, and always free.
Who we are
A city where no one is left behind by the phone in their own hand.
Our mission
Tech2Connect exists to close the digital divide for senior citizens in Bangalore. We run free, in-person workshops — simple, engaging, and supported by patient youth volunteers — so every senior can use technology with confidence in daily life.
Our vision
A Bangalore where every senior citizen can video-call their family, pay with UPI, access government services, and navigate a smartphone — independently, and without fear of getting it wrong.
Completely free
No cost to participants or to the communities that host us. Not now, not later.
One volunteer each
Nobody learns from the back of a room. Every participant gets a person beside them.
In your language
Sessions run in English, Hindi, and Kannada — whichever one feels like home.
Inside a session
We start with what they actually want to do.
Not a syllabus. A grandchild's face on a screen, a payment that goes through, a message that lands. We work backwards from the moment that matters, and repeat it until the phone stops feeling like a risk.
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Sit down together
One volunteer, one senior, one phone — theirs, not ours.
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Do it, don't watch it
They tap every button themselves. We only point.
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Leave with it written down
A large-print card of the steps, in their language, to keep.
The curriculum
Six things worth knowing.
Built from the ground up for senior citizens — no jargon, no rushing, no assumptions about what someone already knows.
How we run
Five departments, two heads each.
Everything from the reels you see to the budget behind a workshop is run by students. Each department is led by two heads and supported by its members.
Media
Instagram reels and posts, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp channels — the reason anyone hears about us.
Communication
Outreach to the community centres and partner organisations that host our workshops.
Finance
Fundraising for the charitable trust drives, including planning and running stalls and events.
Logistics
Venues, devices, schedules, volunteers — the machinery that makes a session actually happen.
Tech
This website, and the tech-literacy learning programs we teach from.
Find your place
Lead one, or join one. We'll match you to where you'll do your best work.
Our people
Students, still in high school.
Tech2Connect is built and run entirely by students in Bangalore.
Founders
Department heads
Members are a department's core team — distinct from our general volunteers.
Media
Shambhavi Dubey
Grade 11 at Inventure Academy. Bharatanatyam, art, basketball — and a conviction that technology should never feel intimidating.
Media
Aaishwaryaa Mishra
Uses content and social strategy to make technology feel reachable for seniors, and to rally people to the cause.
Communication
Pragya Goenka
Grade 11 at Inventure Academy and a professional dancer — she brings the discipline of rehearsal to outreach.
Communication
Arjun Kenghe
Keeps everyone connected — clear communication and smooth collaboration across every initiative we run.
Finance
Aarush Tadi
Grade 11, aiming at high finance and social impact. Budgeting and fundraising that stretch every workshop further.
Finance
Neel Sanyal
Grade 11 with a keen interest in economics — forecasts, budgets, and resource allocation for greater reach.
Logistics
Anay Das
A national-level rifle shooter and hiker who is happiest being handed something difficult to organise.
Logistics
Vedant Mohanty
Grade 12. Backend logistics for Travel Jaunts, chaired the inaugural AZMUN — turns plans into things that happen.
Tech
Aarnav Dharshan
Head of Technology — leads workshops and builds the accessible resources the whole curriculum runs on.
Department members and volunteers are still being announced.
Put your name downBeyond technology
Fundraising for children in need.
Alongside the workshops, we run fundraising drives for a charitable trust that aids underprivileged children and more. We host events and stalls where the public can give — and every rupee raised goes directly to the cause.
Tech2Connect is a youth-led non-profit initiative. All donations are used exclusively for charitable trust disbursement.
Give once
Make a donation
Through our secure form. It takes about two minutes, and goes straight to the trust.
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Get involved
Two hours a week changes someone's year.
You don't need to be technical. You need patience, and the willingness to explain the same thing three times without sighing. Pick your path below.
As a volunteer
Sit beside a senior, teach patiently, and be part of every workshop we run. This is the front line, and it is the whole point.
Register as a volunteerAs a head or member
Lead or join one of the five departments — Media, Communication, Finance, Logistics, or Tech — and help run the organisation itself.
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Get in touch.
Questions, partnerships, or a community that could use a workshop — write to us. We read every message.
- Aditya
- +91 97415 22037
- Pranithi
- +91 63640 13132
- @tech2connect_
- Coming soon