{"id":22515,"date":"2022-10-02T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T01:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=22515"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:43:50","slug":"entrepreneur-akshat-mittal-aspires-to-initiate-a-social-change-in-india","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/entrepreneur-akshat-mittal-aspires-to-initiate-a-social-change-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading the way: Young entrepreneur Akshat Mittal aspires to initiate a social change in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

(October 2, 2022)<\/strong> CM Arvind Kejriwal’s decision to implement the odd-even car rule in the national capital was appreciated not just across the country, but by many foreign leaders as well. However, the scheme that was aimed at curbing the growing rate of pollution and traffic in Delhi, did cause the city dwellers some discomfort. Akshat Mittal’s father was one of the people whose schedule was disturbed, as every other day he had to search for a friend who owned a vehicle with an odd registration number. To help his father, and millions of other Delhiites, the then 13-year-old entrepreneur came up with a web platform Odd-even.com – which helped people in New Delhi share rides in 2015. The platform helped over 60,000 people and was later sold to a carpooling company Orahi<\/a> for an undisclosed amount.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Chief Minister declared that odd and even numbered cars will ply on alternate days, I thought about the problem people would face due to enforcement of the new rule. The idea was that many people living in the same locality might want to go to the same place, but might not be aware of each other. My website aims to bridge the communication gap. Besides, the platform will also help make new contacts,” the young entrepreneur told YourStory<\/em> during an interaction.<\/p>\n

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