PMRBP 2023 — Social Service
Founded Anti-Bullying Squad and developed the Kavach app.
2023-01-23 · Supporting source ↗
Anti-bullying technology · INDIA
Anoushka Jolly
Founded Anti-Bullying Squad and developed the Kavach app.
13 in the 16 February 2022 report · current age not established here
Delhi · India
Image source ↗ · YourStory / original photographer and image owner not identified on the reviewed caption
Source photograph · credit and provenance below
BEHIND THE RESULT
A school concern became a project
In a report published on 16 February 2022, YourStory described 13-year-old Anoushka Jolly’s work on the Anti-Bullying Squad and an app called Kavach. The account traced the initiative to 2018, after she witnessed a younger child being bullied at school. It described mentors encouraging her to think about a response. Her work began with conversations and awareness sessions before expanding into online formats. This is a dated account of a young person’s project, rather than a claim about what the service offers today.
From awareness to a reporting idea
The report explained Kavach as a way for students, parents and bystanders to report bullying, including an anonymous reporting option, so schools and counsellors could respond. It described help from her father in developing the idea. A later government release, dated 24 January 2023, named Anoushka among the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees and referred to her app and online anti-bullying programmes. That date belongs to the government announcement; it is not the project’s starting date. The sources reviewed here do not establish the app’s current availability or independently measured effectiveness.
A question for your own classroom
An awareness project invites us to ask what makes it easier for someone to speak up. Think about the adults a student could approach and how a school could explain its reporting process clearly. This is a reader reflection, not a claim about Anoushka’s current programme. You do not need to share a personal incident or identify another child to explore the idea. The useful design question is how a service can make its next step understandable while leaving the actual response with responsible adults.
Source-based story · the activities are prompts for readers.
Open the article edition →The achievement, in context.
Sources you can explore.
YourStory · 16 February 2022 ↗Editorial interview report · within extended five-year source window; not independent product validation
PIB · 24 January 2023 ↗Government announcement · recognition context, not project completion date
Original source ↗Another spark to discover.
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