A new 22-minute short documentary, The 22nd Century Indian, by Shaurya Sinha, offers an optimistic take on India and features five winners of Emergent Ventures (EV), according to a post on the economics blog Marginal Revolution. The post extends congratulations to the five featured winners, and to Shruti as well.

Emergent Ventures is a fellowship and microgrant program launched in 2018 by economist Tyler Cowen at the Mercatus Center of George Mason University. The program awards small grants to entrepreneurs, researchers, and students, with sums that are intentionally modest and decisions designed to be quicker and lighter on paperwork than conventional grant-making cycles. That microgrant model aims to reach individuals and projects that may fall outside the scope of traditional fellowships, university funding, or venture capital. The program includes a dedicated India-focused arm, Emergent Ventures India, led by economist Shruti Rajagopalan. India has grown into one of the world's largest startup ecosystems in recent years, context that sits behind the film's focus on the country's emerging builders and researchers. Marginal Revolution, where the film was highlighted, is the economics blog co-authored by Cowen and economist Alex Tabarrok.

The five Emergent Ventures India winners covered in the film are:

• Naman Pushp — https://x.com/therealnamzoo?s=11
• Khushi Mittal —
• Shreeporna Rao — https://x.com/shreepoorna365?s=11
• Samay Sanghvi —
• Angad Daryani —

Readers who want to see where the featured winners' work goes next can follow the linked profiles above, which point to their current projects and pages.

Source: Marginal Revolution, published August 20, 2026 — https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/08/indian-documentary-covers-ev-winners.html