Boy on a trip from Kanyakumari to Kargil to connect with country's IT geeks

By the end of October, the firm hopes to have 1,440 freelancers based out of 36 communities. Each community has 40 members

Twenty three-year-old Pranay Metta is on a mission. He is riding solo from Kanyakumari to Kargil to create micro-communities of students and freelancers.

Metta is the community head at Fountane LLC, an information technology consulting company based in Hyderabad. 

“I have been passionate about travelling and wanted to shoot a travel documentary but nothing materialised,” he said, currently stuck in a blizzard in Kashmir. His dream came true when his employers decided to create a pool of talent in India. Fountane Maker Space has funded this project, while Backpackers and Traveller India and Travel Affairs have helped logistically.

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