A new GWWC trial pledge taker in the community after interacting with EA Kolkata

By Nayanika @ 2025-10-04T19:39 (+17)

It is refreshingly commendable that people from all over India and beyond are getting connected to discuss community building and effective altruism in general. After virtually connecting over a Zoom call with organisers from Cambodia and Sri Lanka last month, this time it was a pleasure to connect with a fresh graduate from India.

The interaction

He reached out to me after his Introductory EA program sessions and his curiosity was basically "Should I take the GWWC pledge or explore more opportunities to donate in India itself?"

This question is a natural curiosity for anyone who is just exploring philanthropy in the early stages of their career. I was glad that by the end of the meeting he verbally stated that his next step was clear - he wanted to take the trial pledge.

Throughout the meeting, we had discussed a plethora of topics - right from where he could maximise his impact with his donations to Effective Altruism in Indian context. I mostly tried to explain him about how we can expand our Moral Circle with our donation choices and the marginal impact that we can achieve as individuals deciding to give.

It was a sudden meeting right after the festive season here in India. I'm embedding a snippet from our conversations in this post (just realised I could not upload a g-drive mp4 in the post, so here's an unlisted Youtube material).

The pledger- Dhawal Mehta is a fresh graduate with a background in Engineering and Economics from BITS Pilani.