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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Chethan Gowda<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|02|11|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| education = East West Institute Of Technology<br />
| occupation = [[Entrepreneur]], Founder Director, Khoon<br />
| awards = Rotary Vocational Awardee 2017<br />
Ashoka Youth Venturer<br />
"Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2017"<br />
Champion of Change 2012<br />
| website = {{URL|https://chethangowda.in}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Chethan Gowda''' known as '''Chethan M'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/oct/22/%E2%80%8Bblood-banker-1679546.html|title=Blood banker|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref> (born 11 February 2000) is a social rights and health activist from [[India]]. He spent most of his childhood in the social sector.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://india.ashoka.org/chethan-m-gowda-age-16-started-dream-teams|title=Chethan M Gowda (age 16) started "Dream Teams" {{!}} Ashoka - India|website=india.ashoka.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref> Due to an incident wherein he lost his teacher as she could not procure blood at the right time, he started his own organization titled Aahwahan Foundation Organization with an aim to make sure nobody dies due to the unavailability of blood.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aahwahan.com/|title=Death goes in vein: 16-year-old starts a blood bank - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationalschoolofjournalism.com/stories/where-there-is-a-will|title=Where there is a will|access-date=2017-11-15|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108175242/http://www.nationalschoolofjournalism.com/stories/where-there-is-a-will|archive-date=2018-01-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> His efforts to make the society better made him the "Most Impactful" person in the social sector in India under the [[ageing|age]] of 21 awarded by Youth For Seva, as well as [[TEDx]] speaker.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://epapervijayavani.in/article.php?articleid=VVAANINEW_BEN_20170409_6_13|title=Vijayavani|work=Vijayavani|access-date=2017-11-15}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=Dreams with a Social Impact {{!}} Chethan M {{!}} TEDxPESITBSC|date=2017-04-21|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlSNeRcLlMw|accessdate=2017-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/22275|title=TEDxPESITBSC {{!}} TED|website=www.ted.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-15}}</ref> He was also recognized by Ashoka Innovators For Public as a "Youth Venturer" in 2016.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Brought up in [[Bangalore]], Chethan did his schooling from Shanthinikethana School and is currently pursuing engineering at [http://newit.ewgi.in/ East West Institute of Technology].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/Bengaluru-Shattered-after-his-teacher-died-due-to-lack-of-blood-first-year-mechanical-engineering-student-started-a-blood-bank-that-has-saved-50000-lives-so-far/articleshow/62011967.cms|title=Bengaluru: Shattered after his teacher died due to lack of blood, first-year mechanical engineering student started a 'blood bank' that has saved 50,000 lives so far|last=P|first=Kumaran PKumaran|last2=Dec 11|first2=Bangalore Mirror Bureau {{!}} Updated|website=Bangalore Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-04-16|last3=2017|last4=Ist|first4=01:00}}</ref><br />
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== Social Entrepreneur ==<br />
Chethan has co-founded three startups, Chittii, an online handwritten letter service provider cum creative arts marketplace which was started in 2018, Dream Teams, a community based organization in 2015 and Khoon, a not for profit organization in the field of Blood Donation which was started in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/jun/04/chittii-attempts-to-bring-back-art-of-letter-writing-1823705.html|title=Chittii attempts to bring back art of letter writing|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ashoka.org/en/story/chethan-gowda-decreasing-blood-shortages-populous-country|title=Chethan Gowda: Decreasing Blood Shortages in a Populous Country|date=2018-06-14|website=Ashoka {{!}} Everyone a Changemaker|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref><br />
<ref>https://www.aahwahan.com/</ref><br />
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