January 11, 2013

NIrbhaya - App for women in distress


A Pune-based software company has launched a mobile application 'Nirbhaya', which can send a distress message to a specified contact group in an emergency situation confronting a woman.

It sends an alarm by way of an SMS with the woman's/person’s location to the configured group through the Global Positioning System (GPS).

Just a click on 'Nirbhaya' a short-cut hot key which you can set as widget on your main screen & SMS Gone to your desired group / Facebook Status 
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User will be required to submit personal details in respect of residential address and emergency contact numbers.

The users can configure their own list of contacts incorporating police and other close relatives and friends. 


At present NIRBHAYA is Compatible with Android mobile phones, 'The application will soon be available on I-phone and Windows mobile phones,' said Gajanan Sakhare, the CEO of 'Smart Cloud Infotech', the company which has developed the application.