Twenty-three-year-old SMU graduate Shitij Nigam set up a Humans of Singapore Facebook page after being inspired by the Humans of New York webpage that captures stories of ordinary New Yorkers. Since setting up the page, he has been going to various parts of Singapore, taking photos of ordinary Singaporeans and asking them to share their stories. These are then uploaded onto the Facebook page. Nigam, an Indian national, is currently working as an information systems analyst in a consultancy. He won a scholarship to study at SMU in 2008.