Anandita Jumde

Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir ul Shafi Khan and Jasmeet Singh Sadhu topped the highly-competitive UPSC exams this year. Read more about their journey here

In just one year, Planting Pencils has helped school children in four schools, in two continents get access to quality education.

Constable Dharamvir Singh at Delhi's Nizamuddin Station teaches 8 street children everyday. He hopes to inculcate the habit of learning in them.

Residents in the Chhattisgarh village of Nanaksagar are painting their houses pink as they join the Swachch Bharat Movement

Sunil Yadav, a sweeper with the BMC, recently completed his MPhil from TISS. He now wants to do a PhD to understand the marginalisation of sweepers in India

Bapurao Tajne is a daily wage labourer in Kalambeshwar, Maharashtra. He has single-handedly built a 15-foot deep well in just 40 day.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked bureaucrat R S Khabar to plant 5000 saplings as punishment for defying court orders.

Over letters, Japanese national Shuzo Matsunga and S M Muthu developed a close friendship. In 2007, this friendship led to the Japanese Govt issuing commemorative stamps in honour of Muthu.

"This is how I want to contribute to the city that today is mine also," says Mexican Ambassador to India, Melba Pria who's official vehicle is an auto.

Scientists from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre have built a plant that will desalinate sea water and generate 6.3 million litres of potable water a day.