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The National Student Innovation Challenge (NSIC) by eVidyaloka Trust helps Indian students transform into changemakers, tackling real-world challenges through innovative, SDG-focused projects.

In response to the persistent social stigma faced by leprosy-affected communities, the Rourkela Municipal Corporation and Rourkela Smart City Limited undertook initiatives to create inclusive public spaces, addressing the specific needs of young children and caregivers.

Thanks to IAS officer Sarveshvar Bhure, Chhattisgarh's Tulsi village got its own 'Hummer Studios' soon after several YouTube channels like Being Chhattisgarhiya, 36 Garhiya, Alwa Jalwa, Fun Tapri and Gold CG04 took off.

Looking to build a career in social impact? The Post Graduate Programme in Development Management (PGPDM) by S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research has helped over 300 professionals transform into changemakers.

With the Indian Sign Language (ISL) being their only tongue to communicate in with their parents, these CODAs, or Children of Deaf Adults, share what it is like to live a day in their lives.

Using sports to teach crucial life skills, Magic Bus Foundation India is playing a significant role in impacting 4,00,000 adolescents.

An initiative by Naandi Foundation, ‘Toofaan Games’ are helping 2 lakh girls across the country grow - both at school and in life.

In 1905, Krutarthsinh M Jadeja’s great-great grandfather, Thakore Sahib Verisalji Bawasaheb of Roha, built Darbargadh in Kutch. The family now offers a homestay, a farm stay experience and runs Kutch's first CBSE residential and co-ed school.

The brainchild of Sudha Iyengar, Siddhi Creations was a venture to keep young children engaged fruitfully and joyfully during summer vacations while also picking up on essential life skills. With managing her Multiple Sclerosis condition, Sudha's smile for everyone who enters her home has been winning hearts in Bengaluru for decades.

A group of individuals and organisations partnered with the Maharashtra government to bring about change in Jalna district which has been struggling with water scarcity, drought and subsequent farmer suicides for decades.