Himanshu Nitnaware

A successful scientist in Canada, Shiva Balak Misra made his life’s mission to make education accessible to children in his village Kunaura in Uttar Pradesh, thus starting the Bharatiya Gramin Vidyalaya

Farmer Meena Pawar from Nashik showed indomitable spirit when her family was being crushed by financial hardships and debt. Here's how she used grape farming and sheer determination to help her family out of their crisis

Setting a benchmark in water conservation, IFS officer Dharam Singh Meena and his team have revived 66 Himalayam springs, helping 23 villages in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal

Using a sum of Rs 5 lakh he won at the Power of Ideas programme at IIM Ahmedabad, Pune-based Mayur Patil launched his startup, Small Spark Concepts, that builds innovative air filters

Odisha's Pankaj Kumar Tarai was left scarred when he saw two people succumb to a road accident right before his eyes. Since then, he has dedicated his life to providing free assistance to several accident victims

After quitting his job and failing to crack competitive exams, Abhay Bishnoi launched J B Capital with his friends to grow the cordyceps militaris mushroom variety, which has a host of health benefits for ailments like diabetes and heart diseases

Senior government officers Santosh Kumar, Vijay Kumar and Ranjan Prakash from Bihar launched the Ambedkar Initiative for the Marginalised (AIM) Pathshala that provides free education and study material to underprivileged students in Gopalganj, Aurangabad and Samastipur districts

Having removed 800 dead bodies from the River Mutha in Pune, Rajesh Kachi speaks of why he continues to save lives at the risk of losing his own

Professor Dr Raghavendra R from Mysuru was unable to fulfill his own dream of joining the Army due to a lack of guidance. Today, he's making sure other students don't suffer the same fate through his organisation, Achiever's Academy, by offering free coaching for competitive exams

Bringing life and water to a parched village in Tamil Nadu, 5000 people worked together to revive the Andipalayam lake. All thanks to one inspiring man, Tiruppur's Kumar Duraisamy