Himanshu Nitnaware

Dr Golam Ahmed Kibria was only an intern at the Burdwan Medical College when the country shut down for the second time due to COVID-19. So he took it upon himself to give free medical healthcare to people in rural and remote parts of West Bengal through his NGO Prayas

Maharashtra farmer Sanjay Gandate has braved attacks, theft and even a lack of belief in his ability from loved ones to grow pearls and earn lakhs from it. Here's his story

Dr Subodh Kumar Singh from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, founded Gyan Singh Memorial hospital. With the support of USA-based NGO Smile Train, he offers free cleft surgeries to newborns.

Sai Sowjanya Vasa from Hyderabad quit her engineering job to take care of her son after he was diagnosed with speech delay, and today is a special ed teacher in a school, preventing other children from missing out on a good education due to their disability

Mohammad Saif Khan from Malihabad in Uttar Pradesh founded Josh Academic Samiti, an NGO offering free self-defence training and boxing lessons to girls and boys of the village

Meet brothers Refaz and Ishfaq Wani from Kashmir, who have more than 30 innovations to their name and mutliple national and international awards for their creative work, as well as a stamp of approval from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Former journalist Ankit Arora has travelled across 15 Indian states on his cycle, and lived with 600 families along the way. Using all the traditional knowledge he has gained, he's now trying to promote a sustainable and organic lifestyle through his model village

Delhi-based student Ritika Pal has cracked the NEET despite not having the means to afford private coaching. Here's her inspiring story

Meera Shenoy launched Youth4Jobs initiative in 2012 after working closely in the rural and tribal employment sector and learning how difficult it is for people with disabilities to find jobs

Pune-based Rahul Bakare launched Urdhvam Environmental Technologies Pvt Ltd to create an innovative machine — BoreCharger, which increases the quantum of rainwater entering the groundwater aquifers