Pooja Rani’s boxing career almost ended in 2017 after multiple injures and morale setbacks. But the gritty woman from Haryana fought her way to make it to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Naren Handsa is a Santhali folk singer from West Bengal, who offers free education to underprivileged children, has adopted 30 orphans, and is working to convert barren lands into mini forests through his NGO Sido Kanhu Mission Foundation
Darsha Sai Leela, an urban gardener from Hyderabad, grows over 190 varieties of vegetables and 60 medicinal plants on her terrace. These varieties come from all over the world, including USA, Turkey, Italy China, Ethiopia and more
With the help of Naam Foundation, the village of Sakharpa has carried out de-siltation work to restore the course of the Kajali River in Maharashtra to become flood-free for the first time in 70 years
Mechanical engineer Dhananjay Hegde from Karnataka has conceived a bag made from newspaper that uses unique stitching techniques and corn powder and can carry damp items and other things weighing up to 10 kilos
An innovative sensor built by Parth Shah, an associate professor at Anant National University in Gujarat, may be the solution urban gardeners need to water their plants when they are away
Manisha Krishnasamy from Erode in Tamil Nadu, identifies street-dwellers through her NGO Jeevitham Foundation. In a short span she has rehabilitated hundreds of homeless
K Deepak Reddy, a mechanical engineer from Telangana, has built a multi-harvester machine that can dig out stones and rocks to turn barren lands cultivable and also harvest potatoes, onions and other root vegetables
Dr Balaram Sahu is a veterinary doctor from Odisha who launched the Pathe Pathshala initiative to train farmers in identifying and treating 50-odd cattle diseases