Himanshu Nitnaware

P Muthuswamy of Dindigul-based SEEDS Trust worked with the village community in Ayyalur forests in Eastern Ghats to revive the population of the Grey Slender Loris, an endangered species

Anil Pradhan, an engineer and mission director of the Navonmesh Prasar Student Astronomy Team (NaPSAT), guided a 10-member team to win third prize at the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge in 2021

Zilla Parishad teachers from Akole taluka in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra have set pooled in Rs 33 lakh to set up adequate facilities to help their village deal with the second wave of coronavirus and reduce deaths drastically

Nihaal Singh Aadarsh from Pune has innovated a Cov-Tech ventilation system to assist doctors who spend long hours under PPE kids and suffer from subsequent health risks

Mrinal and Lakshay Dabas from Jai Khor, Delhi, started Organic Acre to push for organic produce, which they believe is the next revolution in agriculture

Dhananjay Newadkar, a pathologist and native of Lamkani village in Maharashtra, helped revive the grasslands that were lost to decades of drought

Mayur Shetty from Manipal, Karnataka, narrates how he came up with the Emvolio device — a portable battery-powered refrigeration unit that ensures the preset temperatures are maintained for up to 12 hours

Gunbir Singh from Punjab runs Dilbir Foundation, which works with farmers across the state to promote organic cultivation

IFS officer Aishwarya Raj converted a dumpyard in Himachal Pradesh into a green zone by planting a large variety of trees and upcycling waste material

S Sivaganesh, a qualified engineer, went back to his village on the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, to use different farming methods and earn up to Rs 13 Lakh annually