Himanshu Nitnaware

N Uday Reddy, Deputy Superintendent of Police, has helped over 600 villagers in Jamda village of Telangana get screened and registered for eye treatment, of which 300 have been treated so far. He has done this from his own salary, and with help from his family

Avinav Peshwani, a geologist by profession, has launched the Safarnama Varanasi, a hotel that promises comfort and affordability. With over 7,000 guests from across 50 countries, the hotel aims to promote sustainable tourism and boost local economy

Magan Kamariya, a farmer from Gujarat’s Morbi village was struggling to sustain his family till jumbo guavas came to his rescue. Weighing about 1.5 Kg each, they helped him earn Rs 20 lakh in a year

Sanjay Pathak, a government school teacher from Laxmipur village in Bihar, runs the Rani Laxmibai Sports Academy, where he currently trains around 55 young girls from his village. All free of cost

During the COVID-19 lockdown, Dharambir Kamboj, a farmer from Damla village in Haryana, built a corn extractor machine that processes the produce into milk. This product can be used to substitute regular milk in food and drinks such as tea and gajar halwa

IAS officer Rajat Bansal, former district collector of Dhamtari, helped Jabarra village understand the importance of community forest rights over 5,352 hectares. By roping in stakeholders, he has transformed this tiny tribal hamlet into an eco-tourism wellness hub, which sees tourists from all over the world, including Poland, US, Australia, and Japan

Ganga Rajput from Chaudhury Khera village in Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh rallied the women in her community to revive the 1,000-year-old Baba Talab with the help of NGO Parmath Samaj Sevi Sanstha

Vaibhav Agrawal, from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, launched The Kiryana Store Company that improvises small-time grocery stores to help them compete with retail giants. Here's how

As a divisional forest officer, Sasmita Lenka from Odisha helped bust an international network of pangolin smugglers in Athagarh and Khunnpunni. Despite death threats and resistance from those in power, she took action against 36 smugglers and rescued five pangolins

Urban gardener Brahmadev Kumar of Gorakhpur shares his step-by-step process to make compost from used tea powder