Himanshu Nitnaware

Suresh Lakhavath (33), Joint Commissioner of the Income Tax Department, helped build a 3-km road in the Sarvapuram hamlet of Andhra Pradesh, where he is from. With his efforts, the village now has an RO water supply scheme, LED street lights, libraries and a school

Shraddha Dhawan from Nighoj village in Ahmednagar scaled the family dairy business, selling 450 litres of milk from milking 80 buffaloes in a two-storey cattle shed

Fisherman and painter, Ashokan Padapelly, from Kerala narrates how he got his dream home, a sprawling 850 sq ft, 2BHK residence, using cost-effective and eco-friendly features

The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls’ School in Rajasthan was conceptualised by CITTA founder Michael Daube, and designed by US-based architect Diana Kellogg

Jodhpur-based Raju Jangid is one of the 11 contributors of Hindi Wikipedia, wherein he has helped millions gain information about COVID-19, history, sports, and geography, among many other such topics, in the language. He did all this while juggling his carpentry job, and pursuing his education

Ajay Sharma, founder of Sewa Welfare Society, has introduced check dams made using gunny bags, in Khunti district of Jharkhand

Project officer Ramana Akula at the Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) set up a residential school in Maddibanda village, East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh.

Around 3,500 residents of Hingangaon village in Maharashtra came together to raise Rs 1 crore as funds to conserve rainwater. The village is now tanker-free, and recorded 300 acres of sugarcane cultivation for the first time in 40 years

Kerala architect, Elizabeth Cherian, filled her 10 cent terrace garden with leafy vegetables, tapioca and pumpkin during the lockdown due to COVID-19

M Suraj from Chhattisgarh, along with the state forest department and NGOs confiscated over 150 animal traps from Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve to save wild cats