Himanshu Nitnaware

Gujarat-based farmer Veljibhai Bhudia grows a variety of organic fruits including Kesar mango, kiwi, coconut, pineapple, dates, lemon, etc

Kalpana and her sister-in-law Uma Jha launched JhaJi pickles, an online store that offers 12 types of traditional homemade pickles from Mithila

Assam-based Samrat Nath has built an e-bicycle that has many security features to make it ‘theft-proof’, and can be traced as far as 15 kilometres if stolen

Engineer Deenanath Rajput from Chhattisgarh quit his job to start Bhumgadi FPO, which works with tribal men and women to encourage them to farm and sell their produce, helping them earn double their previous income

Chennai-based Karthic Rathinam launched Out of the Box, a venture that sells cardboard that you can easily assemble into a variety of furniture such as chairs, stools, laptop stands, bookshelves and more

Through his initiative Tribal Women Artist Cooperative (TWAC), Bulu Imam, from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, has protected and preserved the ancient Sohrai and Khovar art by taking it to global platforms

Sheeba Sen and her NGO Alaap are aiming to uplift rural India and conserve the environment with their revenue model, while off-setting the carbon footrprint of giant corporations. Here’s how

Pune engineer Gunvant Sonawane, with help from NGO Seva Sahyog, has carried out water conservation projects across Maharashtra to help 26 villages become drought free

Mumbai resident Kedar Sohoni launched Green Communities Foundation to help residential societies across the city convert their daily waste into organic compost to ease the burden on dump yards

Dr Lal Singh, founder of the Himalayan Research Group, has innovated a Solar Hamam that delivers buckets of hot water to thousands of families living in remote Himachal Pradesh, even at temperatures as low as -20 degrees Celsius