Manabi Katoch

Created by the Andhra Pradesh government, the project is the first of its kind in terms of an NRI-backed social initiative ever instated by any state government in India.

Meet Neeru Gandhi (61), Monicka Chanana (52), Sarita Manocha (63) and Pratibha Sabharwal (61) who are quite popular now as ‘Nanis on the highway.’ Here’s how they got on the road.

Bharat Ek Kadam started working on four major fields:Public-Private Partnership models, upliftment programmes, social obligations and bridge between conglomerates/bodies.

The Kangra fort is India's oldest dated fort, said to be built around 3,500 years ago by Maharaja Susharma Chandra, a descendant of the Katoch family.

The first batch of women auto rickshaw drivers start working today after the Maharashtra government reserved 5% of rickshaw permits for women

Abhishek Singhania could have enjoyed his corporate job, which earned him more than a lakh’s salary every month. Or he could have chosen to stay back at his stately house in Kolkata, joining his parents’s well-established business. But he chose a rather tough path to make a smoother road to success for our farmers.

In a significant achievement, Thiruvananthapuram-native Shyama S has become the first recipient of a ₹20,000-award introduced as a part of the Kerala government’s transgender policy to encourage greater community participation in the education sector.

When Nanjibhai passed away, his daughters took the decision of breaking the social norms by cremating their father themselves.

Gazi Jalalluddin stoped going to school at 7 due to poverty. He begged on the streets of Kolkata and then became a taxi driver but now he is running two schools for the underprivileged and an orphanage.

He lost his father at an early age and became an auto-rickshaw driver to take care of his family. But his life took a turn and he now earns in lakhs, giving his family a life they’d only dreamed of.