Manabi Katoch

Hubnath Pandey is a Hindi professor and head of the National Service Scheme (NSS) postgraduate (PG) unit in Mumbai University. But apart from academics he teaches his students the value of nature too.

Ranganadh grows groundnut, lentils and millets using the natural farming method in his 26 acre land situated in Ayyavaripalli village of Mahabub Nagar district of Telangana.

A writer, poet, lyricist, singer, composer, music director, actor and script writer, Piyush Mishra does not need an introduction. His life is an open book and has been an inspiration to many.

In 2013, Sachin left his luxurious life in Gurgaon, where he was working as a manager for Punj Lloyd, getting a hefty salary of 24 lakh per annum, and shifted to Medhpar to become a farmer. Today, Sachin’s company is helping 137 happy farmers working on 200 acres of land and drawing a turnover of approximately Rs. 2 crore.

A 26 year old engineer-turned-hindi tutor, Pallavi has taught Hindi to Bollywood celebrities and models, official diplomats and foreigners married to Indians.

Shankar left his job in 2012 after working for Infosys for 15 years in India and abroad, and opted to become a farmer.

A farmer from Khardia village of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Saran started his mission to educate each and every person of his village with night classes for the adults in the village in his living room in 1989. Now he is running a junior college.

Santhosh Singh earned a hefty pay as s software professional. However the quest to live nearer to the nature lead him to quit and become a dairy farmer. He is now helping others with his 'Urban Dairy Farmer' model, which helps urban professionals to experiment farming along with their regular job.

Zubaan is a musical project where indie artists collaborate and perform their own songs across the mainland, from streets to stages, villages to cities.

Two years ago, The Better India shared a story that was read, loved and shared by you. This was the story of Amol Sainwar, the founder of NGO Shivprabha Charitable Trust. Our journey with Shivprabha Charitable Trust, and the people helped through it, did not end there. Here are some campaigns that TBI and Shivprabha worked together on with our readers and changed thousands of lives