Niharika Sanyal

This 26-year-old from Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, has suffered more than 50 fractures till date. Undefeated in spirit, he is the recipient of the CavinKare Ability Mastery Award 2017.

To share the joy of reading with children in an adopted government school, SAI International School students created a library and reading space.

Students from JUSCO school South Park, Jamshedpur came up with an idea to make a Science Park so that students could learn science concepts through a play-way method!

Disturbed by deaths caused by teachers hitting students, these 11th-graders in Tamil Nadu designed creative solutions to introduce positive discipline in the classroom, in lieu of punishment. The project won the ‘Bold & Audacious’ award at the ‘I CAN Awards 2015’ organised by Design for Change.

Disturbed that fishermen die at sea every day because they cannot afford safety gear, these boys from a government school in Tamil Nadu designed a cost-efficient life jacket out of waste plastic bottles. The project won the ‘Boldest Idea’ award at the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change.

One of India’s first sensory walls for the visually impaired has been created at the Orissa Association for the Blind through a collaboration between schoolkids from Orissa and Bristol. The project won an award in the ‘Quickest Impact’ category at the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change.

To encourage younger students to pursue music, besides the conventional STEM subjects, students in Leh made innovative instruments out of waste to share the joy of music. The project won the Grand Prize at the ‘I CAN Awards 2015’ organised by Design for Change.

In light of the declining sparrow population, these DIY birdhouses and feeders created by children from slum areas in Jadavpur area, Kolkata, at Anando Foundation can be a boon to birds. The project made it to the Top 25 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change.

To shatter taboos surrounding periods and promote menstrual hygiene, a group of friends in Rajkot designed an affordable DIY pad using waste cloth and taught women in nearby slums and villages how to make them. The project won the Disney Innovation Award in the ‘Large Impact’ category at the ‘I CAN Awards 2014’ organised by Design for Change.

Eager to help the elderly lady who sweeps the school’s large playground, students at a government school in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu built a Sweeping Vehicle of coconut-leaves-on-wheels. The project was selected amongst the Top 26 stories at the ‘I CAN Awards 2016’ organised by Design for Change.