Ranjini Sivaswamy

A simple meal scheme and a tourism idea wiped away hunger and malnutrition among the tribal people of Wayanad. All thanks to the inspirational work done by IAS officer Prashant Nair.

At the age of 100, Man Kaur has become the oldest female competitor at the Vancouver Senior Games.

Venkat and Vijaya Iyer, a retired couple living in Bangalore, have devoted their lives to the betterment of slum dwellers in their neighbourhood.

Divya Rawat is using mushroom cultivation as a way of curbing migration and providing livelihoods to people in Uttarakhand. This is also helping repopulate many 'ghost villages' in the state.

Jungle Jewels, an initiative to support women in Trichy, makes jewellery straight from nature’s bounty – the seeds of trees.

Arun Cherian's innovative cane prosthetic legs, Rise Legs, are helping the disabled walk, run and play.

Here is how a residential community in Bangalore, Akshaya Nagara, has created an enviable living environment for themselves.

This small ring-like gadget developed by an Indian is a breakthrough for the blind - it can make the white cane obsolete and radically improve mobility for the visually disabled.

This policeman has converted a dilapidated section of police quarters into a children’s park, greened a police training centre and planted over 2500 trees across Kadappa in Andhra Pradesh.

These paper pens, a great alternative to plastic ballpoint pens, don’t just address the plastic menace but also contain seeds that can grow into trees.