Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Coming from an aristocratic Ladakh family, Eliyah Tsetan Phuntsog worked closely with the Indian armed forces to ward off Pakistani raiders from Nubra in 1948, helped Tibetan refugees find land for a settlement in 1960s, and opened a school for their children.

In association with farmer producer organisations (FPOs), civil society and NGOs, Safe Harvest works with 100,000 small and marginal farmers who don't use chemical pesticides to grow organic produce.

Help Mangaltai manage a care home for orphans with HIV called Palawi in a small village near Pandharpur town, Maharashtra. Here's what you can do.

Bengaluru-based venture buildAHome has constructed an eco-friendly home made using locally available material such as Athangudi tiles and porotherm blocks, and minimised the use of steel and cement, staying naturally cool in the summers and saving thousands of litres of water every year.

Virohan, the Gurugram-based healthcare edtech startup founded by Nalin Saluja, Kunaal Dudeja and Archit Jayaswal, trains and certifies allied healthcare professionals (AHPs), who form the vital backbone of the healthcare sector in India and abroad.

Dorje Angchuk recently became the first Indian to be inducted as an Honorary Member of the International Astronomical Union "for his passionate promotion of astronomy in the Ladakh region, through his excellent astrophotography". Check out his stunning pictures of the night sky.

M Madhavan, a 28-year-old Malayali student from Mahe, was probably the only native-born Indian to be executed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime in a concentration camp during World War 2. Here's the fascinating story of this forgotten Indian hero.

Straight from Himachal Pradesh, this couple's startup - 'Tibet Foods' - sells traditional Tsampa and Ney-Thuk (Barley Porridge) and distributes it all over India. Tsampa Cookies and Barley Tea are coming soon!

Ladakh Basket is an online and offline platform, which sells the region’s indigenous produce to the rest of the world. In doing so, they empower the local farmers to sustain themselves in villages of Leh.

Karith, a village in Kargil district, Ladakh, has made headlines in national and local publications purely for the work of Acting Head Teacher Muhammad Ali at the local Government Middle School.