Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Mithan Lam, the first woman to practice law at the Bombay High Court, also played a role in shaping gender-sensitive laws for marriage, divorce and inheritance, besides helping resettle thousands of Partition refugees in Mumbai.

Delhi-based family-owned corporation, Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices Ltd (HMD) is one of the world’s largest makers of syringes and is helping India battle the COVID-19 crisis.

After founding IPexcel, a multi-million dollar revenue generating technology and innovation consulting firm, Madhumita Agrawal cofounded an electric vehicle company, OBEN, with her husband, Dinkar.

Built using world-class components and state-of-the-art EV technology, the Meraki by Ninety One e-bike has been developed by Mumbai-based AlphaVector.

EndureAir, an IIT-Kanpur-incubated startup, used smaller drones to fly very close to the dams that were damaged in Uttarakhand. They created very high-quality videos of the whole structure to help engineers obtain a clear perspective of the extent of the damage.

Major (Retd) Manjit Rajain donated his classic car to be converted into an EV, where a 15 KW electric motor and 120 Ah lithium-ion battery were added. But 90 per cent of the 1948 Volkswagen Beetle remains untouched.

Harvesting Farmer Network has helped 23 lakh farmers across India sell produce worth $23 million through partnerships with government agencies, non-profit organizations and farmer groups.

With their apparel brand Namza Couture, Padma Yangchan and Jigmet Disket are pioneering the use of fine Ladakhi textile, whether it's Nambu (sheep wool), Khulu (yak wool), camel wool or pashmina.

Bitten by the startup bug, Suhas Rajkumar started Bengaluru-based Simple Energy to come up with affordable, made in India EV scooter that will now compete with smart bikes. But his journey has been no mean feat.

From discovering Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar to mentoring Naushad Sa'ab, Manna Dey and Mohammed Rafi, the prodigiously talented Hindi music director Khemchand Prakash left behind an enduring legacy.