Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Varun Chawla, Alakshi Tomar and Abhimanyu Rathi based in Goa founded build3 to help incubate social impact startups and help them navigate entrepreneurship.

Ivory, a pioneering age-tech startup founded by Issac John and Rahul Krishnan, aims to redefine the ageing experience by focusing on better brain health, through neuroscience-backed assessments, interactive games, and personalised solutions.

An IRS officer-turned-educator, Ravi Kapoor has mentored thousands of UPSC aspirants for free. Taking upon his 10 years of bureaucratic experience and masters in clinical psychology, Ravi's approach to UPSC mentorship has always kept mental fitness and motivation in focus.

SolarSquare, founded by IIT Bombay graduates Neeraj Jain and Shreya Mishra, along with Pune University graduate Nikhil Nahar, is a leading residential solar brand. They have educated thousands of consumers and standardised installation of solar panels in 16 cities spread across eight Indian states.

Through his photos, photojournalist Karamjeet Singh has managed to capture a variety of endangered species. With his keen eye, he has photographed several elusive Himalayan species like the snow leopard and now leads many aspiring photographers on tours around the region.

Established in 2020, BatX Energies extracts rare earth metals, such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from used Lithium-ion cells and sells them to electric vehicle manufacturers or repurposes them (used Li-ion cells) into batteries for off-grid solar EV chargers, inverters, etc.

Sarah Iyer, the founder of Chennai-based Madras Animal Rescue Society, and her husband Gerry run a shelter for 340 paraplegic, disabled and abandoned dogs near Mahabalipuram. They need your help to keep this shelter running.

Relentlessly bullied as a child, Diksha Singhi overcame her trauma to become a body positivity influencer. Today, she runs an unconventional jewellery brand called 'A Little Extra' which recently secured funding on Shark Tank India.

Dr Ajay S Kalamdhad led a group of IIT-Guwahati researchers to innovate a two-stage fast biodegradation technique that can aid municipal corporations in eco-friendly organic waste management. It also produces ‘Mati Dhan’ — a top-notch vermicompost and organic compost rich in NPK and other essential nutrients for farmers.

Called the R-SAM-PRO, this unique and affordable Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled water quality monitoring device, has been developed by Satyam, a PhD scholar from IIT-Guwahati.