Bihar

Bihar’s Dr Shankar Nath Jha has been using education as a tool to empower children from the socially marginalised Musahar community. He has helped enrol as many as 5,000 children in schools since 2007.

Meet Dilkhush Kumar, a young entrepreneur from Bihar who wants to provide affordable cab rides across every corner of Bihar with his mobile app RodBez.

Sumati Jalan runs Bihart, a zero waste clothing brand that is her bid to challenge the stereotypes associated with her home state, Bihar. With this, she aims to revive the region’s lesser known arts.

The unique goat shed model by SEEDS India, a non-profit, has come to the rescue of impoverished cattle rearers. Costing as low as Rs 8,000, the first-of-its-kind model is designed to withstand floods, earthquakes, and even cyclonic storms.

Scientist Dr Dayaram played an instrumental role in increasing Bihar’s mushroom cultivation, helping train lakhs in the occupation and producing thousands of tonnes over decades.

Watch this video to see how Rajesh Kumar Suman’s coaching centre not only provides free coaching for competitive exams, but also plays a big role in conserving the environment.

Sunita Prasad, a passionate gardener from Bihar, practices vertical gardening and grows organic vegetables in PVC pipes at home. Watch this video to see how she does it without burning a hole in her pocket.

In the middle of Patna, engineer Rajesh Kumar has built a lush green organic farm where he rears fish, chicken, rabbit and more.

Designed by IIT Kanpur alumni Hari Shankar, BHOOMI is an automatic solar composting device that converts organic waste into nutrient-rich compost without much effort

Kalpana and her sister-in-law Uma Jha launched JhaJi pickles, an online store that offers 12 types of traditional homemade pickles from Mithila