Changemakers

A teacher, former delivery partner, and now a national silver medallist — Mayabhai Bhammar wears many hats. The Gujarat para athlete won silver at the 23rd Senior National Para Powerlifting Championship 2025–26, strengthening his dream of winning gold for India.

Born with rare renal rickets and living with 80% disability, Mumbai-based Aboli Jarit grew up around hospital visits and home-schooling. Years later, she found her way to Indian Idol auditions and wheelchair modelling, building a life many once thought unlikely.

Once dependent on water tankers and divided by frequent fights over scarce supply, Bansawargaon in Maharashtra’s Latur district chose a different path. Led by its sarpanch and powered by collective effort, villagers rebuilt canals, recharged groundwater, and adopted conservation practices — transforming themselves into a tanker-free, water-secure community.

What does love look like beyond flowers? For Vrushali and Danish, it’s open-water swims. For Balalatha Mallavarapu, it’s guiding UPSC aspirants. For others, it’s stray animals and forests.

After struggling with gaps in India’s gynaec care system themselves, Divya Kamerkar and Akanksha Vyas built Pinky Promise — a chat-first, AI-powered women’s healthcare platform that now helps over 4 lakh Indian women access private, judgment-free medical care from real doctors.

For 35 years, Dr Ravindra and Dr Smita Kolhe served a remote village in Maharashtra’s Melghat for just Rs 2. Their journey goes beyond medicine — from saving infants to rebuilding livelihoods and restoring hope.

From compost pits to reading circles, Better Campus gathers student- and faculty-led campus stories from across India into one shared home for learning, action, and inspiration.

In a Delhi neighbourhood park, IRS officer Rohit Mehra and his wife Geetanjali run the School of Trees, a free, open-air learning space where children explore science, sustainability, and Indian ecological wisdom through games, observation, and hands-on care for nature.

After a spinal injury changed his life, Prateek Khandelwal began seeing cities differently. That led to the birth of ‘RampMyCity’ — a movement redesigning public spaces to make dignity, access, and inclusion visible across India.

Across Alwar, Bengaluru, and Nashik, three women are building lives shaped by work and financial freedom. Kalpana, Chaithra, and Alka’s paths are different, but each reflects what happens when women earn independently — gaining stability, respect, and the confidence to imagine more for themselves and their families.