Children

"During the winters, most families here create bonfires out of plastic waste and huddle in front of it to beat the cold. We wanted to change that and so started to encourage our students to bring plastic waste as school fees."

The guidelines issued by WHO aims to tackle a larger issue – childhood obesity. Sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy eating habits and the worrisome trend of children choosing to spend more time watching videos than playing outdoors, are all contributing factors.

Made from 80% recyclable material and designed to water plants for as long as two weeks, the scalable device costs just Rs 700! #Innovation #Gardening

His channel with more than 220 videos—from the iconic Nizami biryani to a non-oven recipe of black forest cake, and thick shakes made from dragon fruit, figs, custard apple and a host of other tropical fruits—has garnered over 7,00,000 subscribers from across the world.

Competitions are fierce when it comes to securing admissions in the top colleges, both in India and abroad, and summer programmes and internships can tip the scales in favour of some students.

Children today are exposed to a lot more than we had access to, their questions and way of thinking also is different.

From a magnetic shirt for the disabled, an upcycled wash basin to a solar-powered cooling helmet, school children aged between 10-14 tap their creative side and design unique inventions in Hyderabad

His inspiration? Dr Manu Prakash, who took the scientific community by storm by developing a pocket-sized paper microscope that could detect malaria while costing only 50 cents!

Asking questions like who owns water or pointing facts about how many times plastic can be recycled, these books introduce your little ones to concepts like conservation, coexistence, waste reduction and child rights, among others!

"The incident opened my eyes to the reality of strays. I decided to never let a dog—stray, abandoned, or domestic pet—be harmed under my watch.”