Children

Sonali Khan is the managing director of Sesame Workshop India, whose most famous programme Galli Galli Sim Sim is watched by millions of children across the country. Here’s why she decided to quit a thriving journalism career to work in women and child development.

Nitin Kumar is a final-year law student who established Ek Nayee Raah Foundation, an NGO that caters to coaching children from low-income backgrounds for free.

Archit Rahul Patil, a Class 10 student from Maharashtra, has designed and developed a postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) cup, which is helping doctors in places like Jalgaon, Akola, Sevagram and Aurangabad prevent maternal deaths.

Children's Day: Innovators to child Prodigies, meet 15 amazing children making India proud with their incredible achievements. They have all been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar

For 10 years Kushal Raj Chakrovorty from Gurugram has helped marginalised children dream big, His NGO Lotus Petals Foundation provides education, healthcare, job training and mental health support.

Surjeet Lodhi from Madhya Pradesh was conferred with the Diana Award for his courageous fight against eradicating alcoholism and child labour in his village.

Today, the children of Khempur village in Rajasthan are acquiring new skills and hope, spending time constructively and making their families and the state proud by participating in skateboarding championships with graceful ease, all thanks to Manjari and Vinati, daughters of yesteryear actor Mac Mohan.

T Bhoobalan, CEO of Bagalkot Zilla Parishad in Karnataka, adopted a multi-pronged approach to tackle the sharp increase in child marriages amid the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.

Having seen the perils of child labour first hand, Anuradha Bhonsale from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, has worked hard to rescue kids from the same fate. She is the director of Avani, an NGO that rescues such children.

Goa-based Dr Luis Dias quit his obstetrics and gynaecology practice in the UK and returned to India in 2008 to start Child’s Play India Foundation, which aims to uplift and empower children from disadvantaged backgrounds through western music.