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.

The unique initiative, within just one year of launch, has registered more than 11,000 teachers who are helping over 15,000 students continue their education.

Join ‘To India’s Children’ -- a campaign as part of which The Better India is working with various NGOs across India to give children access to education, nutrition, shelter, support and more.

Four students of Gurugram's Shiv Nadar school have created Postura, which has a unique sensory mechanism that alerts individuals when they slouch and trains them to correct their posture over a period of time.

Students of Vidyashilp Academy in Bengaluru are organising drive-in movie nights on February 12 and 13 to raise funds to support government schools in the area. This initiative is part of the United-Nations backed Girl Up programme.

Each award carries a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, a certificate, and a citation. In this article, we bring to you the list of the children being awarded along with a summary of their achievements.

Delhi’s Karan Singh has used his six years of experience in training with international coaches in the US to scout for local talent from tribal areas of Jharkhand. Through the Indian Track Foundation, he is training these children to become middle and long-distance runners and win medals for India in the 2028 LA Olympics, and beyond.

Born amid severe physical abuse and neglect, 32-year-old Dr Kriti Bharti from Jodhpur heads the Saarthi Trust, and has helped annul 41 child marriages and stopped over 1,400 such weddings from taking place. She was responsible for India’s first child marriage annulment - the Laxmi Sargara case.

Mumbai-based Shikha Dalmia started Spin a Yarn with her mother-in-law, Madhurata Deshmukh in 2018. The platform has over 120 narrators, most of them senior citizens, who narrate children’s tales in the 22 languages recognised by the Indian constitution.

Miguel Das Queah's Guwahati-based non-profit UTSAH (Universal Team for Social Action and Help) works for children’s rights, particularly those affected by sexual violence, in Assam.