Himachal Pradesh

As I travelled across the Kangra Valley, I came across many foreigners who have not just made the mountains their home but have gone to the extent of learning the Gaddi dialect.

It is 300 times sweeter than sugar, high on nutritional value, and low on calories. The natural compound in the fruit also does not increase blood pressure.

Thanks to a 12-mm-thick glass on the roof and door of the Vistadome, passengers can enjoy a panoramic view of the pristine Himalayas as they travel on the 4+ hour journey.

A low-cost heating solution for cold winters, this innovation is also less harmful to the environment in comparison to wood or coal! #IIT #Innovation

In an attempt to retain the beauty and the pristine greens in the Himalayan region, Pradeep Sangwan started an organisation, which he aptly named ‘Healing Himalayas’. Having always been a city dweller, his decision to move to Himachal Pradesh in 2009 came as a surprise to those who knew him.

Individual farmers, farmers' collectives and NRIs in Himachal Pradesh are taking to organic farming in a big way for good health, safe soil and groundwater for future generations.

“To address the problem of landslides and to reduce the cost of sensing these disasters, a faculty-student group named iIoTs, incubated by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi's technology incubator, Catalyst, has developed an indigenously built low-cost landslide monitoring and warning technology."

As a child, Shalini had no idea who or what a DC was, but registered that a DC is a powerful person whose word people adhered to. At that moment, she decided that she wanted to become one.

Nearly 50 years ago, IAF aircraft AN-12 flying from Chandigarh to Leh with 102 defence personnel mysteriously vanished in 1968.

Monk Lobsang Jamyang reaches out to slums in Kangra Valley with health, education and slum welfare projects. His hostel at Sarah village is home to over 100 children from the slums.