Jharkhand

Unable to fulfill his own dreams, Anand Kumar Gope has channeled his skills into helping girls from his village in Jharkhand play national and international level football, breaking down social taboos

A personal tragedy made Sumitra Gargai, a woman of Jharkhand's Ho tribe, work with Ekjut, civil society organisation to fight taboos around mental illnesses and depression in rural India

Mohammad Sajid Hussain is a scientist and educator from Jharkhand, who quit his high-flying job to return to his native village and start Schoolasium, a learning centre that employs a different learning model to teach underprivileged students across the state

Dr Prasanta Tripathy and Dr Nirmala Nair quit their jobs and launched Ekjut, an NGO that works to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates in Jharkhand and save thousands of lives among tribal communities

Chanchala Kumari from Hatwal village in Jharkhand has qualified for the World Cadet Wrestling Championship that will be played in Hungary between July 19 and July 25 this year

Growing 16 noni trees in his backyard in Bokaro, Jharkhand, 24-year-old Prasenjeet Kumar has shown how indigenous superfruits can transform livelihoods.

Santosh Kumar Panda from Jharkhand opened the Shishu Vikash Nursery School to offer free education to 35 children of the tribal community by innovating fun ways to learn Maths, English and more

Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district has 400 villagers who have doubled their income by turning dry leaves, the source of their forest fires, into briquettes.

Shobha Kumari from Ranchi launched Srijan Handicrafts in 1993, to popularise hand-made dolls made using clay, sawdust, and cloth, and showcase India's cultural diversity. In the process, she has also empowered thousands of women from marginal communities.

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.