Ladakh

Ladakh recently touched new heights in the Ministry of Education's Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2020-21. Dedicated teachers are one of the main reasons why school education in Ladakh has seen a remarkable transformation.

Searching for the best homestays in Ladakh? Here's a curated list of places in Leh where you can gaze up at starry night skies, experience culture and cuisine, and even empower rural communities.

Tired of the continuous burning of waste that added to the air pollution, Stanzin Dothon has taken matters of sustainability and proper waste disposal in his own hands.

Earlier this year, the Kangsing Snow and Ice Sculpture Association organised the Ladakh Snow and Ice Sculpture Workshop 2022 in Chilling valley, along the frozen Zanskar River--a ‘first of its kind’ workshop in India.

Stanzin Saldon is actively working for gender equality in Kargil, while also improving public school education in this neglected corner of Ladakh, ,through her NGO rZamba.

Designed and developed by a team of researchers at the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) led by senior scientist Dr Tsering Stobdan, Ladakhi farmers now have a passive solar greenhouse that allows them to grow vegetables throughout the year.

Karma Sonam, a field manager with the Nature Conservation Foundation, received the Natwest Group Earth Heroes Inspire Award 2021 for his outstanding work in reducing human-wildlife conflict in 17 communities across eastern Ladakh and conservation of snow leopards and Himalayan wolves.

Coming from an aristocratic Ladakh family, Eliyah Tsetan Phuntsog worked closely with the Indian armed forces to ward off Pakistani raiders from Nubra in 1948, helped Tibetan refugees find land for a settlement in 1960s, and opened a school for their children.

Dorje Angchuk recently became the first Indian to be inducted as an Honorary Member of the International Astronomical Union "for his passionate promotion of astronomy in the Ladakh region, through his excellent astrophotography". Check out his stunning pictures of the night sky.

Ladakh Basket is an online and offline platform, which sells the region’s indigenous produce to the rest of the world. In doing so, they empower the local farmers to sustain themselves in villages of Leh.