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Raju Kendre runs the Eklavya Movement that aims to build young changemakers and leaders from marginalized communities so that they can work across various sectors via access to higher education and prestigious fellowships.

Founded by Tarun Jami, GreenJams is the clean tech startup behind Agrocrete, an innovative carbon-negative brick made from agricultural waste that cuts down construction cost and time

Dr Biswajit Roy, Assistant Professor at Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal, with the help of villagers, has preserved ancient historical relics in the Debagram Museum in the village.

Using a NASA technology, Gujarat's Jha family from has built a novel physiotherapy device that treats wounds, fractures and paraplegia in animals at a lesser cost and in lesser time.

Souryadeep Basak, an electrical engineer from Kolkata, and Lavkesh Balchandani, a mechanical engineer from Indore, developed a solar-powered hydroponic fodder unit for rural farmers for their Master's project at the TERI School of Advanced Studies, Delhi.

Stella, Uma, Silvarani, Rajkumari, Geetha and Saroja from Poompuhar village in Tamil Nadu took a step for rural women empowerment through 'Dolphin'

Using scrap, farmer Nitin Ghule from Maharashtra built a mulching machine that saves time, money and even the labour involved. He has already received 100 orders for his innovation

Sparsh Agarwal, a 23-year-old, is saving his family's historic tea garden and has launched Dorje Teas, which sells an entire year's worth of seasonal flavours of Darjeeling tea and is trying to do away with the industry's dependence on export markets.

When Twitter user Avni Shah shared the story of a struggling chaat seller outside Mumbai's Mithibai college, she had no idea it would go viral. What happened next is truly heartwarming.

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