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Kerala-based Gopalakrishnan KR, a retired bank employee, used his retirement benefits to convert a 1-acre rubber plantation into a mini forest with hundreds of fruit trees, medicinal plants, and more.

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERB) Bhopal researchers have developed organic polymers that can remove highly polar organic micropollutants (POMs) from water. This process will render the water safer for human consumption.

Odisha-based doctor Shankar Ramchandani opened a ‘one rupee clinic’ last year to provide thousands of patients affordable healthcare.

Dr Anil K Rajvanshi, the man behind the e-rickshaws and biomass gasifiers, was awarded the Padma Shri this year for his work in the field of renewable energy research.

Pune engineer Gunvant Sonawane, with help from NGO Seva Sahyog, has carried out water conservation projects across Maharashtra to help 26 villages become drought free

Under the editorship of the ‘grand old man of journalism’ Tushar Kanti Ghosh, the Amrita Bazar Patrika scaled great heights in India’s freedom struggle.

Mumbai resident Kedar Sohoni launched Green Communities Foundation to help residential societies across the city convert their daily waste into organic compost to ease the burden on dump yards

Not letting her Down Syndrome diagnosis deter her, Swasti Mehta from Mumbai started her business of making Pudina Punch in 2020. She now gets more than 20 orders a day.

Hyderabad’s iconic Deccan Pen Store was born when young S A Siddiqui set out to Calcutta in search of livelihood. Today, it is world renowned for its vast variety of pens, and receives orders from across the world.

Swapnil Gawande runs five eye banks across Maharashtra to encourage eye donations. He has also facilitated thousands of transplantation surgeries, here's why.