Maharashtra

A 28-year-old Amazon delivery executive held onto a school gate for 30 minutes to prevent further damage to a school girl whose cheek was pierced by a metal portion of the gate.

Taking inspiration from Maharshi Karve, Jameendar Babasaheb Keshav Narayanrao Deshmukh set up the Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal (SSM), to start the first-ever residential school in Sagroli, Maharashtra committed to empowering girls through education

Engineers Tukaram Sonawane and Sonal Veljali returned to their hometown for the first time in 14 years, and vowed to resolve their village’s farming woes with an ‘Electric Bull’, which can take care of all the maintenance work on a farm -- from sowing to the harvest

When her husband’s business began to fail, Lalita Patil from Thane turned her love for cooking into Gharachi Athvan, wherein she sells delicious homemade Indian food to students and working professionals living away from home

Set up in 1940, the Pune Handmade Paper Institute (HMPI) has pioneered to create eco-friendly handmade paper using cotton rags that last up to 100 years

Civic chief at Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Abhijit Bangar, has converted 3-acres of land in Navi Mumbai into a green oasis that has attracted biodiversity, including snake species, butterflies, birds and more

Cassandra Nazareth, along with her team, has been driving impact for the betterment of tribal communities in Aarey Forest and Madh Island.

The MSR-Olive Co-Op Housing Society Ltd in Pune installed 80KW solar panels in 2016, which has cut down their electricity requirements drastically

Progressive farmer Rahul Rasal from Maharashtra used a blend of organic and scientific farming methods to grow residue-free grapes, pomegranate and vegetables

Mumbai-based microbiologist Divya Rathod has innovated the Hapito Protector spray, which is being used across Mumbai to disinfect public toilets to prevent the spread of UTI