Maharashtra

Viinod and Beena Nair left their city lives in Mumbai to open an eco-friendly homestay in Vasunde village, made from ethnic architecture under a 100-year-old banyan tree

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.

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

Women farmers of Maharashtra's drought-prone Marathwada are building a better future through an innovative organic farming model that saves water and doubles production

Alumni of IIT-Kharagpur have built a cold storage facility named Ecofrost via their startup, Ecozone Solutions. This is a portable facility that offers pre-cooling of fruits, vegetables and flowers to increase their shelf life and reduce transportation costs

Suman Dhebe, an ASHA healthcare worker with Pune Zilla Parishad, walked 12-13 km a day to ensure that five villages remained COVID-19 free during the second wave

Indian Forest Service officer Anand Reddy’s viral twitter thread shares how positive reinforcement has encouraged children to give up slingshots and protect birds in Nashik.

Tired of walking miles for a pot of water, Kadwanchi village in Maharashtra's drought-prone Marathwada turned it around with a stunning example of water conservation. Today, its residents are earning crores from grape farming

Having seen the perils of child labour first hand, Anuradha Bhonsale from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, has worked hard to rescue kids from the same fate. She is the director of Avani, an NGO that rescues such children.

Abhijeet Pokharnikar, a student of Bachelors in Computer Application in Pune, started 'Dada Chi Shala' during the lockdown to ensure that children of sex workers, Banjaras and those working at brick kilns continue their education