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After struggling with gaps in India’s gynaec care system themselves, Divya Kamerkar and Akanksha Vyas built Pinky Promise — a chat-first, AI-powered women’s healthcare platform that now helps over 4 lakh Indian women access private, judgment-free medical care from real doctors.

For 17 years, Bengaluru-based Dr Parag Gad worked on ‘xStep’, a non-surgical device designed to support movement in paralysis and cerebral palsy.

Karnataka’s first women-led industrial park in Gauribidanur opens its doors to help women entrepreneurs launch and grow manufacturing ventures while creating local jobs and promoting a community of innovation and collaboration.

For 35 years, Dr Ravindra and Dr Smita Kolhe served a remote village in Maharashtra’s Melghat for just Rs 2. Their journey goes beyond medicine — from saving infants to rebuilding livelihoods and restoring hope.

Across India, community radio stations run by local women and villagers are turning microphones into tools of empowerment — addressing education, health, culture, and livelihoods while giving communities a voice that’s truly their own.

Why should momos be made of refined flour when millets are widely available? These and many other questions led eight Monpa women to start a community dining space, Damu’s Heritage Dine in Chug Valley of Arunachal Pradesh.

In Varanasi, parts of Maharashtra, and Anantapur, residents worked through rooftop recharge, johads and pond revival to steady their water supply before the dry months set in.

A near-drowning on their first date could have ended everything. Instead, it became the start of a love story that led Vrushali and Danish from non-swimmers to Ironman races and English Channel crossings — always side by side.

From generating 8.5 million reports to serving 3,000+ centres across 24 states, this healthtech startup is using AI to eliminate diagnostic delays and bring faster, equitable radiology care to India.

When Ramya Sriram travelled to north Kerala to document Theyyam, she did not expect one powerful frame to gain global attention. Here’s the story behind that award-winning moment.