When the COVID-19 lockdown left sex workers in Maharashtra’s Bhiwandi facing starvation, Dr Swati decided to leverage the Make-In-India spirit to empower them with an income.
A winner of the President's Gallantry Award, now-retired IPS officer Suresh Khopade prevented the communal hotbed of Bhiwandi from descending into violence even as neighbouring Mumbai burnt during the 1992-93 riots.