changemaker

Neenu Rathin was a homemaker searching for a deeper purpose in life. Only when she started volunteering did she discover her passion for social work. But, finding credible sources was easier said than done. So she went out to find a solution.

Under the leadership of former sarpanch Chhavi Rajawat, Rajasthan’s Soda Village saw improved infrastructure, which transformed the community. Today she is focusing on an upcoming digital literacy centre in the village.

Your contribution will also support the empowerment of women in rural Uttar Pradesh who manufacture these slippers.

Thanks to her initiative, 80 government schools in remote corners of the Spiti Valley now have access to quality children's books and fully functioning libraries!

Sadham Usean Ramasamy, a PhD scholar student at IIT-Madras, has invented a machine that can safely rescue children fallen and trapped in borewells. He explains how the device works.

Chandan Nayal from Uttarakhand quit his job to dedicate his life to protecting and increasing forest cover in the region, inspiring other villages too.

Dr Issa Fathima Jasmine starts her day delivering meal packets across Chennai. An orthodontist by profession and a social worker by passion, she has managed to feed almost 1000 people every single day through this initiative.

With her eco-friendly mattresses, Lakshmi Menon aimed resolve two pressing issues – waste management and lack of bedding at many COVID centres

‘SBI Youth for India Fellowship’, an initiative of SBI Foundation provides a platform to the urban youth to participate in Rural Development with their innovative ideas to address the rural struggles and also benefit from the learnings through on-ground experience.

We call these men and women heroes, but they could just as easily be called warriors protecting planet Earth, a planet that is facing some of the biggest environmental threats it has ever confronted. #TBIChangemakers2019 #EarthHeroes