changemakers of India

What began as one creator’s habit of wearing hand-me-downs has grown into a five lakh-strong online movement for sustainability. Through creative reels and his eco-friendly brand, EcoFreaky, he’s making green living easy, fun, and accessible for young India.

Dwijendra Nath Ghosh, a retired 76-year-old teacher from West Bengal's Purba Bardhman district, has dedicated his retirement to teaching the underprivileged children in his village, Basantpur, without charging any fees.

Chetan Solanki, also known as ‘Solar Gandhi’, from Madhya Pradesh is touring the whole country in a solar-powered bus to popularise the importance of unconventional sources of energy.

Watch this video to see why Sriram V Ayer left the comforts of a corporate job to launch his organisation NalandaWay, which uses art to educate and empower millions of children from low-income households.

As part of the SBI Youth for India Fellowship, Lakshmi Nair moved to Satbunga, a remote village located in Nainital district in Uttarakhand to work with the Central Himalayan Rural Action Group. Here's her story.

Mumbai-based Haresh Mehta’s Paper Shaper, a corrugated cardboard manufacturing firm, is helping people do so by offering an alternate sustainable solution to wooden, metal and plastic furniture.

Harshini joined the Mehsana fire station in Gujarat in 2006, the second largest onshore production of the Oil and National Gas Corporation.

Ravi started collecting broken bricks, gravel and stones from areas in the vicinity and filling potholes with them.

We meet a lot of people everyday. Some we remember and some we don't. But there are very few people who leave such a great impact on everyone's life that it is impossible to forget them. They are the superheroes who live among us and leave an impact that changes the lives of thousands of people around them. Here is the list of 69 such heroes we celebrate on the 69th Independence day.