Chennai

In the absence of a way to track the quality of dirty and clouded water cans, siblings Bharath Govindaraghavan and Balachander G launched BookWater that ensures access to safe drinking water.

A day in the life of Esther Shanthi, manager at the Otteri cremation ground in Chennai. She narrates how she put in almost a decade to transform this place, despite the threat to her life.

Tamil Nadu resident and MBA graduate Karthick G launched Pikbig, a ‘boutique on wheels’ that brings the experience of shopping for clothes right to the customer’s doorstep.

Social entrepreneur Sriram V Ayer established his foundation NalandaWay in 2005 to use art forms like music, theatre, and more to transform the lives of children affected by disasters, violence, HIV/AIDs and more.

Áine Edwards, an Ireland-native who worked in Chennai for a decade, helped kids in Mahabalipuram become surfers and skateboarders of repute.

Hailed by Anand Mahindra, this viral video shows a stunningly creative choreography by IAS Officer Kavitha Ramu for the 44th International Chess Olympiad being held in Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai.

Chennai-based women entrepreneurs Uma Chandrasekar and Uma Natarajan started Uma Mamis to sell their homemade traditional South Indian snacks. They now get orders from UK, USA, and Europe!

Thirumalai Selvan from Chennai, a former employee of Tata Consultancy Service Limited (TCS), was laid off in 2015 without any prior notice or compensation. Here’s how he fought a legal battle.

Called HomoSEP, this robot has been developed by researchers at IIT-Madras and Solinas Integrity, an IIT-M incubated startup, in close coordination with the Safai Karamchari Andolan (SKA), a non-profit dedicated to the elimination of manual scavenging in India.

Mahadevan Muthalampet, a philanthropist and former professor, has transformed thousands of lives through ‘charity cafes’, where he trains single mothers, people with disabilities, inmates, burn victims, and the poor in earning a better livelihood.