Education

When the list of Padma awardees was announced earlier this week, some names familiar to readers of The Better India cropped up.

India's Constitution promises equality, justice and fraternity, while also laying down some fundamental duties all citizens must uphold. This Republic Day, we celebrate people upholding these ethos.

Venkatesh Iyer, founder of Goli Vada Pav in Mumbai, shares his fascinating story of how he built a Rs 50 crore food business from this popular snack.

Gyaansutra is an online portal started by 21-year-old Shweta Das, a resident of Jamshedpur, with an investment of Rs 5000 in May 2020, and today it has over 1000 students taking online classes.

Known for his roles in movies like Raazi, Haider and Kesari, actor Ashwath Bhatt talks about aiding Kashmiri students, his growing up years and finding his way into the movie industry without any godfathers.

Charu Monga, professor at IIT Guwahati, shares how she created the solar-powered waterproof backpacks ‘Jugnu’, using recycled plastic.

Pune-based startup, Bleetech Innovations, is aiding people with hearing impairments attain quality education that doesn't focus on oralism, speech therapy or lip-reading.

From fighting the sand mafia, starting an organic revolution, improving sanitation, healthcare to safely sending 50,000 students home in global COVID-19 pandemic, these IAS officers are shining examples of good governance

Rohit Kumar Yadav, a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable who's running a school for the poor in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh for the past two years, says he gets to live out his "father's dream".

As grandmothers in a Thane village were denied an education because of their gender, the 'Ajjbaichi Shaala' (grandmother’s school) was launched on International Women’s Day four years ago.