electrical engineer

He holds the distinction of being one of the officers appointed by the Election Commission during the run-up to the April ‘13 State Assembly (Tamil Nadu) elections to ensure the conduct of ‘free and fair’ polls.

Ashok started the Aikya Foundation in 2006, a community outreach program that trains Mumbai’s disadvantaged young people to become electricians.

Engineer and business graduate Devi Murthy identified growing difficulties faced by small-scale Indian farmers. With her farming equipment development company, Kamal Kisan, she began to customise her products to suit the needs of the small-time Indian farmer.