Environment

“I don’t want rainwater harvesting to be a novel initiative by a few but a regular and common practice that touches each corner of the country", says this incredible man.

When Lilly was found, she had been chained to stand under the hot sun with no access to fresh food, water or even a resting mound for 60 days straight. What happened next gave her a second chance at life.

Much lighter in weight than their existing steel counterparts, these cylinders will also be translucent to enable the user to check the liquid gas level - a first-of-its-kind feature.

With the prize money, Dr Karnad plans to develop ‘SharkWatch’, a citizen-science programme, to record data on shark fishing and landings at major fishing harbours along the Coromandel coast.

He started observing trees around him. And the more he did that, the more he realised how decade old trees around the area had either been chopped down or had become mediums of advertising.

It was for her PhD research on the political ecology of markets for biodiversity conservation that first brought Arshiya Bose to coffee farming regions in the Western Ghats.

In fact, oyster mushrooms, one of the lesser-known varieties are rich in nutrients and grow very well with leftover straw.

"I already had an inkling of the dire consequences of our diet. But I woke up to the problem only after I encountered the case of a girl who had begun menstruating at the age of six. I was shocked!"

In 2016, Rita Maker came across a video of women making mats from Walmart shopping bags on the Internet and was immediately inspired.

“When I first visited the spot, it was a disaster. Such a huge lake had dried up, and villagers were using it as a playground or dumping their waste. From that, we went on to create an oasis."