gadchiroli

IPS officer Ankit Goyal has instituted an award-winning single window system in the Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district, which has helped lakhs living in remote areas access several government schemes.

“When we think of development, we see giant buildings as a marker for progress. But, after coming here, I realised that there is great value in conservation, being sustainable and having an equal society", says #IAS officer Manuj Jindal.

What is the secret of her success? She answers, “Main dil se kaam karti hoon. I work from the heart.”

Devrai Art Village was established by Suresh Pungati, a noted Adivasi artisan, and renowned documentary filmmaker, Mandakini Mathur after the monsoon of 2008, with the vision of preserving the timeless heritage of Adivasi metal artistry, lest the craft phases out.

It’s been 30 years since Dr Rani Bang and her husband, Dr Abhay Bang, dedicated their lives to the social and educational upliftment of the lowest of the low, in Maharashtra’s tribal district of Gadchiroli.

Coming from a Naxal infested area in Maharashtra, Prajakta was well aware of the infamy that her hometown had earned. But that is not all there is to Gadchiroli.

A third-generation farmer from the village in Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district, Sanjay Gandate took a unique path to supplement his erratic earnings from the rice fields – pearl cultivation.

Dr. Prakash Amte and his wife Dr. Mandakini Amte have an unusual way of living: they have set up a wild animal asylum in their courtyard. This couple has spent decades changing the lives of the local community in Hemalkasa, Maharashtra, protecting tribespeople and the local fauna alike.

Born on the December 31, 1949, Mohan Hirabai Hiralal is a staunch Gandhian who played a key role in transforming Mendha (Lekha), a tribal village in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra and helping it achieve ‘Poorna Swaraj’.

Sudhir Gohane, the principal of a municipal school in the tribal district of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, has been using unique teaching methods to capture the imaginations of students in his school for more than a decade now.