Gujarat

An innovator and social entrepreneur, Binish Desai designs technologies to recycle industrial waste. With his patented P-blocks made from paper industry’s waste, he is building toilets in rural Gujarat.

Hirin Dave, an Ahmedabad-based web developer, collects old toys and redistributes these among underprivileged children through her initiative.

Passionate about teaching, Manoj Jamsandekar is on a mission to make robotics an accessible and affordable tool for forward-thinking education.

An effective driver of change, community radio highlights issues in society and encourages audiences to look for solutions. Radio Nazariya is one such initiative changing lives in Ahmedabad.

A veteran firefighter, Rajesh Bhatt's passion for his job will give you goosebumps.

When Nanjibhai passed away, his daughters took the decision of breaking the social norms by cremating their father themselves.

Inspired by examples of farmers earning ample returns through various techniques of chemical-free farming, a farmers’ produce company in Rajkot is writing a new chapter on sustainable agriculture in arid and semi-arid zones. Hiren Kumar Bose explores the revolution wrought by Future Farms.

In India, marine scientists of Zoological Survey of India are using simple solar-powered structures to regenerate bleached or extinct coral reefs. Here's how this ingenious technology works.

In recent years Gujarat has experienced stark shortages in supplies of doctors, especially in the rural areas. This new initiative will see medical teams being assigned to 10,000 villages which they will visit twice a week for 2 hours to offer healthcare to those in need.

Prachi wants to start an NGO to aid the blind one day.