Inspiring Stories India

Chasing a long-cherished dream, 65-year-old Smita Surendranath Blaggan started Lake View Restaurant in Siridao, Goa after she retired from her government job.

With 1,100 franchises of Bachpan Play School set up in remote parts of the country, Ajay Gupta’s venture may be the solution to making education accessible in India.

From just 197 students, today this primary school has almost 700 students and a farm of their own and there's no turning back for this primary school in Alappuzha.

Designed by IIT Bombay, the Solar Urja Lamp (SoUL) project is not only lighting up homes with renewable energy, but is also providing rural women with the chance to become entrepreneurs.

Filmmaker Nawneet Ranjan is using PCs and online tutorials to create a new generation of coders in India’s largest slum, Dharavi.

Banners and hoardings are often considered an urban nuisance. But this organisation's creative up-cycling of flex proves that every problem has a creative, eco-friendly solution.

Hemant Mehra, a resident of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, is a self-taught coder whose perseverance against odds has made him a role model for youngsters in his hometown.

Teachers of a government school near Ramanagara are going the extra mile to ensure that their students have access to quality education.

A thespian and a consultant set out to help underprivileged children unleash their creative side, but discovered something else along the way: the mothers wanted to join in too!

Garbology uses colouring books, board games & activity-based learning to drive long-term behavioural change among school students, especially with regard to consumption & waste management.