Jharkhand

Kanchan Bhadani started her entrepreneurial journey in her 60s by launching a crochet toy business called LoopHoop to pursue her passion for crocheting. Her business empowers tribal women of Jhumri Telaiya in Jharkhand.

Dr Sapan Patralekh's unrelenting dedication to education has increased the number of children studying in the village school in Jharkhand while also educating its elders.

From police brutality, medical negligence, job security to malnutrition-related deaths and more, Onkar Vishwakarma from Jharkhand has been tirelessly working to uphold human rights for the last ten years.

A unique initiative by Tata Communications and The Better India to support and educate women from small towns and villages in India is helping hundreds of others like Laxmi overcome barriers and become entrepreneurs. Here’s how.

Jharkhand engineer Vishal Prasad Gupta has developed a bio-fuel manufactured from a species of microalgae native to the state's ponds, which is not only more eco-friendly than petrol and diesel, but also low cost.

In a landmark discovery, scientists from India, Australia and the US have found that the first continental land emerged 3.2 billion years ago, in an area that is now the Singhbhum region of Jharkhand.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Vikas Chandra Srivastava launched an online channel on Youtube, DSP Ki Paathshala, to teach and guide the aspirants to crack Indian Government exams.

Santosh Kumar Panda from Jharkhand opened the Shishu Vikash Nursery School to offer free education to 35 children of the tribal community by innovating fun ways to learn Maths, English and more

Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district has 400 villagers who have doubled their income by turning dry leaves, the source of their forest fires, into briquettes.

Shobha Kumari from Ranchi launched Srijan Handicrafts in 1993, to popularise hand-made dolls made using clay, sawdust, and cloth, and showcase India's cultural diversity. In the process, she has also empowered thousands of women from marginal communities.