As student suicides rise in Kota, IAS Ravindra Goswami and ASP Chandrasheel Thakur are bringing empathy, systems reform, and hope—showing students that life matters more than any exam.
Kota engineer Amanpreet Singh runs Gau Organics, a dairy farm that exports products across the world and runs on several sustainable models -- for one, generating most of its own electricity, having provisions for rainwater harvesting, and more.
Kota-based college student Yashraj Sahu and his friend Rahul Meena set up a soil-less mushroom farm and harvested 1000 kg of oyster mushrooms in one go.
Shree Kishan Suman from Rajasthan is growing Miyazaki mangoes on his farm. These are the world's most expensive mangoes and can cost upto Rs 2.5 lakh per kilo!
Eeki Foods, a Kota-based startup founded by two IIT-Bombay graduates, Amit Kumar and Abhay Singh, grows high-quality, residue-free Indian staple vegetables using hydroponics.
Arundhati Choudhary is a boxing champion from Kota, Rajasthan, and the first woman from the state to win a gold at the AIBA World Youth Boxing Championship in 2020.
An Engineered Dream, a National Award-winning documentary by Hemant Gaba, describes in detail the loneliness and claustrophobia students face while preparing for JEE in Kota, Rajasthan, the coaching institute capital of India.