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Someshwar Singh from Uttar Pradesh went back to his village during the lockdown. While he has no plans to quit his corporate job, he elaborates how farming is just what he needed.

UK-resident Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan shares how he built his own aircraft at home during the lockdown.

Thanks to IIT-Bombay PhD student Tejasvi Chauhan's efforts of setting up a telecom tower in the remote mountain village of Baag in Himachal Pradesh, children can now attend online classes.

Soumajit Bhowmik, CEO at Styched, speaks of developing a mobile application that allows tailors in Delhi and Bengaluru to find stitching tasks online.

When US-based Indian Michael Khanna's mother was left stranded in a foreign country due to the COVID-19 lockdown, he set up SOS Global Indians on Facebook to help millions of Indians caught in a similar struggle by providing them with COVID-19 resources, curating immigration and travel rules, and more.

From conducting classes at home to going door-to-door to help with lessons, each of these teachers went out of their way to ensure none of their students missed out on an education.

As the destitute across India struggled to get basic food and health services amid the COVID-19 pandemic, IAS officer S Seeram Sambasiva Rao provided homes, skill training and jobs to 1500 of them.

From increased financial limitations to an amplified digital divide, the pandemic has drastically affected girl child education in India. But these individuals have a solution.

Tamil Nadu's D Indra is the head of 'Prem Illam', which cares of children with disabilities and those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. She grows organic food to feed the children as well as those around her village.

T Bhoobalan, CEO of Bagalkot Zilla Parishad in Karnataka, adopted a multi-pronged approach to tackle the sharp increase in child marriages amid the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.