Madhya Pradesh

District Collector and IAS officer Harshika Singh tells us how she worked towards making Mandla district 100 per cent functionally literate.

Sakshi Bhatia and Arpit Maheshwari quit their corporate jobs in the US and returned to India to set up a farm venture called Jeevantika in Madhya Pradesh.

Sakshi Bhatia and Arpit Maheshwari, both IIT graduates, set up a natural farm called Jeevantika in Madhya Pradesh where one can experience farm life while eating farm-fresh food all day.

Anand Mahindra started Project Nanhi Kali in 1996 with a convention of empowering young girls and women through education.

Started by Prateeksha and Prateek Sharma of Madhya Pradesh, ‘Green and Grains’, is a Farm-to-Fork business model in which partner farmers are trained to manage production on their land, and their organic produce is delivered to customers’ doorstep.

Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam went from drawing on the walls of tribal huts to his art being displayed in prestigious museums. Today, his legacy is carried forward by his family.

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Over the years, Dr DK Satpathy from Madhya Pradesh says he and his team conducted autopsies on 18,000 bodies. He recalls the horrifying accounts that fateful night on 3 December 1984.

Bhuri Bai, 52, from the Bhil tribal community of Madhya Pradesh is a Padma Shri awardee whose paintings have been exhibited the world over, including the UK and USA.

Suyash Keshari left behind the comforts of a fat paycheck in the US to return home and pursue what he loved most -- understanding wildlife. At 19, he won the Nature's Best Photography Asia Award, which was even exhibited at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington DC.

'Poshan Vatika', a pilot project by Prabhat Jal Sarakshan Yojana, roped in migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh to start harvesting fruits and vegetables like spinach, fenugreek, radish, papaya, lemon and guava on their land and earn from it during the lockdown.