Maharashtra

Pranali Chikte from Vidarbha, Maharashtra, is cycling her way through drought-affected villages of the Western Indian state, spreading awareness on water conservation and the role of women in farming.

The Geographical Identity (GI) tagging efforts by the government of Maharashtra and Indian mango farmers' collective will tag over 400 million mangoes of more than 1,000 farmers in the Konkan belt by 2022.

Shamkant Thange and his family have helped revive the local 'Tikhliya' mango variety by saving grafts from the branches of one tree. His 2-acre orchard now grows 200 mango trees.

Parshuram Gangavavne won the Padma Shri earlier this year for reviving a 500-year-old artform called Chitrakathi, wherein musicians and instrumentalists use voice modulation to narrate epics such as Ramayana and Mahabharata. But do you know why Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj found this art especially useful?

Ten students of ENACTUS-UBS in Mumbai are upcycling plastic bottles to create hydroponic planters that also help save water.

Among the people who helped build New Shephard, Blue Origin's unmanned suborbital rocket, is a young engineer from Maharashtra's Kalyan: Sanjal Gavande.

Raju Kendre runs the Eklavya Movement that aims to build young changemakers and leaders from marginalized communities so that they can work across various sectors via access to higher education and prestigious fellowships.

Despite losing her job, Anita Gosavi has helped numerous COVID patients across Pune and beyond, as far as Latur and Nashik.

Having seen the perils of child labour first hand, Anuradha Bhonsale from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, has worked hard to rescue kids from the same fate. She is the director of Avani, an NGO that rescues such children.

Think organic farming isn't profitable? Maharashtra's Tukaram Gunjal will prove you wrong. Here's how this inspiring farmer maximized profits to earn lakhs, that too sustainably