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One of India’s finest judokas and a silver medallist at Commonwealth Games 2022, Manipur's Shushila Devi Likmabam has come a long way from battling depression and selling her car to fund her career.

Moirangthem Muktamani Devi, a resident of Kakching in Manipur, makes shoes out of woollen yarn - a necessity that she has turned into a major business. She even won a Padma Shri this year, for her outstanding contributions.

Hanjabam Shubhra Devi started Meira Foods, a small packaged foods venture, from her kitchen in Bamon Leikai, Imphal East. They sell 45 different items, including a variety of candies, pickles and salted dry fruit.

Tuingam Louzhi runs Secrets Cosmetics, inspired by her grandmother's traditional methods. In particular, she sells the Perilla Seeds Face Oil, and her skincare products are natural and eco-friendly.

Mayur Shetty from Manipal, Karnataka, narrates how he came up with the Emvolio device — a portable battery-powered refrigeration unit that ensures the preset temperatures are maintained for up to 12 hours

Konsam Ibomcha Singh from Imphal adopted his father’s craft of doll-making for which he was awarded the Manipur State Award. Replacing rags with dried grass, every doll is handmade by him and dressed by his wife, Chandrima Konsam.

How Recognize Rise and Empower Association (RREA), a non-profit in Manipur, delivers quality education and is ending clash of the clans through sports. Their Sports for Social Development programme in Kamjong district is significantly improving students' attendance, too.

Popularly revered as 'Rani', Gaidinliu was a political and spiritual leader of the Zeliangrong people of the Northeast. She led the revolt against the British rule at a young age of 13 and was imprisoned for 14 years.

After selling his stake in Terumo Penpol Ltd, which is one of the largest makers of high-tech bio-medical devices in the world, Balagopal Chandrasekhar went onto support a plethora of social development initiatives in Kerala and Manipur, where he once served as an IAS officer.

In March 1994, Colonel (Retd.) DPK Pillay, a Shaurya Chakra Awardee, saved the lives of two young kids during a gunfight with militants in Manipur’s Longdi Pabram village. But he didn’t stop at that, going on to uplift the village in several ways.