Marathwada

Anirudha and Sucheta Ambekar, both IT professionals, turned their longing for rural life into reality. Their sustainable home, ‘Anant Farms’, near Pune, is built using stones and antique teakwood, emulating traditional architecture while incorporating modern sustainability practices, including rainwater harvesting and solar power.

This Beed farmer switched to organic farming after attending a seminar. He made a fortune growing organic papaya and watermelon.

Women farmers of Maharashtra's drought-prone Marathwada are building a better future through an innovative organic farming model that saves water and doubles production

Tired of walking miles for a pot of water, Kadwanchi village in Maharashtra's drought-prone Marathwada turned it around with a stunning example of water conservation. Today, its residents are earning crores from grape farming

Seeing relatives of patients struggling to find food at the civil hospital, Osmanabad entrepreneur began a free food service for the needy

Each part of this ‘wonder tree’ is useful. The roots, stems, leaves, seedpods, resin and flowers are considered to be healing herbs in Ayurvedic and Unani folk medicine.

“My mother works in a cotton farm and sends me all the money she can scrape together. I was more than happy to inform her not to send money for the monthly mess as it’s been taken care of by my friends in Pune.”

The Maharashtra lad made headlines after he cracked the competitive Union Public Service Commission exam in his maiden attempt at the tender age of 21 and secured an All-India Rank of 361 in 2016.

Slated to be the future of smart cities, the Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC)— also billed to be India’s first integrated industrial city— is expected to be completed by 2022.

These Dalit women farmers have joined hands to fight and stake their claim on the 'gairan' or the common grazing land for cultivation.