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Captain DC Sekhar, a former Merchant Navy officer, has removed over 1 lakh tonnes of trash from rivers using a low-cost, fuel-free barrier. With the help of natural currents, this made-in-India innovation is protecting seas from plastic pollution.

Romeeta Bundela from Jalgaon, Maharashtra, became the first Indian female Electro Technical Officer (ETO) on a Maersk ship, overcoming significant challenges and gender biases.

Anuradha Khandelwal, founder of Anu Can Cook, So Can You has been making and selling spices and tea for eight years to sponsor the education of underprivileged children in Bareilly's cantonment area.

It’s definitely not a pretty scene when our trash gets flushed into lakes, polluting the water, destroying the ecosystem and aggravating the problem of urban flooding. But Captain Sekhar has a solution!

Defying societal pressure and convention to follow her dream, Allahabad's Sonali Banerjee was the first Indian woman to become a maritime engineer.

Captain Radhika Menon will become the first woman in the world to receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).