Musahar Community

Bihar’s Dr Shankar Nath Jha has been using education as a tool to empower children from the socially marginalised Musahar community. He has helped enrol as many as 5,000 children in schools since 2007.

For the downtrodden in Bihar, Sanjeev is a true hero, whose indomitable spirit and years of efforts amidst death threats and physical abuse, surely deserves widespread recognition.

Choti Kumari Singh on the Women's Creativity in Rural Life Award from the Switzerland-based Women's World Summit Foundation