nari shakti puraskar

Dr Kalpana Sankar, a nuclear physicist turned social reformer, co-founded Hand in Hand India, an NGO empowering 2.2 million women, eradicating child labour, and creating 1.5 million jobs. Through self-help groups, financial inclusion, and education, her organisation has transformed rural lives across India, improving sustainable development and gender equality.

Dr Laxmi Gautam's NGO 'Kanak Dhara' is flooded with emergency calls throughout the day asking her to give Vrindavan's abandoned widows a dignified death.

Dr Laxmi Gautam's NGO Kanak Dhara is flooded with emergency calls throughout the day asking her to give Vrindavan's abandoned widows a dignified death.

After Himanshu Kalia nearly lost his father due to delayed treatment, he and his wife Twinkle started free ambulance services to ferry those in need of urgent medical attention across Delhi

From growing a kilo of mushrooms to winning the Nari Shakti Puraskar, this Bihar Nari is all things inspiring!

"All the accolades and awards I have received can never match the heartfelt gratitude and blessings from my blind daughters and their families.”

"Pushpa ma’am is like a Goddess to us. She understands that my boy is smart but because of his condition, he speaks slowly", says a grateful parent of a student with cerebral palsy about the amazing woman who won the Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018.

Mrs V Nanammal, 99, from Tamil Nadu, has been practicing yoga all her life, teaching successive generations too. Practice yoga for better health, she says.

These stalwarts will be conferred with the prestigious award, to recognise their efforts.