Pune

Nandan Bhat’s Pune-based social enterprise, EcoKaari upcycles plastic waste into handcrafted fabrics using handlooms and wooden spindles (charkha).

Catalysts for Social Action (CSA) and Shanti Bhavan with aid from Duroflex and The Better India is helping underserved children enjoy at least eight hours of quality sleep every night on high-quality mattresses.

Actor and homemaker Medha Gokhale runs a no-frills cooking class for men in Pune. She has trained over 1,200 men over the last 16 years.

BatteryPool, a Pune-based EV startup founded by Stanford graduate Ashwin Shankar, provides IoT-enabled smart swapping stations that swap batteries in just two minutes.

Having removed 800 dead bodies from the River Mutha in Pune, Rajesh Kachi speaks of why he continues to save lives at the risk of losing his own

Golden Heart Foundation in Pune came into being because of seven friends who started two community kitchens and skill development centres to help marginalised women.

At Pune's Medicare Hospital, the birth of every girl child is an occasion to celebrate. Meet Dr Ganesh Rakh, the mind behind a beautiful initiative to promote gender equality, wherein every girl child's birth is free of cost.

Abhijit Sonawane from Pune works for the destitute and downtrodden and helps them lead a life of dignity by assisting them with employment

Pune-based Sucheta Bhandare launched Earth Poorna in 2019, that supplies ragi laddus and other nutritious, healthy snacks pan India.

A royal physician and freedom fighter, Shrimant Bhausaheb Rangari inspired Lokmanya Tilak to turn Ganeshotsav into a festival that instilled nationalistic fervour among Indians to fight the British.