Pune

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

Yashwant Prabhakar alias Baba Sidhaye played his first Ranji match at 18 and was unstoppable ever since. His son, Pravin remembers the legendary deaf and mute cricketer.

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.

With an increase in the number of deaths during the second COVID wave, Rishabh Parakh, a Pune-based CA started helping a number of families sort out their financial and legal paperwork, enabling them to make insurance claims of the deceased.

Former Mumbai resident, George Remedios is creating food forests with saplings of papayas, guava, pomegranates, bananas, mangoes, drumsticks and more, while also helping communities like the tribals of Yeoor hills benefit from the harvest.