Pune

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.

A woman entrepreneur from Pune, Megha Bafna invested just Rs 3500 to sell salads through her startup 'Keep Good Shape'. She now earns in lakhs and employs 30 people.

Pune-based EV startup Felidae Electric is offering a conversion kit for regular bicycles to turn them into electric cycles with a top speed of 25 kmph.

Despite losing her job, Anita Gosavi has helped numerous COVID patients across Pune and beyond, as far as Latur and Nashik.

Abhijeet Pokharnikar, a student of Bachelors in Computer Application in Pune, started 'Dada Chi Shala' during the lockdown to ensure that children of sex workers, Banjaras and those working at brick kilns continue their education

Pune's Vinit Kenjale has a unique hobby that is making him famous ‐ he collects vintage bikes, scooters and moped from yesteryear brands like Vijai Super, Jawa, Chetak, Vespa and more.

MyVacc, launched by Bengaluru's Dr Sveta Agarwal holds camps throughout the city, as well as in Pune and Mumbai, to provide free of cost COVID-19 vaccination to members of the unorganised sector such as slum dwellers, daily wagers, cab drivers, the homeless, and more.

Rahul Kadri's Mumbai-based firm, IMK Architects, which was founded and named after his father, has always been ahead of its time when it comes to using eco-friendly practices in their designs.

Pune-based Aakansha Sadekar runs the Puroshottam Malati Foundation and has been feeding police personnel, sex workers, street dwellers and more in and around the city amid the second wave of coronavirus