Rajasthan

Since he was young, the new ISRO recruit has always wanted to be a scientist.

Today, the waste management system of this Rajasthan village is in alignment with the Swachh Bharat Mission and is being considered as a replicable model for the entire district. This is a result of the efforts put in by two engineers – Kavya Raman and Shuvam Das Choudhury.

If something along the lines of what the Rajasthan Women’s Commission Chairperson said were made by another male person in authority about women, the media would be kicking a ruckus and so would the general public. But it clearly isn’t the case right now, is it?

Without any kind of formal support and funds, he has uncovered more than 102 rock painting sites, coins spanning various dynasties, ancient dice, stone tools and weapons, shards of black and red pottery, utensils made out of terracotta and ostrich eggshells estimated to be 40,000 - 60,000 years old - all of which serve as evidence of a lesser known civilisation.

Rajni and Sarita Thanwal found a new lease of life when Sulabh International, a non-profit organisation, intervened and rehabilitated the duo.

Thanks to IAS officer Kailash Chand Meena's people-centric initiatives, a much-needed transformation is slowly but steadily rolling in to the desert city of Jaisalmer.

Parts of Rajasthan are rich in gold deposits, as well as other vital minerals.

Child marriage still exists in parts of the country, but 19 year old Pinki Tanwar fought to have her marriage annulled, and is now a free woman.

Alwar was a victim of large-scale tiger poaching and had lost its tiger population

Here’s what Deepak did to start with despite being a first-time farmer.