scuba diving

Inspired by saving an angel fish in Goa, ex-banker Venkatesh Charloo founded Coastal Impact to protect marine life. His coral transplantation method combats sedimentation effectively.

Tamil Nadu-based Uma Mani turned to deep-sea scuba diving at the age of 49. Today, a decade later, she has made it her life’s mission to raise awareness about marine pollution.

Nine-year-old Thaaragai and her father Aravind Tharunsri are on a mission to make the ocean a better place for marine life. They regularly conduct beach and ocean clean-ups and marine conservation awareness sessions.

An environment hero at age 8, Thaaragai Arathana from Chennai started diving when she was just 5 years old. She now fishes out plastic waste from the ocean to conserve marine life.

Named Bennington’s Reefs (to honour Chester Bennington, the late Linkin Park vocalist), 200 of these modular blocks have been dropped off the Puducherry coast and are already showing results!

What Piyush realised through his interaction with the jawans was their unshakeable love for the country. “It is just pure love and a sense of deep respect for the motherland which keeps them going,” he shares.

Some doors of the 60-metre-long and 12-metre-wide vessel will be taken off so scuba divers can swim in and out of it while on guided and unguided tours.

India has a vast landscape full of opportunities for adrenaline junkies.

The discovery of a 200 year old shipwreck off the coast of Bheemunipatnam offers opportunities for tourism in the area!

If you want to take home something more from a vacation than just a suitcase full of souvenirs and a tan, a learning holiday might just be the thing you are looking for. Here’s a selection of some of the best learning holidays in India.