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When 17-year-old football coach Raghav Rai noticed malnourished children in Delhi’s bastis, he decided to act. With help from a local NGO and a gardening expert, he launched ‘Gardens of Hope’ — turning terraces into lush kitchen gardens that now feed 42 families fresh, organic produce.

With records, accolades, and a mission to translate Tamil’s treasures, Mahmood Akram proves the power of language knows no bounds.

There are four critical farming operations -- weeding, drilling seeds, spraying fertiliser and laying manure -- all taken care of by 18-year-old Ramdhan Lodha's solar powered machine.

Arun Gupta started Pinkishe Foundation in 2017, a Delhi-based NGO working to fill the gap of access to menstrual hygiene.

150 trees when she is 15, 300 when she is 30 and, 800 when she is 80! In this manner, Kavya promises to plant ten times her age in trees every birthday.

This Mumbai-based girl has a heart so big that it feels the pain of others acutely. Through her art and craft exhibitions, Kshirja has raised around Rs. 85,000 to fund various causes

A Class 7 student in Maharashtra, Bodhisatva designed the unique device after watching his mom, who suffers from spondylosis and back pain, struggling to clean bathroom floors. #Innovation #YoungIndia

"The vulnerability of the location and weak construction of the self-engineered shanties leaves thousands defenseless during monsoons. Government intervention has been minimal and these people don’t know how to protect themselves. I wanted to change that!” #Innovation #ImpactThatMatters #Mumbai

"The incident opened my eyes to the reality of strays. I decided to never let a dog—stray, abandoned, or domestic pet—be harmed under my watch.”

Tavishi might be all of 15, but this Gurugram teen is making a difference to the lives of 500 abandoned and mentally-challenged persons, residents at the city-based Earth Saviours Foundation.