West Bengal

Sandakphu is a fantastic trekking destination in the Himalayas, offering stunning views of some of the world's highest peaks.

When the pandemic forced schools to shut, Professor Angshuman Thakur took education outdoors, transforming the lives of over 100 tribal children in West Bengal.

Narayanpur High School in East Kolkata Wetlands is transforming education by integrating environmental sustainability into its curriculum. Led by headmaster Avijit Dasgupta, the school focuses on practical initiatives like waste management, plastic reduction, and local conservation efforts, empowering students to take action on real-world challenges and drive positive change in their community.

With more than 8,000 plants inside and outside, this eco-friendly Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata is echoing the message of sustainability.

Dwijendra Nath Ghosh, a retired 76-year-old teacher from West Bengal's Purba Bardhman district, has dedicated his retirement to teaching the underprivileged children in his village, Basantpur.

Akul Biswas started planting mangrove saplings along the banks of the Bidyadhari river in 2005. Locals took notice of his work and joined his mission. Today, Biswas and over 200 women have formed the Jharkhali Sabuj Bahini that works towards revival of mangroves in the Sundarbans.

For almost 30 years Biswanath Naru, aka 'Mastermoshai' ran his school for underprivileged children without electricity and benches. But his hard work and noble efforts eventually paid off!

Jharkhand’s Gaurav Anand left his 16-year-long corporate career to make unique handloom sarees by extracting fibre from water hyacinths, a type of freshwater weed, while helping 450 women earn a livelihood.

The advisory body to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre has made a recommendation to include Santiniketan, the West Bengal university town established by the Tagore family, on its list of World Heritage Sites.

An Irish teacher, after a meeting with Swami Vivekananda, donned the title of Sister Nivedita and spent her life caring for Calcutta’s poor during the plague and famine, and joined India in its freedom struggle.