Tamil Nadu

M Veeramani from Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu set up a rainwater harvesting system in his house. This is how it helped Kothamangalam village fight water woes during Cyclone Gaja.

Sagarikka Sivakumar from Tamil Nadu decided to take a year-long break from school after scoring average marks in her Class 10 boards. She shares how she spent her year, and the valuable lessons she learned.

A group of youngsters in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu runs the 'Garbage Bank', which focuses on educating people about waste segregation, upcycling and recycling.

S Kavin Prabhu a native of Pollachi, Tamil Nadu and a third year third year mechanical engineering student in Vellore Institute of Technology has developed a CNC machine out of scrap using Rs 1500.

Architect CN Raaghav's sustainable, eco-friendly home in Coimbatore called Casa Roca aims to be entirely sustainable with zero carbon emissions.

Tamil Nadu architect Rajiv Kumarvel has built an eco-friendly mud home that remains naturally cool even in the summer, and saves thousands of litres of water.

Manikandan R, an environmental activist and social worker has been on a mission to revive the water bodies across Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu for over 20 years.

Here’s the story of Malarvizhli Akka, a social worker in Tamil Nadu who helped residents of Chinnapallikuppam village end decades of water woes by reviving a 2-acre pond

Deepika Velmuragan from Srirangam sells wooden home decor painted with traditional kolam designs on Instagram, through her brand Home2Cherish.

Dr Bhuvana Vasudevan from Puducherry started Bridges Learning Vidyalaya in 1993 that uses unique methods to teach children with dyslexia, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), autism and other developmental disorders