Telangana

To reduce his expenses on fuel, Rajkumar Mupparapu from Telangana converted his old bicycle into a battery-operated one within ten days and by spending less than Rs 20,000

Sai Venkat Gangadhar from Hyderabad is an assistant teacher at Sandhya Raju's Nishrinkala Dance Academy, and had dedicated over a decade to Kuchipudi to hone his dance skills

Mavarum Mallikarjun Reddy from Telangana practices integrated farming on his ancestral land to cultivate paddy, vegetables, and medicinal plants

Arunjyoti Lokhanday (50), a resident of Nalgonda, Telangana makes seed paper napkins out of the wet waste generated in her kitchen. Her creative solution was recently appreciated by the Telangana State Innovation Cell.

Raj Seelam from Hyderabad founded Sresta Natural Bioproducts to encourage farmers to grow organic food, which he sells under the brand 24 Mantra to help customers lead more sustainable lives

Meghana Musunuri, founder and director of Fountainhead School in Hyderabad, worked with 100 students to revive Meedi Kunta Lake in the city to teach them about environment conservation

Telangana farmer Chintala Venkat Reddy has innovated a rice and wheat variety that is infused with vitamin D, for which he won an international patent from WIPO

As the name suggests, Sai Abhinay Chepuri's venture, Make it Memorable, is doing exactly that. He has helped over 80 photographers and videographers, among others, find employment with salaries extending up to Rs 5.5 lakh per annum.

N Uday Reddy, Deputy Superintendent of Police, has helped over 600 villagers in Jamda village of Telangana get screened and registered for eye treatment, of which 300 have been treated so far. He has done this from his own salary, and with help from his family

Srija A, a class 9 student of the Zilla Parishad High School in Chintalkunta, Gadwal district, Telangana, has come up with a sustainable solution of biodegradable pots made from groundnut shells that decompose in 20 days or less.