Changemakers

Balancing a corporate job with compassion, he begins every morning serving warm meals to patients, attendants, and the homeless across Hyderabad.

Gauri Maulekhi’s initiatives have rescued thousands of equines from harsh pilgrimage routes, impacting 50 lakh animals and training 50,000 volunteers. Her work with 5,000 sensitised officials aims for improved animal welfare through compassion and strategic advocacy.

Former journalist Hitarth Pandya left his newsroom career to start Kids for the Environment Development Initiative (KEDI) in Vadodara. Through farming, skits, and hands-on activities, he has introduced over 20,000 children across five Vadodara schools.

Shubham Kumar returns to Patna and turns Sunday clean-ups into a 1,100-volunteer movement restoring livelihoods and dignity.

At just 24, Naman Sharma runs Aashiyana by Naman & Welfare Trust in Delhi, which houses over 200 rescued animals and responds to up to 20 emergency calls a day. The shelter urgently needs funds for a veterinary CBC machine to speed up critical procedures and reduce mounting medical costs. Your support can help them continue their rescue and rehabilitation work.

A Kolkata lawyer invested his life savings to build a pioneering dragonfly pond in the Sundarbans — now it supports biodiversity, controls mosquitoes naturally, and inspires young conservationists.

Across India, villagers are taking a closer look at the land and rivers around them and deciding to do something about it. From cleaning a tired river to growing new forests and protecting wildlife, here’s how it all unfolded.

Ashoke Sen, the visionary physicist behind the second superstring revolution, reshaped modern physics yet kept a humble life, cycling to work and donating much of his $3 million prize, showing that true greatness can be quiet and inspiring.

On 31 January 2026, Dinesh Kumar Gautam and volunteers with Drishti Foundation came together under Aditya Birla Group’s Force for Good initiative to restore Mahmadabad Ki Vav in Mahmadabad.

At just 25, Shabnam Bashir has mapped 16 hidden valleys in Bandipora, bringing them onto Kashmir’s tourism map. Defying social barriers, she turned her solo treks into a mission for sustainable tourism — creating 40 homestays and seasonal income opportunities for over 60 villagers from the Gujjar–Bakarwal community.