Changemakers

Lama Thupten Phuntsok started Manjushree Vidyapeeth in Arunachal Pradesh to help underprivileged and orphaned children. The school gives the students shelter, food, and education.

The SHIS Foundation, founded by Mohammed Abdul Wohab and Sabitri Pal, operates in the Sundarbans, West Bengal.

Pune-based 'Happy Seniors' started by Madhav Damle helps senior citizens find love and companionship.

Mahila Housing Trust, an organisation dedicated to assisting women at the grassroots level, is using cool roof technology to help them escape the heat in Ahmedabad.

Deepankar Patil, the founder of ‘Art of Helping Foundation’ in Pune, quit his job as a graphic designer to help senior citizens. With his foundation, he gives free tiffin service to the elderly.

Dr Laxmi Gautam's NGO 'Kanak Dhara' is flooded with emergency calls throughout the day asking her to give Vrindavan's abandoned widows a dignified death.

77-year-old Vaijinath Ghongade, from Solapur district in Maharashtra, couldn't bear to see the sorry state of the once thriving Manganga river. Here's how he brought people together to revive it.

IAS officer A Sri Devasena was on the move, transforming Peddapalli's sanitation and reducing dengue cases by 90% in just one year. Here's how she did it.

Prashant Sharma quit his job in London to launch a non-profit organisation called ‘Positive Action for Child and Earth Foundation’. Through this, he provides greywater recycling solutions to schools.

Sisters Sanjoli and Ananya Banerjee began engaging in activism and fighting female foeticide from a young age. Today, they champion many causes -- education, menstrual hygiene, mental health and more.