
Dr Rajagopalan Vasudevan: How India’s ‘Plastic Man’ Turned Waste into Roads
A Madurai chemistry professor developed a patented method that uses discarded plastic in road construction while reducing bitumen use.

A Madurai chemistry professor developed a patented method that uses discarded plastic in road construction while reducing bitumen use.

From his first bridge across the Payaswini River in 1989, Girish Bharadwaj built 140+ bridges connecting remote communities.

Sulagitti Narasamma spent nearly seven decades helping women through childbirth, carrying forward traditional knowledge learnt from her grandmother.

After financial hardship ended his Cambridge plans, Anand Kumar turned his focus towards helping talented students with limited resources through Super 30.

Around 100 former Naxalites from Gadchiroli begin rebuilding their lives through rehabilitation, belonging and a life without weapons.

Padma Shri Chintakindi Mallesham invented the Lakshmi Asu Machine to relieve Indian handloom weavers’ chronic pain.

From leopard rescue and anti-poaching action to turtle conservation, Shiva Shankar is building systems for long-term wildlife protection.

From helping establish Thumba to directing SITE across 2,400 villages, Eknath Vasant Chitnis helped turn India’s space ambitions into applications.

Dr Indu Rao is helping girls build confidence, employability and independence through skills, entrepreneurship and practical learning.

For 13 years, Jivan Mithari has braved forest, rain and wildlife to keep one remote classroom running.