After government funding failed to materialise, Armstrong Pame mobilised ₹40 lakh and community support to build a 100-km road connecting remote Manipur with Assam and Nagaland.
A teenager from rural Barabanki turned the dust affecting her school into a low-cost invention that earned national recognition and took her to Japan.
A Nepal principal acted on urgent warnings, moving 1,643 children uphill before floodwaters destroyed their school.
Sadhguru has proposed a five-nation Himalayan Board for disaster preparedness while pledging ₹1 crore to Nepal’s flood relief efforts.
When Manjunath Bhajantari took charge as Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi, repeated complaints about children being denied admission under the Right to Education (RTE) Act highlighted
Starting with just 8–10 children in 2020, Malati Murmu now teaches around 60 tribal students for free in Santali, Bengali and English.
Social worker Mittal Patel founded Vicharta Samuday Samarthan Manch (VSSM) to secure identity documents, housing, voting rights, and education for over 200,000 members of India’s De-Notified and Nomadic tribes.
From childhood crafts to cultural entrepreneurship, Kirat Brahma uses handmade dolls to preserve Bodo stories while creating opportunities for local artisans.
After facing financial hardship, losing his father and leaving engineering, Tarun Mishra built Help Drive Foundation to support vulnerable communities.
Orphaned as a child, married at 14, and never formally educated, Hirabai Ibrahim Lobi used an old radio and unyielding grit to empower over 700 tribal women in Gujarat, earning the Padma Shri in 2023.
