A childhood experiment inspired by chewing gum, paper and cartoons like Dexter’s Laboratory eventually grew into a career in waste innovation.
A dentist’s response to plastic waste at Kanpur’s Ganga ghats grew into a community movement focused on cleaning, recycling and civic responsibility.
Vaishali Biyani’s De’Dzines explores how discarded tyres can be upcycled into furniture, planters, sculptures and public installations.
Anand Malligavad, known as the “Lake Man of India,” left his corporate career to restore dry, polluted waterbodies across India using ancient, low-cost eco-engineering without concrete.
Delhi-based sustainability creator Vidhi Adhikari shows how everyday choices around consumption, reuse and waste can make low-waste living more accessible.
At 22, Adesh Soni is building a nationwide tree-planting effort through Touchforearth, working towards his goal of 10 million trees.
Founded by IIT graduates Arpit Dhupar and Anand Bodh, Dharaksha transforms paddy stubble into biodegradable packaging to tackle stubble burning and waste.
Anuj Ramatri, known as An EcoFreak, inspires millions across India toward sustainable living through engaging digital content and his eco-startup, EcoFreaky.
Since 1816, the Varanashi family has transformed ancestral land into a 100-acre organic farm while keeping 60% of it as untouched forest.
Tenith Adithyaa’s Banana Leaf Technology aims to extend the usefulness of natural leaves and develop biodegradable alternatives for selected disposable products.
