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Suparna began her career in media, but her volunteering experience at various shelters and homes in childhood made her realise the strong need for rehabilitation of children.READ MORE
Jyoti helps women waste-pickers fight the vicious cycle of poverty. She gives voice to these women and works towards empowering them through education, healthcare and environmental programmes. READ MORE
Jagmati Sangwan
General Secretary, All India Democratic Women’s Association
Jagmati Sangwan is known for her battles against Haryana’s Khap Panchayats. Sangwan joined the Haryana Janwadi Mahila Samiti for taking up the cause of women. READ MORE
Amla Ruia
Founder, Aakar Charitable Trust
Amla is the woman who brought water to hundred villages in Rajasthan and is founder of Aakar Charitable Trust. READ MORE
Shaheen Mistri
Educator
Shaheen is the founder and CEO of Teach For India, and the organisation has recruited almost 1700 teaching Fellows for its two-year teaching Fellowship till date. READ MORE
Pranshu Bhandari Patni
Innovator
Pranshu is changing the way India learns and speaks the English language. Pranshu is a Co-Founder of CultureAlley, which has become the No. 1 English learning and speaking app. READ MORE
Founder and CEO of Educate Girls, Safeena has brought 100,000 girls from India’s under-privileged communities back to school. READ MORE
Farida Lambay
Educationist
Founder and Trustee of Pratham, an NGO established in 1994 in the slums of Mumbai, Farida is a crusader for education. READ MORE
Dr Tessy Thomas
Missile Scientist
Meet India’s Missile Woman, Tessy. She is the first woman scientist to lead a missile project in the country. READ MORE
Lalita, a Class IX student from Damanjodi in Koraput district, Odisha, has developed a cheap method of cleaning waste water… READ MORE
Nina Tandon
Biotechnologist
Nina, CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, is the world’s first company working on growing living human bones for skeletal reconstruction. READ MORE
Hemani Kalucha
Innovator
Hemani won the Technical Excellence Award at the Sixth World Robot Olympiad, held in Malaysia. READ MORE
Patricia Narayan
Restaurateur
Starting from 50 paisa to earning Rs. 2 lakh per day, from travelling in cycle rickshaw to owning a car, from just 2 people to employing 200 people, Patricia’s story is one of fighting against all the odds… READ MORE
Vani is the Managing Director at Kalaari Capital, an early stage venture capital firm based in Bangalore. She is a renowned investor and a visionary known for identifying emerging markets. .. READ MORE
Richa Singh
Entrepreneur
An IIT Guwahati graduate in user experience design, Richa is a co-founder of YourDOST. This platform allows immediate access to users and enables them to share their problems through an online interface. READ MORE
Pabi Rabari
Entrepreneur
Undeterred by lack of education or entrepreneurial skills, artisan Pabi used her embroidery skills to start her own enterprise – Pabi Bag. READ MORE
Anna Kujur
President, Athkosis Adivasi Sangathan
Anna fights for the adivasis, their right to the forests. She fights to uphold the 2012 amendment to the Forest Rights Act that restores the rights of the forest-dwelling communities… READ MORE
Ajaita is the Founder of Frontier Markets and has been working in India for 8 years in the field of micro-finance and clean energy distribution. READ MORE
Harshwanti Bisht
Founder, Save Gangotri Project
Meet the recipient of the Hillary Medal and founder of Save Gangotri Project – Harshwanti. She was awarded the medal for her philanthropic achievements and work to improve conditions in the Gangotri area…READ MORE
Sheelu Francis
Head, Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective
Sheelu holds a diploma in Gender Planning for Development from the University of London and is a head of Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective. READ MORE
Jaya Jha
Activist Writer
Jaya is an author and speaker and has three poetry collections and one novel to her credit and is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and IIM Lucknow. READ MORE
Sreemoyee a postgraduate in History from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Her bestseller Sita’s Curse became India’s first feminist erotica novel.READ MORE
Anuradha Roy
Co-Founder, Permanent Black Publishing House
Anuradha started writing when she was just 14 years and got her work published in few newspapers at that time. Besides writing, Anuradha co-founded Permanent Black, a publishing house. READ MORE
Ruby Hembrom
Founder & Director, Adivaani
Ruby, Founder and Director of Adivaani (Meaning voice of adivasis). It is an archiving and publishing outfit of adivasis and is working to bring adivasi tales back into public discourse… READ MORE
Sreejata Roy
Project Coordinator, After School Art and Education Programme
Sreejata is a visual artist and a community art practitioner, who has worked in low-income neighbourhoods in Delhi for many years. READ MORE
“India Art Fair” is one of the biggest platforms for the art community in the country, featuring over 1,000 artistes from several countries. READ MORE
Kalki Subramaniam
Actor & Gender Rights Activist
Kalki, who holds double Masters degree in Journalism and Mass Communications, and International Relations, is the first transgender woman to star in a major film, Narthagi, in 2011… READ MORE
Deborah Herold
Cyclist
This cycling master from India has beaten huge odds to reach the top. An Adivasi from the Car Nicobar islands, when she was nine years old, she survived the Tsunami by sitting atop a tree one whole day until help arrived. READ MORE
She grew up in a small village in Chirang, Assam, battling hunger and poverty. Today Pwilao is now a leading boxer of the national team. READ MORE
Deepa Malik
Athlete
A spinal tumour left Deepa paralysed waist-below in 1999. After six years of being in the wheelchair, she turned to para-sports. Deepa received the Arjuna Award in 2012 at the age of 42… READ MORE
Oinam Bembem Devi
Footballer
Oinam has been working with the Manipur Police since 2000 and has represented the Manipur state football team for the last 22 years. READ MORE
