This 16-Year-Old Bengaluru Boy Grows His Own Veggies & Teaches Organic...
A class 12 student of National Public School in Bengaluru’s Indiranagar, Arya Pudota runs his own organic farm and has inspired thousands of urban residents through his YouTube channel.
View ArticleWhy 3 Bangladeshi Refugees Want to Thank India on World Refugee Day!
Dr.Sankhari and Gurupada Bacher were just two among the thousands of families that migrated to India after the 1964 riots.
View ArticleAn Organic Farmer by Chance, This Woman Now Helps Connect Other Farmers...
It was one weekend that changed her life and Purvi Vyas, a Masters in Environmental Management from Australia’s Western Sydney University, turned into a full-time organic farmer. She is now preparing...
View Article51 Types of Mango on One Tree! An Engineer-Turned-Farmer’s Unique Plan to...
Ravi Marshetwar had always seen his father working for society and hence his aim in life was very clear, he wanted to become a social reformer. He earned an engineering degree and worked for 10 years...
View ArticleOnce Unable to Pay His Fees, This Custom Inspector in Kolkata Now Gives Free...
An Inspector at Central Excise, Customs and Service Tax, Akash Tripathi becomes a Messiah for thousands of underprivileged students every weekend. He gives free coaching for competitive exams to these...
View ArticleMeet the Naman Preraks – Differently Abled Farmers Who Motivate More Farmers...
Naman Seva Samiti has provided such resources, helping 17,000 people with disability in 1,500 villages across four states become independent. Of the 17,000 people, 5,000 are in the farming sector.
View ArticleThis Man Came to Ahmedabad to Start a Business, but Ended up Starting a...
Some 35 years ago Mahesh Desai, who lost his father, migrated from Talegaon, Maharashtra, to Ahmedabad to set up a new business along with his relatives. But something pulled him towards the slums.
View ArticleNo Tractors, No Pesticides & No Tilling: A Zero-Investment Method That’s...
Raju Titus, a farmer from Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, has not tilled his land for the past 31 years and yet has a flourishing harvest every year. Know more about the no-till farming through his story....
View ArticleOver 12 Million Beds and Health Care to 1 Million Homeless People. This...
Aashray Adhikar Abhiyan (AAA) originated as a citizens’ campaign to fight for the rights of the homeless people in India and make the State accountable towards their rights.
View ArticleThis Team Purchases Farm Waste From Farmers to Make Biodegradable Tableware,...
BIO-LUTIONS offers packaging solutions and disposable tableware made of up-cycled agricultural excess, often a hassle for farmers.
View ArticleDate Farming Changed This Vidarbha Farmer’s Life & He Can Help You Set up a...
A poor farmer’s son who had to live in an orphanage has become one of the most successful farmers in the drought-prone Vidarbha region and wants others to follow his footsteps and end farmer suicides.
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Rejected by 40 Firms, This Engineer Is Now Saving the Environment, 1 Book at...
A mechanical engineering degree holder from a prestigious engineering college in Bengaluru, Sushant Jha had dreams of a successful career when he was in the final year of his engineering. However, none...
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Empowerment & Environment : Slum Women Convert 300 Kg of Flower Waste Into...
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. -Georges Bernanos Two brothers have actually put together...
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This Lecturer Quit His Job to Become a ‘Plant Doctor’& Help Farmers in Distress
Dr. K R Hullunache Gowda, who was given an honorary doctorate by Jeeva Theological Open University, Chennai, for his work in farming, belongs to Srinivaspura village of Kolar district of Karnataka....
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How Tribals Are Making Eco-Friendly & Cheap Furniture Using Weed That...
It was the year 2000 when Maya Mahajan, a PhD scholar from Coimbatore, was researching on the impact of invasive alien weeds on native flora and ecology in various forest types in the Nilgiri biosphere...
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How a Farmer From Madhya Pradesh Is Growing 110 Varieties of Rice in Just 2...
About 30 km from Maihar, lies Pithaurabad village in the Unchehara block of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh. What is unusual about this village is the 2-acre land, where you will find 110 varieties of...
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These 2 Engineers Spend Their Weekends Connecting Farmers With Low-Cost,...
Pawan Sharma was born in a small village called Mahagauli near the small town of Pinahat in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. He often saw his father talking about the farming problems and finally one...
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A Differently Abled Farmer Grew Pomegranates to Help 60,000 Others & Received...
Among renowned personalities like Deepa Karmakar, Virat Kohli and Sanjeev Kapoor on the list of Padma Shri awardees this year was another, but far lesser-known, name– Genabhai Dargabhai Patel, a...
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This Woman’s Preserved 30 Indigenous Rice Varieties & Is Making Sure You Get...
Rice emerged in India 14,000 years ago and with a single variety. Farmers experimented and amplified the genetic diversity and in the course of the last 10,000 years, there emerged 1,10,000 varieties...
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This 95-Year-Old Won an Innovation Award for Introducing Carrots to Gujarat...
Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya, a 95-year-old carrot farmer from Khamdhrol village of Junagadh district of Gujarat, was one of the recipients of 9th National Grassroots Innovation Award this year....
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