Impact Stories

Plogman of India

By: Reshma Jain An ex-techie turned marathoner and environmentalist Ripu Daman Bevli famously known as ‘Plogman of India’ is credite...

Sustainable Green Initiative

By: Reshma Jain Around 3 years ago, the Indian Sundarbans was accorded the status of ‘Wetland of International Importance’ under the...

Sustainable Fashion

By: Reshma Jain Fashion production makes up 10% of humanity's carbon emissions and textile dyeing is the world's second largest polluter...

Natural Living Expert

By: Reshma Jain “The food that you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison,” g...

Vrikshit Foundation

By: Reshma Jain After multiple complaints to the government, letters to local municipal officials, a wait of over months, and ignorance towards ...

By: Reshma Jain Known as Pond Man, Ramveer Tanwar, an environmentalist and TEDx Speaker, based in Greater Noida has been passionate about water ...

Environment Enthusiast

By: Reshma Jain The World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 to spread awareness and action for the protection of the environment....

Youth Environmentalist

By: Reshma Jain Abhiir Bhalla’s journey began in middle school when his mother and grandmother, coerced him into taking part in activities...

Sustainable Agriculture practices

By: Reshma Jain Sarbjeet Singh’s father had a small-scale agricultural implements manufacturing unit for serving the nearby farmers. After...

By: Reshma Jain When Afforestt’s founder Shubhendu Sharma attended a lecture by Dr Akira Miyawaki at Toyota Bangalore where he used to wor...

Pretty As You Please

By: Reshma Jain A recent report stated that the global textile industry emits more greenhouse gas than those from shipping and international air...

Indian Environmentalist

By: Reshma Jain Sunita Narain is a renowned environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the green concept of sustain...

By: Reshma Jain After three years of getting addicted to smoking, around January 2021, Nirit Datta happened to come across a research article th...

By: Reshma Jain ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’, goes an adage. To add to it, there is also a phrase which goes, ‘A pict...

By: Reshma Jain Usually, the thought of an NGO starts with the reason being a personal tragedy. However, with PotHoleRaja, both the directors id...

Environmentalist

By: Reshma Jain Rituraj Phukan grew up in a period of civil unrest with the massive students-led agitation against illegal infiltration of peopl...

By: Reshma Jain We have only one living planet, unfortunately it is in a critical stage. We have been facing its dire consequences with a &lsquo...

By: Reshma Jain Weddings now have become a spectacle and an extravaganza of events. And when we speak about the ‘Indian Big Fat Weddings&r...

By: Reshma Jain Way back in college in 2015, Manjari Sharma worked on a research paper competition ‘Badh Chala Bihar’ organized by C...

Earth Keepers Connect

By: Reshma Jain Darryl D’Souza started his professional life in 1993 as an Industrial Engineer and Business Management student. He spent 5...

Ananya-Women@work

By: Reshma Jain When I first heard the term ‘Benevolent Sexism’, I tried to do a little research on why we attribute a certain set o...

By: Reshma Jain When I happened to visit a local farm in Peddagadi village recently in Visakhapatnam district, I happened to meet Ravi Gow...

Lotus Petal Foundation

By: Reshma Jain Saloni Raj was raised by a single mother, who worked as a house maid and a cook in various homes around the Badshahpur slums in ...

By: Reshma Jain The fight against climate change has become a global concern bringing together the stakeholders of the different nations. Howeve...

Youth 4 Green Hydrogen

By: Reshma Jain In an initiative to inspire and engage more people across India in leading climate action, the Global Youth body for Green...

By: Reshma Jain The Covid pandemic disrupted the lives of thousands of people as many of them lost their livelihood while others were laid off. ...

India's first woman commando trainer

By: Reshma Jain She was inspired by the quote, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” She w...

Moinee Foundation

By: Reshma Jain Arvind Thanvi, a graduate of IIT Kharagpur in 1997, had worked in the global IT industry for 15 years before starting his journe...

Lake conservationist

By: Reshma Jain When 16-year-old Rachanaa Bodugu was asked to complete a project for her school over the summer holidays to build her college po...

Dance Prodigy Preetisha Mohapatra

By:Reshma Jain The beautiful mudras depicting mythology, the expressions depicting a real act without speaking, the beautiful dresses of dancers...

Devangana Mishra, Founder- Brain Bristle

By:Reshma Jain Recognised and observed internationally on April 2 every year, the World Autism Awareness Day encourages Member States of t...

Indian Swimmer- Anshul Kothari

By: Reshma Jain When Anshul Kothari started swimming just for fun along with playing other sports like cricket, little did he know that he would...

Bhavana Pradyumna- Carnatic Conservatory of Paris

By:Reshma Jain Music has the power to culturally, morally and emotionally influence our society. Coupled with the effects on endorphins, music c...

Traffic Awareness Queen- Shubhi Jain

By:Reshma Jain Be it finding direction in life or direction for traffic, people look upto this 26-year-old girl. Well, known as ‘Lady Sing...

Padma Shri Geeta Chandran

By:Reshma Jain Dance is art in motion, an expression and an emotion. Be it her startling and sparkling eyes, fluid and balletic gestures, rhyt...

Inspiring woman- N Usha

By:Reshma Jain From teamwork, resilience, self-reliance, and confidence, sport is one of the great drivers of gender equality. The theme for the...

Pride of Nation- Priyadarshini Nieharika

By:Reshma Jain Standing tall with the title of ‘Best Smile’, beauty queen Priyadarshini Nieharika was recently crowned ‘Face o...

Indian Animal Rights Activist- Mini Vasudevan

By:Reshma Jain A recipient of the Nari Shakti Puraskar, Dr Mini Vasudevan was brought up in a household without pets, but had always felt a deep...

India's Glass Woman- Dhanya Ravi

By: Reshma Jain Popularly known as India’s glass woman, Dhanya Ravi was born with a rare genetic disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (O...

Cancer Warrior- Tamanna Punjabi

By: Reshma Jain ‘She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails,’ goes a saying and this remi...

Oxygen Man-Pankaj Kumar

By:Reshma Jain “We had inherited clean air from our ancestors, but can we think about what we are going to give to our next generation? I ...

Global Youth Biodiversity Network

By:Reshma Jain When each one of us are in accord with nature, nature will yield its bounty. Unfortunately, we are violating the environment in w...

Fruitful Future

By:Reshma Jain In what he calls a ‘celebration of life’ where every life form is respected and considered as a sacred grove, Manoj K...

Col Shashikant Dalvi - Climate Reality Project

By:Reshma Jain “Water conservation for today is life conservation for tomorrow”, goes a saying. Socio Story presents the story of Co...

By:Reshma Jain To acknowledge and honour the selfless devotion and sacrifice of our veterans in the service of the nation, the 'Armed Forces...

Sun Green Organics

By:Reshma Jain Did you know that a whopping 62 million tonnes of garbage is produced every year by India’s urban population of 429 million...

By:Reshma Jain It has been said that the soul of India lives in its villages and the need of the hour is to have ‘Smart Villages’. I...

By:Reshma Jain Deeply impacted and disturbed by the water crisis India faced in 2015, Garvita Gulhati felt the need to take a lead and compelled...

Kalki Subramaniam- Transgender Rights Activist

By:Reshma Jain ‘Gender equality’ must become a ‘lived reality’ and that is when we can progress as a nation where every ...

Rohan Bartake- Tobacco Treatment Specialist

By:Reshma Jain The National Cancer Awareness Day was observed recently in the country on November 7. A lot of deliberations also took place on t...

By:Reshma Jain Musical maestros, Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have been trailblazers and creative forces for over two decades. Not only for their...

National Ayurveda Day

By:Reshma Jain The National Ayurveda day is celebrated every year on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti which is known as ‘Dhanteras&rsqu...

Prajwal Vani Welfare Society

By:Reshma Jain “Life would have been different, had there been more acceptance. As a hearing-impaired, my sister was denied admissions in ...

Miss Wheelchair India- Priya Bhargava

By:Reshma Jain If the saying “Jack of all trades, master of none” is implied on people who dabble in many skills instead of focusing...

Shams Aalam- International Para-Swimmer

By:Reshma Jain When Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh was as little as a 2-year kid, he used to swim in the pond in front of his house in his village....

By:Reshma Jain In just one year, India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th among 156 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender G...

We Rise Together

By:Reshma Jain Aarav Seth, a 13-year-old student activist from Delhi NCR is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary vision to save our environment...

Animal Rescuer- Jude Relangi

By:Reshma Jain "When I wanted a helping hand, I found a paw instead and there was no turning back”. This forms the crux of any relati...

Tarock Foundation

By:Reshma Jain Hailing from a rural village called Mirthipadu near Rajahmundry of Andhra Pradesh, Janardhan Nimmalapudi a.k.a. Johnny, believed ...

World Record Holder- Thasveer M Salim

By:Reshma Jain Amidst all negatives of the pandemic and lockdown, the only thing that remained positive was the Coronavirus. Yes, this minute vi...

Gandham Bhuvan- Youngest to scale Mount Elbrus

By:Reshma Jain When Bhuvan Jai landed in the city of Destiny last week from Europe, his joy knew no bounds. His father, an IAS officer, was doub...

Dr. Niyaz, Assistant Professor

By:Reshma Jain The relationship between teachers and students is pious and the valuable contribution given by teachers to the students should be...

EI Jeffa Foundatiom

By:Reshma Jain Amidst the pandemic COVID-19, when the lives of people had come to a halt, and there was a situation of tension everywhere, a gro...

Cycle for Literacy

By:Reshma Jain Three cyclists- 6 days- 600 km- 6,500 metres elevation- Coimbatore to Kochi and Wheeling in Digital Literacy, here is the story o...

Cycling prodigy Rian Kumar

By:Reshma Jain Deriving inspiration from his grandmother and mother, Rian Kumar, a child prodigy, has pedalled along to set a new world record. ...

Mobile Health Care Units

By:Reshma Jain 3M India has joined hands with Smile Foundation to support the primary healthcare needs of the underprivileged population by depl...

Mera Mobile Mera Marketing

By:Reshma Jain In an effort to support the Indian farmers, a mission called ‘Mera Mobile Mera Marketing’ was launched to enable farm...

Cdr Pooja Kumar (Retd)

By:Reshma Jain When the decision to allow women into the National Defence Academy (NDA) was announced by the Centre recently, joy knew no bounds...

Accessible Awareness Ride

By:Reshma Jain It is said that Life is a journey and one must enjoy the ride. While life is smooth for some, there are others who are brave enou...

Yodeling Queen- Shanmukha Priya

By:Reshma Jain Dressed in a dazzling attire, donning a crown, holding the two golden mikes, waving to her fans with a bright smiling face, it wa...

Disability Sports Researcher- Padmini Chennapragada

By:Reshma Jain While India finished 48th on the medal tally in the Tokyo Olympics, the country is witnessing the ongoing Paralympic games. India...

Indian Idol 12 Fame- Shanmukha Priya

By:Reshma Jain From winning the hearts of audiences to garnering appreciation from eminent singers/actors/artistes across the country, singing s...

Indian Tennis Player- Sowjanya Bavisetti

By:Reshma Jain A National champion, an international women’s tennis player from India having 3 International singles titles and 8 doubles ...

Satya Special School

By:Reshma Jain When the lockdown started, no one knew how long it would last. For all parents, it was a huge adjustment; for parents of Children...

Congenital amputation survivor- Pranav Balasubrahmanyam

By:Reshma Jain When I first texted Pranav Balasubrahmanyam over Whatsapp, his reply to my message were two emoticons. One was a happy face emoji...

Dr. Sai Kaustuv, Wheelchair warrior of India

By:Reshma Jain When Dr Sai Kaustuv Dasgupta realised that he was suffering with a disease which limited his mobility, he accepted his irreplacea...

By:Reshma Jain The pandemic has not only impacted industries and business but also created a havoc in the start-up ecosystem. As per data, nearl...

By:Reshma Jain A non-profit initiative working on issues faced by women, children, orphans and minorities in Godavari districts of Andhra Prades...

Hollini Pallavi Patnaik- Mrs India First Runner Up 2020

By:Reshma Jain ‘Too Fat, Too Skinny, Too Short, Too Tall, too anything’: There’s a sense that we’re all ‘Too&rsquo...

Prerna Baid- Scholastic Performance

By:Reshma Jain When 44-year-old Prerna Baid was preparing for the entrance examination for a management programme of the Indian Institute of Man...

Project Virasat-Enactus SRCC

By:Reshma Jain With industrialization, modernization, and mechanization, many craft forms have become extinct or are on the verge of dying. With...

#SayNoToPlasticTiranga

By:Reshma Jain In a bid to spread awareness on the impact of using plastic flags, a lot of organisations are coming together to support the move...

Independence Day special

By:Reshma Jain This year on August 15, India will celebrate its 75th Independence Day. While the celebrations include Flag hoisting, Parade, Spe...

Indian singer and Flautist- Varijashree

By:Reshma Jain While she made her Carnatic vocal debut at the age of 7 at the prestigious Gayana Samaja in Bangalore; her parents were very anxi...

Ancient India Organics

By:Reshma Jain “When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need,” goes a saying. Although th...

Operation Blue Freedom

By:Reshma Jain There goes a saying, ‘Of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest’ and when I read this, I could rel...

No Passport Control

By:Reshma Jain The Covid pandemic brought life to a grinding halt. With borders sealed, many people were left stranded in different parts of the...

COVID Hero Shilpa Singh

By:Reshma Jain The covid pandemic left thousands of lives devastated and the past few months have been quite challenging for most of us. However...

Powerlifter Rishitaa Jain

By:Reshma Jain Powerlifting? But she is a GIRL! So, what if I am a girl, thought Rishitaa Jain. “If anyone says that ‘I can&rsq...

Plastic Free July

By:Reshma Jain When Gowri and Krishnan’s daughter was born in a metropolitan city- Chennai, little did the parents know that the environme...

Perkit Food Camp

By:Reshma Jain The first wave of Covid pandemic caused an upheaval in all our lives. Moreover, the pandemic hit the migrants severely. The vulne...

By:Reshma Jain When Nandan Bhat’s family arrived in Jammu, they had no place to go. It was that period of time when there was an insurgenc...

By:Reshma Jain Indian Music Composer and Grammy Winner Ricky Kej has launched his 21st studio album in collaboration with five-time Grammy award...

COVID Hero Gandham Chandrudu

By:Reshma Jain The second wave of the Covid pandemic devastated the lives of thousands of people. The situation demanded people to join hands an...

AP Yadav Welfare and Development Corporation

By:Reshma Jain To make a difference, there is a need for the young people to engage and actively participate in politics. The need of the hour i...

COVID Hero Shama Shareef

By:Reshma Jain It’s been more than one year and the relentless service of Dr Shama Shareef during the pandemic has been worthwhile. It all...

COVID Hero Cdr Ramakrishna

By:Reshma Jain One of Cdr Ramakrishna’s acquaintances had delivered a baby around a week ago when this incident happened. While the father...

By:Reshma Jain When Rakesh Kumar Yellapu was six years old, he understood what it means to starve. With no one as a breadwinner in the family, f...

By:Reshma Jain Joy, Sorrow, Tears, Lamentation or Laughter: To all these Music gives voice. Music is what tells us that the Human Race is greate...

COVID Hero Anusha Regulla

By:Reshma Jain When Anusha Regulla and her family suffered from Covid-19 last December, little did she know that those difficult days would chan...

COVID Hero Raghu Dixit

By:Reshma Jain It is said that Music is the healing force of the universe. With the severity of the second wave of the pandemic, there is a need...

Author & International Trainer- Sahla Parveen

By:Reshma Jain Sahla Parveen changed her fear of words into her biggest strength. Today, she is an author, entrepreneur and coach. Hailing from ...

COVID Hero Jojo K Joseph

By:Reshma Jain The wheels of a Samaritan’s car set out where the heart says. Today, it is a slum and tomorrow it would be a village. On so...

COVID Hero Lt. Akshay D Mandlik

By:Reshma Jain A normal day for a few volunteers starts with gearing up in the PPE suits and hauling bodies from ambulances to the pits in a dig...

Frontline Hero- Avisikta Mallick

By:Reshma Jain Earlier this month, a video of an old lady hugging a PPE-clad Doctor (Dr Avisikta Mallick) went viral on social media. This old l...

Social Entrepreneur- Venkatesh Naik

By:Reshma Jain It is said that ‘Kindness’ is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. Indeed, the saying holds true...

Atmanirbhar Auto Driver

By:Reshma Jain “Hello madam, I am near the junction waiting for the signal light to turn green. Can you wait for a minute so that I can pa...

By:Reshma Jain When Sunil Kumar Yadav was not successful as an entrepreneur, he lost hope. Not once, not twice, Sunil failed eight times when he...

COVID Hero Najeeb Vellakkal

By:Reshma Jain While the second wave of the covid pandemic has gripped India leading to loss of many lives, a few Samaritans are braving the odd...

Mental Health during COVID19

By:Reshma Jain At the outset, with humility and respect, we salute all the martyrs and their kith and kin and friends who have undergone real ha...

Unity and Dignity Foundation

By:Reshma Jain When 32-year-old Shahnawaz Shaikh popularly known as ‘Oxygen Man of Mumbai’ purchased a SUV around four years back, l...

Free meals for COVID patients

By:Reshma Jain “Hello, can I get a plate of Khichdi delivered at my home?” asked a customer over a call. To which the answer was, &l...

By:Reshma Jain Amidst all the chaos when the pandemic struck India, Hiralchandra Maru lost his father last year. He realized the excruciating pa...

COVID Hero Arjun Gowda

By:Reshma Jain When actor Arjun Gowda received a call from a distant relative to cremate the body of a dead person in a small village of Amrutur...

By:Reshma Jain “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour,” once quoted Charles Dickens. ...

Mental Health during COVID19

By:Reshma Jain From fear, anxiety, panic and depression among people, the second wave of the Covid pandemic has devastated the lives of hundreds...

by:Reshma Jain As I walked in, I was greeted warmly by all the beautiful women and as I took my seat, I was glad to see the bright faces gleamin...

Ramayana school

By:Reshma Jain This year, Rama Navami falls on April 21 and the festival is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Lord Ram. Every character and...

Film Making for Social Good

By:Reshma Jain It is said that if there is one language of enlightenment, then it is Sanskrit. The oldest language in the world, Sanskrit is the...

By:Reshma Jain It is said that your little effort can give others a second chance to live life and if there is one person whom I can immediately...

By:Reshma Jain By envisioning and building a free as well as a prosperous society where every individual has a choice and opportunity to lead li...

By:Reshma Jain The global pandemic has triggered an array of emotional, physical and economic issues but in the midst of the crisis, a few kind-...

Challengers Group

By:Reshma Jain A good education is a foundation for a better future. Education is not merely learning facts but to train the mind to think for t...

Some tips to overcome challenges while dealing with Autistic children

With the Autism week culminating this week, Dr. C. Radhakanth, M.D.(Psych), gives insights on helping Autistic children. Dr Radhakanth is a Profess...

By:Reshma Jain The world Autism awareness week is observed during the first week of April and discussions by stakeholders/individuals on the aut...

By:Reshma Jain If people with severe physical disabilities can dance, trek, swim and play sports like cricket/basketball, etc, there is no quest...

By:Reshma Jain Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to inspire and motivate. Apart from this, Art also has the power to educate a...

Para Swimmer- Trupti Chordia

By:Reshma Jain For Trupti Dilip Chordiya, ‘The Water is her Sky’. Why? Because she chooses to ‘Fly’ and aims ‘High...

River Bend Data Solutions

By:Reshma Jain Healthcare has been advancing through the recent decades; from using handwritten prescriptions to now digital electronic health r...

Ataxia Survivor- Zoyeb Mohamed Zia

By:Reshma Jain When Zoyeb Mohamed Zia was in grade twelve, little did he know that the differences in his body and limb movements would lead to ...

Archie Singh- 02nd Runner Up, Miss International Trans

By:Reshma Jain It is revolutionary for any trans person to choose to be seen and visible in a world that tells them they should not exist or mak...

Sakshi Chauhan- Wheelchair Basketball Player

By:Reshma Jain There are many life lessons that one can learn by playing sports. From goal setting, perseverance, endurance to mental strength, ...

Pehli Roti Dayitv Ki

By:Reshma Jain “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one,” goes a saying by Mother Teresa. When I first heard ab...

Cdr Prasanna Edayilliam- Retired Naval Officer

By:Reshma Jain Exactly a year ago, on March 17, 2020, the Supreme Court in its judgement upheld the right of women naval officers to be consider...

By:Reshma Jain Since a very young age, Vansh Tibrewal has been volunteering with organizations working towards providing education for underpriv...

By:Reshma Jain From non-acceptance, ostracization to discrimination and being forced into prostitution, the life of transgender’s is very ...

Mithali Raj- Captain of Women's National Cricket Team

By:Reshma Jain Adding another feather to her illustrious career, legendary Indian woman cricketer Mithali Raj became the first Indian woman cric...

Educationist Geeta Castelino

By: Reshma Jain She is a consulting social psychologist, an educationist in the field of art, design and fashion technology, a corporate trainer...

Tanya Daga-One Legged Wonder Girl

By:Reshma Jain When Tanya Daga met with an accident in 2018 in Dehradun, little did she know that her life would be at stake. Daga lost her left...

Sravya Manasa Bhogireddy Classical Dancer

By:Reshma Jain Ask any woman about her hair and she would say that it is a defining characteristic of beauty and reflects herself. It is also sa...

By:Reshma Jain Every woman who approaches life with confidence and has tapped their potential, leaves an indelible mark on society. And if the s...

IAS Ira Singhal

By:Reshma Jain “If you focus on your abilities, the world will see your capabilities and if you focus on your disabilities, the world will...

Transgender Rights Activist

By:Reshma Jain During conversations and interactions with people from the LGBTQ community, I felt that there is a very thin line between how the...

Sarvam Foundation

By:Reshma Jain The sound of bells, the beautifully decked up performers, the powerful expressions, the rhythmic steps that sets the stage vibrat...

I Choose to be Unstoppable

By:Reshma Jain The Rebound coach, author, corporate trainer, inspirational speaker, TEDx speaker that we know today has an inspiring tale of gri...

Invisible Scars

By:Reshma Jain The ‘Scars’ of domestic violence and abuse, although deep-rooted and traumatizing are usually invisible. But, why? Be...

Srijan Ka Sankalp

By:Reshma Jain In this highly competitive and fast paced world, it is arduous, especially for students from the marginalised communities to cope...

Devi Prasad- Visually Impaired

Reshma Jain “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced,” goes an adage and if this has to be applied to a ...

The Ability People

By:Reshma Jain The month-long campaign ‘National Road Safety Month’ with the theme ‘Sadak Suraksha-Jeevan Raksha’ to spr...

Wheelchair Basketball Coach

By:Reshma Jain Rick Hansen, a Canadian athlete, once said, “The wheelchair should not be a symbol of disability. A wheelchair is a vehicle...

Lake Conservationist

By:Reshma Jain It all started as a simple Child Rights discussion in a school where Meghana Musunuri was discussing how children’s voices ...

Indian Economic Trade Organization

By:Reshma Jain The COVID pandemic had brought normal life to a grinding halt and caused an upheaval in most of our lives. While we stayed locked...

Men Against Violence and Abuse

By:Reshma Jain At an early age as a child, Harish Sadani had begun to question about gender roles. He often asked himself; ‘Why was I teas...

Anaghasakthi Papercrafts

By:Reshma Jain When I was gifted two beautifully painted diyas by two little kids, it left a lasting impression on me. Not only because these ki...

Nirnal Water Filter

By:Reshma Jain According to UNICEF, less than 50% of the population in India have access to safely managed drinking water. As per WHO, more than...

Rudrani Chettri- Transgender Rights Activist

By:Reshma Jain In 2014, Rudrani Chettri, a transgender rights activist and model was beaten up by a police constable in Shimla because she objec...

Cancer Survivor- Anjani Kumar

By:Reshma Jain “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have,” goes a saying and this holds true...

By:Reshma Jain The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a DOG. Unfortunately, these qualities ...

Anand Malligavad- Lake Conservationist

By:Reshma Jain From being known as ‘Land of boiled beans’ or ‘Land of lakes’, and now to the ‘Silicon Valley of In...

By:Reshma Jain Around 19 years back when Shekhar Mahajan along with like-minded individuals came across the plight of children who were being ex...

Inali Foundation

By:Reshma Jain “Now, I can comb my daughter’s hair,” expressed Sita. “I lost both my arms and was not able to go to s...

By:Reshma Jain When Saransh Vaswani first entered a government school, he learnt the true meaning of the phrase ‘It takes a village to rai...

Naveen Toshniwal- Grapho Therapy Specialist

By:Reshma Jain Be it crossing your ‘t’s or dotting your ‘i’s or be it the looping of your ‘l’s, ‘g&rsq...

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi- Transgender Rights Activist

By:Reshma Jain “A gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist: where everyone can be themselves,&rdqu...

By:Reshma Jain When Anuradha Kapoor closely interacted and experienced the extent of poverty and inequality faced by people in their daily lives...

Viklang Sahara Samiti

By:Reshma Jain While Pradeep, a polio-survivor has set up a mobile accessories stall, Suraj has set up a tea stall. While Mange Ram is now a cut...

Green Man of Ludhiana- Rohit Mehra

By:Reshma Jain The term ‘stubble burning’ has been trending for quite some time now. While farmers find stubble burning as a quick, ...

Matru Siri Foundation

By:Reshma Jain When Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi witnessed an accident on Hosur road a few years ago, little did he know that it would change his life. ...

By:Reshma Jain ‘Toys’- the moment we hear this word, it reminds us of our childhood days. However, toys never last long as they are ...

Kiran Dembla- Bodybuilding Champ and Fitness Trainer

By:Reshma Jain As a child, she was a playful and a joyous kid. As a school student, she was brilliant. As she grew up, she found her penchant in...

Green Entrepreneur- Shreelata Menon

By: Reshma Jain A nature lover and a passionate conservationist, Shreelata Menon believes that the need of the hour is to renew our relationship...

Rahul on Wheels

By:Reshma Jain It is a New Year yet again. As we prepare to begin the first day of another round of 365, let’s promise ourselves to have t...

Knight of Steel

By: Reshma Jain The year 2020 which caused an upheaval in all our lives, has finally come to an end. A survey report stated that the positive ta...

Humans for Humanity

By:Reshma Jain They are ‘hidden’, they are ‘shameful’, they are ‘stigmatized’. People often use ‘code ...

Homeopathic Physician and Counselor

By:Reshma Jain A good doctor’s comforting and reassuring words are sometimes more powerful than medicines and most of us would have come a...

By:Reshma Jain When Vidyadhar Prabhudesai was working, he realized that the youth who live in tier two and three cities of India have immense po...

By:Reshma Jain Life was not easy for Soumya since her childhood. Being the eldest girl child of the family, she was expected to take care of her...

Spot On and Off

By: Reshma Jain Millions of young girls and women in India struggle every month when they menstruate. From mood swings, menstrual pain, nausea t...

By: Reshma Jain “Although my feet aren’t dancing, my hands are,” remarks India’s super dancer Kamlesh Patel. A stellar p...

By:Reshma Jain The workers in their plantations were the people who belonged to the ‘tribal’ community.Hailing from a family which w...

My Daughter is Precious- MDIP

By: Reshma Jain While Sania’s father is unemployed, Ojasvi was raised by a single mother. Priyanka’s father is a carpenter and she h...

NGO Activist- Sujatha

By:Reshma Jain “Life is like a camera, face it with a smile,” goes an adage. This quote reminded me of Sujatha Burla who aspired to ...

Goodwin Charitable Trust

Reshma Jain: When Sherly Devarapalli was 17-years-old, she often felt disturbed when she read newspaper articles on rape and sexual abuse. A lot...

Dipankar Das-Young serial innovator

By:Reshma Jain A solar pulse thresher for efficiently threshing pulses and grains, a low-cost pot carrier to ease the burden on women, a hand-op...

Dr. Andrew Fleming- British Deputy High Commissioner

By:Reshma Jain The first time I met Dr Andrew Fleming for an exclusive interview, he said, “Work hard in Silence and let Success make the ...

Pehchaan foundation

By:Reshma Jain Even after a span of eight years, the date December 16 reminds us of a horrifying and a shocking incident that took place at the ...

World's fastest centenarian- Man Kaur

By:Reshma Jain In 2020, she was awarded the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ by the President of India. In 2019, she bagged four gold medals i...

By:Reshma Jain ‘The most beautiful things in life are not materialistic things. They’re people and places, memories and pictures. Th...

Mr. Wheelchair India

By:Reshma Jain Christopher Reeve had once said, “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite ...

By:Reshma Jain A thought: ‘the hands which were meant for holding pens and books were washing dishes and serving plates,’ triggered ...

By:Reshma Jain The letter ‘B’ is symbolic of Billion, Billionaire, Being, Benevolence, Bravery, Beauty, Brain. And if I were to rela...

By:Reshma Jain While most of us remained locked at our homes, reeling under the crisis forced upon by the pandemic, the ones who tested positive...

World’s fastest human calculator

By:Reshma Jain When Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash was bedridden in his childhood, little did he know that he would hold world records in Mental Arit...

Khushiyaan Foundation

By:Reshma Jain It is believed that the antidote to depression is ‘gratitude’ but for Chinu Kwatra, the antidote to fight depression ...

Back to the Roots

By:Reshma Jain A beautiful home, a lucrative job, a few cars and a hefty bank balance- all that a person thinks he/she requires for a ‘goo...

By:Reshma Jain ‘Farming is a profession of Hope’ and 23-year-old Prasanth Lagudu did not lose hope when he decided to channelise his...

Prabhaav Foundation

By:Reshma Jain When Parul Kumar was training a few teachers, who were involved in teaching a large number of underprivileged children, she reali...

India's first transgender Kathak performer

By:Reshma Jain She was born as a ‘male’. From a very young age, she did not identify with the gender assigned at birth. She felt tra...

Twenty Rupees Doctor

By:Reshma Jain For many, life begins at 20. The numerology number 20 resonates with service and primarily focuses on relationships. As a univers...

Captain Sonia Tandon

By:Reshma Jain “Your wings already exist; all you have to do is fly,” believes Capt Sonia Tandon, Pilot, Air India. During...

UnPlastic India

By:Reshma Jain The journey started with a ‘NO’; not in its literal sense but with the abbreviation ‘New Opportunity’. &n...

Indian Mountaineer Ratnesh Pandey

By:Reshma Jain “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground”, goes a saying. This reminded me of the tall mountains and ...

By:Reshma Jain The practice of stubble burning has contributed to the massive spike in the pollution levels. If we look into the causes of stubb...

Grammy award winning Violinist Manoj George

By:Reshma Jain It is believed that music has healing power and I am sure most of you might have experienced it during the unprecedented pandemic...

Diganta Swaraj Foundation

By:Reshma Jain While children in the cities have turned their mobiles and laptops into schools and while we are talking about reducing the scree...

The Alternatives

By:Reshma Jain When 13-year-old Aditya Mukarji was watching a video on YouTube, he was horrified and taken aback. While teenagers of his age are...

By: Reshma Jain From a very young age, Manish Rai used to get upset on seeing the poor children begging on roads and working as labourers...

Shine India Foundation

By:Reshma Jain Dr Kulwant Gaur was at the Surat railway station waiting for a relative to arrive, when he noticed a young boy crossing the railw...

By:Reshma Jain More than an incident, it was a series of events that led to the formation of Storydip. “As a kid, my mother used to often ...

Shabeen Parveen: President Awardee Teacher

By:Reshma Jain Teachers encourage minds to think, hands to create and hearts to love. But Shabeena Parveen, a teacher by profession and passion,...

By: Reshma Jain When she was young, her grandmother gave her a 100 Rupee note to buy herself a favourite snack from a bakery. But the altruism i...

Love Actually Me

By: Reshma Jain Stephen Hawking once said, “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.” O...

By:Reshma Jain “One should have three bones in one’s life – a wishbone – so that you may dream a dream, a back bone &nda...

Global Impact Innovation Challenge (GIIC 2020)

Sravannthi Maya- Health Psychologist

By:Reshma Jain “We focus on something only when it hits closer home,” expresses Sravannthi Maya, a health psychologist from Hyderaba...

Holistic health

By:Reshma Jain Every day is a struggle for women who suffer from the most common hormonal disorder called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). For ...

Mindful Love Tribe

By:Reshma Jain The Covid pandemic has brought about an upheaval among people causing high levels of stress and anxiety. Be it job losses, furlou...

Maj. PN Sirisha Retd. Army Officer

By:Reshma Jain If I were to introduce Major PN Sirisha, a retired woman army officer, I would put a couple of terms together. Courage, Sacrifice...

A noble act by AOL

By:Reshma Jain “It had seemed like a very noble thought during the pandemic: to feed daily wage earners, those who need it the most. Yet, ...

Heal Indya & Heal Tokyo Movement

By:Reshma Jain “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle,&rdquo...

By:Reshma Jain A zestful and exuberant group of young minds from Tezpur, Assam, came together to form the ‘(Un)Civilised Indian (UCI)&rsqu...

Sampoorna Shiksha

By: Reshma Jain When K Venkatraman, popularly known as the ‘Pencil Man of UAE’ was organising stationery collection drives for suppl...

Write Post Card

By:Reshma Jain In the era of IT, the least I expected was to receive a beautifully written postcard all the way from Chandigarh. Nothing...

By:Reshma Jain Barely 45 days after she was born, she was attacked with polio. By the time her parents could take her to the nearest hospital, h...

By:Reshma Jain Reminiscing his school days, Maani Singh recalls on how frustrating it was to dress up like a girl, to stand in a girl’s ro...

Mobile SHE Toilets

By:Reshma Jain When Sushma and her friends went shopping in busy areas (bazaars/open shopping markets, etc) during the weekends, they found it d...

Kiranmai- Stem Cell Donor

By: Reshma Jain If you could offer hope- a chance at life- to someone dying from cancer, would you? Well, I think most of us would do the best p...

Muthukumar- World Bone Marrow Donor Day

By:Reshma Jain While all of us remained locked at home due to the pandemic, there were a few others like Muthukumar who went an extra mile to sa...

Muhammed Nafih- Stem Cell Donor

By:Reshma Jain It was that time of the year when Kerala was reeling under floods and at the same time a person was suffering from a severe healt...

Kaushik Patnaik- Bone Marrow Donor

By:Reshma Jain "If I can make a difference in one person’s life, then that’s success for me", says Kaushik Patel, a stem c...

Nayab Midha- Spoken Word Artist

By:Reshma Jain If poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words, then Nayab Midha, a young poet proves it right. Hailing from Sri Gangana...

Anvita- World Suicide Prevention Day

By:Reshma Jain Anvita lost her best friend Prajna to suicide. Anvita met Prajna in the 11th grade when she joined a BASE integrated college that...

Rashi Thakaran- India’s first mental health helpline (24*7) ‘Kiran’

By:Reshma Jain As the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched India’s first round the clock mental health helpline, 21-year-ol...

Jincy- World Suicide Prevention Day

By:Reshma Jain He left a note along with his ATM pin. He said he’s sorry for disappointing his parents. He mentioned that he had left a li...

Purvi- World Suicide Prevention Day

By:Reshma Jain Every year, September 10 is observed as World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) in order to provide worldwide commitment and action t...

Vaishali Kulkarni More- First solo woman motorbiker of Andhra Pradesh

By:Reshma Jain Sporting on a 220 CC Bajaj Avenger Cruise bike that she named it as ‘Ellie’, (short form of the French word Esprit Li...

Abhishek Thaware- India's first teeth archer

By:Reshma Jain A good archer is known not by his arrows but by his aim and what better example than Abhishek Thaware who despite the odds, made ...

By:Reshma Jain At a time when most of the youngsters are hooked to their smartphones and are active on social media, there are a few from the ec...

Geeta Chouhan- International wheelchair basketball player

By:Reshma Jain “Disability need not be an obstacle to success,” believes Geeta Chouhan, an International wheelchair basketball playe...

Indian Magic Academy

By:Reshma Jain A child prodigy who stepped into the world of magic at a young age of 10 is an inherent artist himself. Performing magic has alwa...

Devnar school for blind

By:Reshma Jain “Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear”, goes an adage. Devnar foundation for the blin...

Rajendra Singh- Waterman of India

By:Reshma Jain I was in class nine when I first learnt about the term ‘Johad’ also known as percolation pond which is popular in Raj...

It was one of the days in February of 2016, when Shyla Talluri received a call late at night from India. The call was to inform the state of affa...

Aryan Pasha- India's first transman bodybuilder

By:Reshma Jain “I’m a boy who was born as a girl, and have to prove to myself every day that I’m a man enough for the world, a...

By:Reshma Jain It was in 2008 when Aditya suffered a major sports injury forcing him to be bedridden for a long time. While being dependent on u...

COVID-19 Free Jobs Forum

By:Reshma Jain Ever since coronavirus struck India, terms like lay-offs, firings, furloughs, etc have been dominating the headlines. Due to the lo...

By:Reshma Jain When food was being distributed to the brick kiln workers in Nagpur by the volunteers of ‘Seva Kitchen’ during the lo...

Maj. Gen. GD Bakshi

By:Reshma Jain Independence Day is around the corner and Socio Story brings to you the story of Major General Dr Gagan Deep Bakshi, SM, VSM, a r...

Kaamya Karthikeyan- The Mountain Conqueror

By:Reshma Jain This mountain kid was ‘born into adventure’. Mountaineer Kaamya Karthikeyan was yet to open her eyes to the outside w...

Social Crusader- Malleshwar Rao

By:Reshma Jain “I am just returning after performing the funeral rites of a covid-19 patient as none of the family members agreed to do th...

Priyadarshani Pawar- First Female Super Randonneur

By:Reshma Jain When Priyadarshani Pawar took up cycling for exercise in 2017, buying herself a second-hand mountain bicycle, little did she know...

Kalpana Ramesh- Water Warrior

By:Reshma Jain When Kalpana Ramesh and her husband decided to move back to India in the year 2000, they chose to settle in Hyderabad. Kalpana th...

Anmish Varma- India's Karate and Kickboxing Champion

By:Reshma Jain A world champion, a mountaineer and a social worker are the best terms to define Anmish Varma from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh....

Patch Design for IAF's Rafale Squadron

By:Reshma Jain Saurav Chordia from Assam was on cloud nine on the day the first batch of Rafale fighter jets roared over the India airspace...

By:Reshma Jain East Delhi is home to the Ghazipur Landfill that is set to become taller than the Taj Mahal. It is a space that now represents wa...

By:Reshma Jain Born in a coastal town of Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, Stephen Anurag Prathipati who is fondly known as Kingsman did not experience t...

Wings of Angelz

By:Reshma Jain From being diagnosed with rare muscular nervous disorder called Friedreich ataxia to being the youngest Indian in the Middle East...

Farzana Begum-Fit women for a Fit society

By:Reshma Jain ‘God gives the toughest battles to his strongest soldiers’, believes Pinkathon ambassador and functional strength tra...

Theatre For A Cause

By:Reshma Jain “Theatre is a mirror, a sharp reflection of society”, goes a saying. And to reflect it, a group of like-minded indivi...

Dr S C Shankare Gowda- Doctor in five rupees

By:Reshma Jain If I were to describe Dr S C Shankare Gowda, then I would have put it in these simple terms- a flag-bearer of hope, a life-saver ...

By:Reshma Jain What better idea than ‘Getting Fit’ and ‘Doing Good’? Imagine for every kilometre you walk, jog or run; y...

Anil Kumar- sculptures artist

By:Reshma Jain When PENCILS are used as a medium to depict art, it changes the way we look at pencils. Meet K Anil Kumar from Hyderabad who does...

Anand Arnold-first wheelchair bodybuilder

By:Reshma Jain “My Ability is stronger than my Disability,” states Anand Arnold who is the first wheelchair bodybuilder of India. Ha...

SWAN Livelihood

By:Reshma Jain July 15 was declared as the World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) by the United Nations at its General Assembly held in November 2014. Yo...

Captain Soniya Jain-Vande Bharat Mission

By:Reshma Jain Life had come to a standstill in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. While lives remained locked at homes and the nations...

Saloni Heart Foundation

By:Reshma Jain Can you ever imagine a rickshaw-walas son getting medical advice from a top doctor at Stanford Hospital? Or even an average middl...

By:Reshma Jain Illiteracy is one of the major reasons that impact the development and growth of our country. This being majorly a rural phenomen...

Akash Chourasiya- Sustainable Agriculture

By:Reshma Jain When Akash Chourasiya was preparing for the AIIMS entrance exam, life took a turn for the better. After looking at the growing po...

Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization

By:Reshma Jain Known as the ‘Mountain Man’, he has truly lived up to his name. He is an Indian green activist and founder of the Him...

HS Survivor Ankita Muwal

By:Reshma Jain When Ankita Muwal, 27 years, was diagnosed with a rare skin disease called Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS), little did she know tha...

Bike-Ambulance-Dada

By:Reshma Jain When Karimul Haque from Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal turned his two-wheeler into an “ambulance”, the villagers ...

Goggles for Blind

By:Reshma Jain ‘Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible’ and one such star giving a helping hand ...

Blind Relief Association

By:Reshma Jain ‘Not being able to reach the stars does not mean you can’t reach for them’ and Ankur Dhama, an alumnus of JPM S...

India's Grammy Award winner and noted environmentalist Ricky Kej

By:Reshma Jain “The day I got my Degree in Dental Surgery (DDS), I gave the certificate to my Father, and I became a full-time musician. I...

Football for Friendship

By:Reshma Jain With myriad dreams twinkling in her eyes, 15-year-old Ananya Kamboj from Mohali, Punjab has now been selected into the WLF Ambass...

By:Reshma Jain As a child, Anugreh Sehtya was always curious and one thing that always intrigued him a lot was building innovative things. Reali...

"Its time to speak Out Mard- Against Domestic Violence on Men"

By:Reshma Jain It was the picture of his three-year-old daughter buying chocolates at a store that flashed through his mind when he was on the v...

India's Yoga Wonder Girl

By:Reshma Jain June 21 marks an important day not only in India but the entire world. It is 'International Day of Yoga' and what better ...

Mental Health Matters

By: Reshma Jain “On January 6, 2019, it was around 8:45 pm when the bell rang. I was in my room. I could vaguely hear my dad as he rushed ...

By:Reshma Jain With a vision to seek a world of hope and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with honour a...

Mission Jeewani- Touching lives of people through service

By: Reshma Jain When Kamal Nayak came across daily wage earners, (especially women) from Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand and noticed that they did n...

Selfless Giving is the Art of Living

By: Reshma Jain ‘An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves’, goes a saying and Harendra Singh Jodha proves...

Saving lives with Gift of blood

By:Reshma Jain Only 20 minutes of your time and 250 cc of your blood, may make the difference between life and death. Meet Pilla Venkata Ramana ...

Beauty with a purpose

By: Reshma Jain “The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk”, goes an adage and if this should suit a person, then it ...

Centre for Rights Activism

By Reshma Jain: At a time when young graduates dream of making their career graph and look at their prospective career growth, Akhil Ennamsetty ...

By: Reshma Jain When Sanjana Dixit celebrated her 16th birthday in an orphanage in Bangalore, little did she know that she would be impacting th...

Padma Shri Chaiwala

By: Reshma Jain From a Chaiwala to a Padma Shri awardee, 62-year-old Devarapalli Prakash Rao from Cuttack shares his interesting life journey du...

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." ― Mahatma Gandhi On this Environ...

Youth Climate Save Movement India

By Reshma Jain: “I knew about the school strikes from the day Greta Thunberg first started striking in Sweden. I knew that sometime in the...

Around 3 years ago, Jyoti Kumar, a 35 year old born and brought up in Dhanbad,Jharkhand was struggling hard to get pious A2 milk for his pregnant w...

Animal Warrior Conservation Society

Pradeep was just another animal lover until the day when he saw a monkey near his window trapped in a tree at 60 feet height, and he couldn't h...

These days every parent aspires for their child to make it big, to see their dreams being fulfilled in their child, and to work towards providing t...

Romita was diagnosed with cancer when she was only 13. The next two years were a period of intense struggle due to excruciating physica...

The Second Chance Project

After losing a loved one to an organ failure, Radhika Joshi conducted extensive research on organ donation in India at the tender age of 17. During...

Wasudev Mishra, Founder, Silaigram hailing from Pulgaon, a town in Wardha district, was a bystander of poverty and unemployment. He was surrounded ...

Sankalp- Ek Prayas

Parimal Sinha, founding member of Sankalp- Ek Prayas, was committed to work for the education of underprivileged children. To fulfil his dream, he ...

Despite limited means, 23-year-old Mohan Rathod has always desired to help the poor and the helpless in society. Having spent his childhood in a sl...

A Little Ray of Hope!

Day after day, fifteen-year-old Lavanya Varshney would hear news of how stubble burning was increasing the pollution level in the air. She hails fr...

Milte hain during lockdown

The whole world has come to a standstill since February 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not expected to abate any time in near future. The s...

A silver lining amid a dark cloud

Akriti Gupta’s father was diagnosed with cancer! The family was shattered. But Akriti soon realised that the dreaded disease cannot overpower...

WHhen gods descent on earth- COVID19 Heroes

The COVID crisis is a testing time for people across the world. Despite the grave danger it presents, some noble people are committed to volunteer ...

Shiksha Se Shikhar Tak

Rajani Joshi is a living example of how one flame can light up the world. While working at the Health Ministry in Delhi, she also completed her Mas...

Tiny Tails Home

This is the inspiring story of Delhi-born Harsha who grew up among pets, mainly dogs. This provided a natural learning of love, care and loya...

An alumni of the prestigious Indian School of Mines, Prabhat Saxena, presently works as a senior reservoir engineer with a multinational oil compan...

It all began with the secret dream of one man. Prakash Pandey hails from a poor family that lives in a remote village in Bihar. His early chi...

The Hustler Team

Entrepreneurship isn't a key term that is only confined to the struggle and challenges faced by an individual person, but it is also a parameter th...

Barun Paul had always been actively involved in the social causes around him. He was determined to dedicate his life towards the upliftment of soci...

Lavanya Gudelli Lavanya Gudelli, a 20-year-old student, belongs to an extremely orthodox family in which girls are married off at an early age,...

Sanskriti School of Excellence

Where most people only think of doing something to provide free education for slum kids and underprivileged sections of the society there are a few...

Bring Smile Organization

SELFLESS SERVICE TOWARDS HUMANITY FROM A TENDER AGE OF 13 Countless souls are starving to death around each corners of the world. There are nume...

BY SETTING UP "DRISTI", THIS DUO IS IMPLANTING RURAL INDIA WITH EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY & AWARENESS Vikas Pandey and Shubhanshu Shekhar Shukla Est...

Love Heals Cancer

Nitesh and Dimple are two names of one soul. The concept of soulmates seems like a farfetched one in today's materialistic world until you look at ...

Sheetal always aspired to do something meaningful with her life. She graduated from Delhi University with an M.Phil. degree and landed a job with t...

A 13+ years of veteran in CSR, Lavina Sequera is a co-founder of SOIL, a social initiative that provides a foothold to the decaying artisans and cr...