The power of one

These individuals have single-handedly mobilised task forces and sparked movements to work towards the United Nation's sustainable development goals (SDGs), in ways that are both innovative and intuit...

Jun 12, 2019, 13:44 IST3 min

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Afroz Shah, 38This practising counsel at Bombay High Court has dedicated every evening, all his weekends, all his holidays, and one morning every week in the last four years to a cause that...

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Ayyappa Mahadevappa Masagi, 62Also known as the Water Warrior, Ayyappa Masagi combines native intelligence with modern technology and ideas, to respect, harvest, conserve and utilise water ...

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Nayantara Jain, 32Nayantara Jain was working as a scuba diving Instructor when she experienced her first El Nino event where ocean temperatures increased by 2-3°C for a couple of months and...

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Ankit Kawatra, 27The Delhi-based founder of Feeding India works with an army of 20,000 volunteers (Hunger Heroes) and is on a mission to end hunger. Winner of the Queens Young Leader title ...

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Kriti Tula, 30Alarmed at the scale of wastage in the fashion industry, Kriti Tula, creative director and co-founder of fashion label Doodlage realised the urgent need for making fashion cir...

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Shubhendu Sharma, 34An industrial engineer by qualification, the founder and director of Afforestt was inspired by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki&rsquos method of afforestation. Miyawaki&...

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Pradeep Sangwan, 33Pradeep Sangwan, founder of Healing Himalayas, aims to keep the Himalayas plastic-free. He treks for an average of 2,000 km every year and has helped collect over 5 lakh ...

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