Ajit Singh is building a effective and ethical skill development value chain in India to empower India's large youth demographic dividend to gain full economic citizenship.

In rural India, villagers live without easy access to trade, government, business, and health information. This makes them easy prey for intermediaries who control the flow of information and can...

Prema Gopalan is empowering women to build bridges between facilitating policy at the government level and taking ownership at the local level. This work aims to put rural poor women at the center of...

Hasina Kharbhih created the nationally and internationally acknowledged Meghalaya Model, a comprehensive tracking system that successfully brings together the state government, security agencies...

Ananya Raihan is ushering in an era of information-on-demand in the rural areas of Bangladesh by building a network of locally-run kiosks that offer villagers access to everything from up-to-date...

Neelkanth is linking fragmented components, farmer groups, government schemes, fishery research institutes and the market to unleash the full potential of the fish and water plant farming industry.

Sanjeev Kumar is socially and economically empowering women from the poorest communities in the mountain and desert regions of India through the financially viable but often overlooked practice of...

By setting up rural labor associations to monitor the transparent and effective implementation of the new National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, Seema Prakash and Prakash Michael are creating a...

Biplab Paul has come up with a cost-effective and affordable solution to water scarcity that provides a reliable system of irrigation. In the rural areas of arid Gujarat, high saline soil creates an...

Pranjal Baruah is organizing farmers in Assam around mushroom cultivation. He puts farmers in control of their produce through his land-to-lab strategies and training and support for "mushroom...

Aakash is empowering unemployable youth to navigate the future of work in India by mastering 21st century skills through self-learning. He is integrating the culture, tools and practise of self...

Chris is bringing a career readiness program to students of Government Colleges in India, thus preparing a large percentage of the population to be career ready, resilient, and successful for the job...

Nikita is mainstreaming night schools in India in order to allow millions of citizens who are day workers to receive a formal education. In doing so, she is paving a path for a higher skilled, more...

Albert is working to ensure that Persons with Disabilities in Bangladesh are included in all aspects of development planning in the country. As a result, Albert is opening the opportunity for persons...

Danny is empowering the caregivers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to define the future their children and families will have.

Abhinav is creating and reviving the diminishing folk music industry in India by creating self-reliant models that generate livelihoods, pride and dignity for stakeholders connected to this art form.

Nazma a former child labourer and garment worker herself is creating a movement where women workers can envision and then create a brighter future for themselves. As a result, Nazma is shifting the...