University Student Citizen KVP
Inir Pinheiro
After completing his PG in rural management from XIM, Bhubaneshwar, Inir went on to conceptualize 'Grassroutes' - Community Managed Rural Tourism. This is a model of responsible tourism where Local people (Service Providers) are trained to accommodate tourists in their environment, showcasing their culture, tradition, nature and lifestyles. A young, vibrant force to be reckoned with, Inir endeavors to change the face of the rural tourism industry. He feels that the purpose of every endeavor is not to win - but to get people to join you in the movement.Young Social Entrepreneur Citizen KVP
Madhusudan Agrawal
Madhusudan gave up his promising career in the US to work in India and has innovatively used media and technology for social change. With Meghna, he has created a MAM Movies platform for filmmakers, and also for the common man, to raise awareness and involvement in social issues for the benefit of civil society organizations. MAM Movies has led the Genesis film project, a film competition held in Mumbai where 101 filmmakers were invited to make films for 101 NGO's in just 101 Hours. MAM Movies also launched a project called 'She Creates', where 25 girls were invited from various backgrounds. These included girls from Dharavi slums, children rescued from streets and human trafficking, and some from the public schools. They were then given a film workshop and in just 21 days these children made some heart-warming films on women issues, gender inequality and female feticide. MAM Movies envisions a group of people who will work together to use the medium of video & storytelling for the upliftment of humanity, a support system for such group of people with the principles of social entrepreneurship.Meghna Agrawal
Young Creative Citizen KVP
Ambar Prakash
With a zest to make films on social issues to bring out awareness and change, Ambar Prakash' is attempting to give voice to neglected causes. His work has focused on creating awareness on topics such as AIDS and the Girl Child issue. An award winning documentary film maker, he works at Mudra Communications in advertising.Civil Society KVP- Disability
Divya Arora
As a differently-abled person, Divya Arora had to face struggle and painful blows of society's social stigma, humiliation and attitude of non-acceptance. With determination to put an end to all this, she chose the entertainment industry as an actress, director and writer, to bring about awareness and create sensitivity for the cause through theatre. Divya Arora has taken on the lead role on a wheelchair with equal zest, only to achieve the described aim - travel with a meaningful production across frontiers and request society to encourage, promote and support the continuity of the same. She is also empanelled with India's largest cultural organization - the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) as an artist, director and actor representing the country on the global cultural map.Civil Society KVP- HIV
Dr. Ashok Rau
Dr. Rau is an exemplary example of positivity and a change agent, who has helped in creating awareness and de-stigmatization of AIDS/HIV. Dr. Rau is the founder of Freedom Foundation. He consults and supports PLWHAs and works for the recognition of their rights. He is an MA (Psychology) and PhD, and his approach to HIV/AIDS is marked by compassion for humanity and the recognition of the rights of deprived communities and individuals. He was appointed by the Honourable President of India to join the National AIDS committee and the technical Resource Group on Legal & Ethical issues on HIV/ AIDS. Today, the foundation is considered to be the largest service delivery NGO in substance abuse and HIV/AIDS sector in India. It has also spread its reach to countries like Nigeria and Botswana.Civil Society KVP- Community Welfare
T.K. Mathew
After working in the department of horticulture and agriculture, Mr. Mathew worked for 14 years as the Director of Caritas India. He joined the 'Sarva Seva Farms' movements and continuously worked there for 9 years. Mr. Mathew has been a very active member of the Karol Bagh St. Thomas Marthoma Church, and held the position of Secretary during 1978-79. He was instrumental in initiating Deepalaya in Delhi, along with 6 other Marthomites. Deepalaya has become the largest operating Social organization (NGO) in Delhi, working out of 76 slums in Delhi, 214 villages in Haryana and 16 villages in Uttaranchal. Mr. Mathew is also a board member of International Forum for Child Welfare, a network of NGOs from over 50 countries.Civil Society KVP- Fund Raising
General Surat Sandhu
SAFRG is the only Indian NGO working in Capacity Building and creating Fundraisers. In the last 4 years Gen. Sandhu has lifted this fledgling organization to a reputable NGO. He has conducted three very successful International Workshops, re-establishing the need to create greater awareness and a movement towards recognising fundraising as a career in India and South Asia. Gen. Sandhu, through his work, has been able to bring home to NGOs the importance and urgency with which fundraising has to be incorporated in their work. Gen. Sandhu took premature retirement from the Army to become the Director General at HelpAge India. He has done extensive work in the Super Cyclone in Orrisa, the Bhuj Earthquake and recently during the Tsunami in South Asia. He remains committed to the betterment of the voluntary sector and is determined to make a huge change in the sector.Civil Society KVP- Education, Health and Empowerment
Shobha Murthy
Shobha Murthy, the founder trustee of Aarambh, a Navi Mumbai based NGO working for empowerment of communities of migrants, has over 12 years of dedicated experience in social work. By profession she is an accountant -auditor with over 10 years of corporate experience. She has quit her corporate career, and is working among the tribals of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Today, under her guidance, Aarambh works with over 2000 families of poor migrants in areas of education, health and empowerment. 2000 children have access to free education in government and private schools. Youth have found jobs in large and well known corporates such as Sandoz P Ltd, JP Morgan Chase, etc. More than 400 women are self employed and operate their own bank accounts. Several foreign universities send their MBA and Social Work students to Aarambh, to study their approach to community empowerment.Civil Society KVP- Women Empowerment and child labour
Nusrat Naqvi
Rising with immense struggle from lower middle class society, Nusrat Naqvi has been working for the education of deprived children, women empowerment and child labour. Devoting sixteen years of rich and extensive years in these areas, Nusrat Naqvi stands out as an emblem of immense dedication towards the cause and works hard to achieve her goals successfully. She has actively contributed to various institutes, programmes such as Ajmer Prodh Shikshan Samity, PIPFPD; handled various projects related to women empowerment, child labour, Education etc. She has actively participated in uncountable voluntary work regarding these issues and has brought about a lot of development and change in these sectors over the years.Civil Society KVP- Animal Welfare and Enviroment
Nigel Otter
Nigel Otter believes that every act counts and that every single individual can make a difference, if they really want. He has been working selflessly for the cause of animals and nature, never leaving an unjustified issue not attended. He has tremendous achievements in stopping illegal poaching of elephants, illegal tapping of electricity, stopping stone quarrying, exposing hunting of livestock and stopping poisoning of tigers. Nigel has dedicated his life for the welfare of animals and nature in the Nilgiris. His work and achievements in the fields of animal health, welfare and nature conservation have directly benefited thousands of people in the rural villages in the Nilgiris. He doesn't just believe in a better world but he actually makes the world better everyday through his actions.Civil Society KVP- Cancer
Harmala Gupta
In 1996, Harmala founded CanSupport, an organization that has delivered high quality and compassionate care, free of cost, to more than 12000 cancer patients and their families. She has tried to create a caring and supportive society, where people with cancer and their families live with dignity, hope and comfort.Civil Society KVP- Care for the Elderly
Sailesh Mishra
Sailesh Mishra aspires to provide wide range of need-based services for all the elderly, irrespective of social and financial background. True to his motto, "Forget yourself for others, and others will never forget you", he works to strengthen their legitimate place in society and help them to live with purpose, dignity and peace. Sailesh is addressing the problem through his website Silver Innings (www.silverinnings.com) and by starting an NGO for the elderly called 'Silver Inning Foundation'.Civil Society KVP- Social Communications and Campaign Strategist
Meenakshi Madhwani
Meenakshi set up Vanashakti in August 2007, to educate people about the impact of the Forest Rights Act. This was a public information initiative. Soon after the success of this venture she conceptualized SAC -Spatial Access Communications -a Communications Consultancy that works exclusively for not-for-profits & NGOs. She advocates the theory that the power of one is very real and one person can in fact make a difference. With this conviction & commitment, she has set off to test her ideals & beliefs. The idea has got overwhelming support and she has confidence that she will strive to make a difference.Civil Society KVP- Social Venture Mentoring
Varun Sahni
Varun Sahni is the Director of Acumen Fund, India. Acumen Fund is a NewYork based global social venture capital fund that invests debt and equity in enterprises, having developed goods and services for low income communities in the water, health, housing and energy sectors. He is responsible for Acumen Fund's global pipeline of investments, ensuring deal movement to the global investment committee. Earlier he was a consultant in project Shakti in Hindustan Lever Ltd. He developed partnership networks with multiple NGO's and State Governments to scale project Shakti's direct distribution network to over 35,000 villages, through 12,000 entrepreneurs. He was a programme associate with Care India. Designed proposals and secured USD 6 Million in funding from UK and US based multilateral donor agencies for projects in enterprise development and disaster mitigation.Civil Society KVP- Entrepreneurship/Transformation
Rajendra Misra
R K Misra, an IIT Kanpur/ Tokyo University graduate, has been a serial entrepreneur. Having spent substantial time in Japan, where he completed his master's degree and started his first business venture, Rajendra decided to move back to India in 1995. He established SAHYOG - Indian Council for Public Private Partnership, a PPP advocacy organization to facilitate policy framework and implementation of PPP initiatives across the country. He took a constructive and socially responsible approach to deliver Karnataka's first set of PPP projects by building 3 major four lane roads (measuring around 30 Kms, costing in excess of Rs. 30 Crores) in most congested corridors, involving large sums of money. This experiment was first of its kind in the country, where road users and beneficiaries paid for 50% of the cost. In 2008, he was also chosen as the winner of Lead India initiative of Times of India. Rajendra is now working on the Change India Movement, founded by him.KarmaVeer CHAKRAS 2008-2009
Sh. Upendra Prasad
Shri Upendra Prasad, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police is posted in the Sahdei Police outpost of Vaishali district in Bihar. On March 6, 2008, on his way back from leave, he was at Sahdei railway station when he overheard some passengers talking about children being on the train who were being taken away for employment as labourers. Having received training in anti human trafficking, he realized that this was a case of human trafficking. He took the children along to Hajipur Railway Police Post and handed them over along with filed a written complaint. A criminal case was registered against the traffickers, and investigation was taken up in right earnest. Shri Upendra Prasad also cooperated with the Railway Police to escort the children back to their homes and hand them over to their parents / lawful guardians. In this manner, ASI Shri Upendra Prasad put his training into practice and showed exemplary dedication to duty by taking the initiative to enquire into the case of suspected trafficking and rescuing 28 children from a dark future.Sh. Md. Shakir Hussain
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