Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari is an Indian poet, editor, critic and writer from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Formerly served as the president of the Sahitya Akademi for a term (2013 – 2018), he has published around...
Palam Kalyana Sundaram is a humanitarian and social worker from Melakarivelamkulam in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district. He has been an international sensation for philanthropic work who has been recognized worldwide, though he is not...
Karma Wangchuk (1935 – 2022) was a politician and social worker from the state of Arunachal Pradesh. He has served as a minister in Arunachal Pradesh state assembly, and was the first person from...
Parshuram Komaji Khune is a senior theatre activist and social educator from the state of Maharashtra. This artist is popularly known as ‘Dada Kondke’ of zadipatti theatre in Maharashtra, after the legendary Marathi actor...
Ajay Kumar Mandavi is an art teacher, popular for teaching Kanker jail inmates for more than a decade. Since 2010, he has been teaching them wooden calligraphy art. In 2023, Kumar Mandavi became one...
Jodhaiya Bai Baiga is an artist and a tribal mural painter from Madhya Pradesh, who was honoured with Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2022 and Padma Shri in 2023, for her contributions towards art. She...
Ratan Chandra Kar, a general physician, is an Indian health official from Andaman and Nicobar, best known for treating Jarawa tribals of Andaman and Nicobar for many decades. In fact he helped the tribe...
Uma Shankar Pandey is a social worker for Uttar Pradesh, best known for his contributions towards ground water conservation in Jakhni. Fondly called ‘Pani ke Pehredar’ in villages of UP, his model of water...
Professor B. Ramakrishna Reddy is a retired Professor of Linguistics from Osmania University (OU) and Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University. He belongs to South Indian state Telangana, and one among the three from the state...
Ghulam Muhammad Zaz is an artist from Kashmir, best known for making the musical instrument Santoor. He also makes other hand-crafting traditional musical instruments like Rabab and Sarangi since 1953. He is known to...
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