Author Archives: nuthanadp

In 2006, a beautiful 23-year-old Pragya Prasun was subjected to her worst nightmare. Barely 10 days after she got married, a jilted lover threw acid on her face. Ever since, her life has been about accepting the truth and trying to move ahead. Now, 35-year-old Pragya, who recently won the Nari Shakti Puraskar — theContinue reading “Meet Bengaluru’s acid attack survivor who is an inspiration to many”

Bonny Dave, who aims to develop products that help make world resources accessible for all. One such product built by Trestle labs is KIBO, the world’s first intelligent, personalized reading-learning companion for visually impaired people. Trestle lab also won the Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 2019-20 with KIBO as their business idea.He is a young, highlyContinue reading “Entrepreneur of the year,Bengaluru :Founder of TRESTLE LABS, for the visually impaired”

A single incident may change a life, but in the case of Dr Glory Alexander, it transformed thousands. As the founder of Asha (Action Service and Hope for AIDS) Foundation, she has been administering affordable treatment, care, optimism and opportunity to HIV/AIDS patients for more than a decade and a half. It’s now almost threeContinue reading “Dr. Glory: Changing the Lives of Children Living with HIV in India”

Nalini Shekar is the co- founder and Executive Director of Hasiru Dala. Her passion lies in restoring the dignity of workers in the unorganised waste sector, improving their access to predictable livelihoods and providing social security for their families.Over the years, Nalini has trained hundreds of waste pickers on new ways of solid waste managementContinue reading “Being the Change She Wished to See: Nalini Shekar’s Impactful Work towards a better Bengaluru”

Chethan Gowda known as Chethan M (born 11 February 2000) is a social rights and health activist from India. He spent most of his childhood in the social sector.Due to an incident wherein he lost his teacher as she could not procure blood at the right time, he started his own organization titled Aahwahan Foundation Organization with anContinue reading “The Rising Star of Bengaluru: Here’s how this 20-year-old’s NGO ‘Khoon’ is saving lives by making sure blood reaches a patient at the right time”

Meet Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju, a 23-year-old trans-woman, a medical student who recently finished her MBBS exams and is now interning at the Kasturba Medical Hospital, Manipal. Completing her MBBS, she has also earned the position of Karnataka’s first trans-woman doctor. Studying in a private medical college in coastal Karnataka, Trinetra was born as Angad GummarajuContinue reading “Against All Odds: The Inspirational Journey of Karnataka’s First Trans-woman Doctor”