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  Every day, communities struggle with roads that crumble after a little rain and construction materials that don’t last. For Ranjan Kumar Gupta and his co-founder Sheikh Ziaur Rahaman, seeing these challenges firsthand was a call to action. They decided to attempt to solve two problem with one solution with their start-up Paving+ in 2021: to turn […]

From college frustration to organizing India’s waste economy: #SankalpChangemakers features Anurag Asati, Co-Founder, The Kabadiwala When Waste Becomes Wealth  During his college days, Anurag Asati faced a seemingly simple problem that would reshape his life’s mission: he struggled to sell household recyclables. What should have been a straightforward transaction—exchanging old newspapers and scrap materials for […]

Making pregnancy and childbirth safer through accessible, affordable & technology-driven solutions – #SankalpChangemakers features Arun Agarwal, Founder and CEO, Janitri Innovations  When Every Beat Matters  Growing up in Kota, Rajasthan, Arun Agarwal witnessed something that would shape his life’s work: the tragic regularity of stillbirths and maternal deaths in his community. These weren’t distant statistics, […]

From IIT Labs to 3.5 Million Farmers – #SankalpChangemakers features Ranjith Mukundan and Ravi Shiroor, Co-Founders of Stellapps The Digital Revolution That Started in a Cow Shed In the sprawling corridors of IIT Madras in 2011, two engineers were wrestling with a problem that seemed worlds away from silicon chips and algorithms. How do you […]

Reimagining Waste, One Bare Necessity at a Time #SankalpChangemakers features Sahar Mansoor, Founder of Bare Necessities   The Memory That Started a Movement  Growing up in Bangalore’s garden city, Sahar Mansoor spent weekends climbing trees in Cubbon Park with her father and sisters. Those early morning walks and nature-filled holidays planted seeds that would later bloom into […]

Robots, sewers, and the fight for human dignity – #SankalpChangemakers features Divanshu Kumar, CEO and Co-Founder of Solinas Integrity  The Engineering of Dignity When Divanshu Kumar first pitched his septic-tank cleaning robot at IIT Madras, he thought he had all the right answers. The presentation wove together sleek slides, technical diagrams, and won praise from university […]