Tamil-British girl, Nila Varman bags BBC award for best student radio presenter and the Diana award 2022

by Amrita Priya | Aug 13, 2022

(August 13, 2022) British Broadcasting Corporation, one of the world’s oldest broadcasters and the name that enjoys a massive global reputation recognised Nila Varman as the best student radio presenter in the whole of the United Kingdom in 2021. The UK-born and...

Subhadeep Purkayastha: The Diana awardee batting for environmental sustainability

by Charu Thakur | Jul 16, 2022

(July 16, 2022) Mounted on a small boat, the 21-year-old environmentalist Subhadeep Purkayastha was making his way among the submerged homes to provide relief supplies to the people of Silchar, his hometown in Assam, which was the worst hit by floods, when he heard...

Garvita Gulhati: The changemaker on a mission to save water

by Charu Thakur | Jul 7, 2022

(July 7, 2022) The drought crisis in 2015 left 330 million Indians affected – a number that made the then 15-year-old Garvita Gulhati frantically look for answers. Keen to find a way to conserve water, she started Why Waste? – a youth-led initiative to...

Meet Aaryani Sahay, the young changemaker turning the spotlight on mental health among adolescents

by sekhar | Apr 17, 2022

(April 17, 2022) At 17, Aaryani Sahay knows a thing or two about mental health awareness. The young changemaker became a social entrepreneur after she launched Project Let’s Talk in 2018 in a bid to break the stigma around mental health and to create awareness among...

Diana Awardee Aditi Gera rose above toxicity to find sisterhood through Empowerette

by sekhar | Apr 15, 2022

(April 15, 2022) “All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me..,” said legendary American animator, Walt Disney, on the many challenges he overcame on his journey to success. For the 21-year-old Aditi...