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Aishwarya Sridhar

Aishwarya Sridhar was only 15 years old – one of the youngest ever Sanctuary awardees. But her age belies her wisdom. She is already a powerful voice for conservation and a shining example to children her age. Her poems and essays, born of a passion for nature, have won numerous awards at inter-school competitions and have been published in papers around the country including The Times of India, DNA and Cub magazine. She appeared on the 2010 NDTV Tiger Telethon to speak vociferously for the tiger. A quiet worker, she is already a force to reckon with in her locality where people turn to her for help when confronted with situations involving wildlife that they do not know how to handle. Tough and purposeful, she has a loose network of supporters who very recently tipped her off so she could prevent the mindless killing of three Russell pit vipers and a cobra, which she released into a nearby forest. Aishwarya has a lifetime ahead of her, yet is driven to widen support for nature conservation because in her words: “The natural world is in trouble and we have no time left.” She has recently, at the age of 21 years, helped to save the wetlands in a place named 'Uran' in the state of Maharashtra, India working against protecting the wetlands against CIDCO's project which were originally devastating the wetlands. The case was taken up in the courts and CIDCO's stand of the wetlands not existing there was proved wrong with her proofs of the wetlands existing and hence saving the wetlands. She focuses on how sustainable development needs to be taken into consideration alongside.

Bharat Jethani

Bharat Jethani

Birender Ahluwalia

Birender Ahluwalia

DadaRao Bilhore

A 46-year-old man, Dadarao Bilhore has been busy filling potholes wherever possible after his son's death and hence realising that authorities did nothing to stop this. He has filled over 350 potholes so far only to ensure no one meets with an accident and goes through what he did. He is one of those people who has helped arouse social responsibility and works for a better cause every single day.

Nirali Bhatia

Ms. Sadia Saeed is a psychologist and Founder of Mindful Spring and is also a founder of Inner Space Counseling and Assessment, a center that provides both online and offline counseling and psychotherapy. Sadia worked as a psychologist extensively with different populations over the past 19 years. She is an avid practitioner of mindfulness and uses it in her therapeutic work with individuals and couples and has conceptualized the ‘Integrated Mindfulness Program‘ for individuals and the ‘The Mindful Leader‘ and ‘The Mindful Organization‘ programs for organizations. She has worked with special populations such as with children and adults suffering from Juvenile Diabetes and HIV + orphans. She has also volunteered with Borderless World Foundation, an NGO working with orphaned girl children in Kashmir and has also been a part time counselor and advisor for several schools-both Regular and Special schools.

Vivek Mundkur

Vivek Mundkar After serving the Army for 23 years, Vivek Mundkar decided to retire early. His calling, which is to innovate devices, he decided would now be used to change lives. He avoided the hustle and bustle of the city and moved to a farmhouse outside of Pune. Here, Vivek has a workshop where he gets to work on all his ideas. He has invented a solar water pump for farmers and has helped provide electricity to one entire village in Himachal Pradesh. He will throw light on his innovations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx