Balasaheb Palve knows that strong academics aren’t enough to get you a good job. It also takes strong general and interpersonal skills, something that most academic programs never teach.

Meet M.R. Ananth Kumar. He and his school, DivyaDeepa, are teaching 66 rural children math, history and how to read and write – and instilling in them a love for learning.

Meet the team behind SAM (Self-Assessment and Management) workshops, interactive sessions run by the Yuva Parivar Sewa Samiti youth organization.

Meet Jithin Krishnan and Make A Difference (MAD)—a youth platform that provides safe learning eco-systems for children at risk in orphanages, street shelters and poor homes.

Meet Arathi Manay. She’s on a mission to heal Puttenahalli Lake, whose once-pristine 13 acres have become a marshy garbage dump as Bangalore developed.

The Desi-cow is one of the most iconic symbols of India, but its existence is being threatened. Because the Desi-breed of cows produce less milk than crossbreeds they are economically less beneficial.

Meet Chitra Shah, the director of the Satya Special School, an integrated specialty center based in Pondicherry that works to empower children with special needs.