Currently pursuing her master’s in social work from Lucknow University, Mahak has been an active participant in the climate action movement having organized a workshop involving young people to raise awareness on micro-plastics and their disposal. Through this initiative, she reached out to 50 young people on alternative methods of plastic disposal that are safe, effective and help the environment.
Having done his bachelor’s in economics, Dabhi Gaurav Kumar has been involved with the Adivasi Sarvangi Sangh, which focuses on saving water and tribal development. He has an in-depth understanding of climate issues that relate to agriculture and believes that the world needs to and is turning its attention towards organic farming and aims to educate the people of his community about such organic practices
Shabaz is a master’s in social work graduate from IGNOU and has been engaged in social impact work since 2012. Having witnessed grave injustice and issues such as domestic violence, gender discrimination, malnutrition and child labour, he decided to start Sky Trust with Zahida for the betterment of marginalised communities.
From an underprivileged family in Baramulla, Kashmir, Zahida faced several challenges as a young person. Youth Groups of IGSSS gave her the chance to discover herself and a space to engage with the community and in 2017, she registered for an organization under the name of Stand for Kashmiri Youth Trust (SKY Trust), where she is now the president.
Currently pursuing her bachelor’s from Government College, Kishangarh, Jyoti works as a community leader at Magic Bus Foundation. Belonging to a farming family and community, she sees extreme importance and value of that work and wanted to bring that to the children too.
Currently pursuing her Bsc from Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, Prachi found a deep connection to nature when she was younger because of her brother. She joined her brother’s NGO, Paryavaran Society where she acquired skills required to rescue animals, especially reptiles.
Belonging to a family of farmers, Tushar has done master’s in social work and volunteered throughout college through NSS on tree plantation, education of children and floor relief in areas like Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli and Raigad.
Pursuing his master’s in social work from University of Lucknow and working with an organization called Climate Agenda, Uday has always been an enthusiastic participant in the climate action space. He has been a part of ‘signing an oath’ campaign where 5,000 people had signed an oath to work to stop climate change and wants to work at a policy level to get to the goal of zero emissions.
After starting work with Patang, Rashmita, who is from Nua Adhapara village in Sambalpur, got to know the relationship between forest conservation and its impact on climate change. Passionate about forest conservation, she wanted to uphold community and individual forest rights and that’s how her journey as a changemaker started.
Currently pursuing his master’s in sociology from University of Lucknow, Pawan has always been passionate about the climate crises and was a part of the Clean Air Fellowship, under which he reached out to more than 2,500 people and trained them in vermicompost preparation.
