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10 featured candidates for JY 2011

22 year old Amit Kumbhar has roots in rural Maharashtra. Despite the flak that bureaucrats have earned laterly, Amit stronly admires two among them - an IPS and an IAS officer. Amit admires them for their work in the education sector benefitting under privileged and women. Amit will soon graduate in Engineering and is determined, like his role models, to become social entrepreneur working closely with the so called stubborn government system.
Amit Kumbhar
Prerit Tewari, 21, who hails from rural Madhya Pradesh, is a proprietor of his father's firm that encourages organic farming. He admires his father for his hard work and perseverance. He is an engineering graduate and is currently pursuing his studies in technology and management. He dreams of becoming a social entrepreneur and is confident that the Yatra will give him the opportunity to interact with the youth and imbibe new ideas that will guide him in his future endeavours.
Prerit Tewari
A social worker from semi-urban Andhra Pradesh, Senthilkumar, 37, is passionate about education for all. Senthil is an inspiration himself for having set-up a school for children with learning disability. The school is a haven to about 500 students coming part-time and over 350 taking up classes on a regular basis. Senthil ardently believes that social ventures are an essential to the tackling of social issues. He sees Yatra as a possible platform to connect with like minded people.
Senthilkumar Govindarajulu
Gobind Dalai, 26, who belongs to rural Orissa, has been instrumental in setting up two schools- one in Bhubaneswar for children from the slums and the other in the tribal areas of Mayurbhanj for tribal children. He is a social entrepreneur who firmly believes in clean politics and accountable and good governance. He has been active with many organizations that focus on the Right to Information Act and Good Governance Agenda.
Gobinda Dalai
Manoj, 21, a student of ISM Dhanbad, Jharkhand, comes from a rural background. He is an ardent admirer of those people who have been working incessantly towards improving the living conditions of poverty stricken villages of India. Taking a step towards his life goal, Manoj assists a student initiative that takes up the cause of education among the poor and disadvantaged slum dwellers near his college.
Manoj Sharma
Rehana Razack, 22, is from Chennai and actively assists a company that makes personalized gifts. A student of Arts and Media, she looks up to her mother as her role model who broke all social barriers to become an entrepreneur and raised all her daughters. Rehana aspires to follow her mother's footsteps and become a successful social entrepreneur, thereby also proving the worth of her mother's sweat and toil.
Rehana Razack
Hailing from Amravati, a not so urban Maharashtrian town, 23-year-old Monal Rohankar is a doctor by profession. Her passion towards clinical healthcare and empathy towards the unprivileged has encouraged her to take up health care in the remotest of tribal areas of India. With some experience in this field in Vidarbha, Monal dreams of setting up a hospital which would be self sustainable and also affordable for the tribes.
Mohan Rohankar
25- year-old Linda Gustafsson, Spanish by origin, saw the first spark of her true aim when she started as a research analyst for remedial education programs in Naandi foundation, Mumbai. She proudly admits now that it was this experience that encouraged her to take up Social entrepreneurship. She is also actively involved in fund raising at an international level. Linda firmly believes that women worldwide need a stronger presence in the realm of social entrepreneurship.
Linda Gustafsson
A student from Bhubaneswar, Orissa, Debarati Rakshit, admires her father who was a son of a vegetable vendor and struggled tirelessly to make his way to the prestigious post of a senior government official. She dreams of becoming a social entrepreneur, a social 'Designpreneur', as she candidly calls it. Debarati, kick starting her own initiative, works with rural women customizing handcrafts jewellery.
Debarati Rakshit
Coming from costal Maharashtra, Sayali Walke, 24, shifted to Mumbai at a very tender age of 16 and has been on her own since then. She deeply admires her parents who survived lot of hardships to sustain their business which has now transcended into a chain of restaurants. Sayali wants to be a business entrepreneur. With her Arts and Media background, she, along with her friends, has started a design firm.
Sayli Walke

Yatra Saar
Jagriti Yatra 2011

Yatra Saar is the synthesis report which captures the key learnings from the role model visits, panel discussions, biz gyan tree and interactions on the train. The report, drafted by the Yatris while on the train, is based on the observations done by the Yatris.


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Jagriti Yatra

1 Train | 12 Destinations | 15 Role Models
15 Days | 450 Youths | 9000 kms

A Journey of discovery and transformation...

Jagriti Yatra is an ambitious train journey of discovery and transformation that takes hundreds of India's highly motivated youth on an 15 day national odyssey. The aim is to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship.The vision of Jagriti is to inspire young Indians living in the middle of the Indian demographic diamond (Rs 40 - Rs 120 per day) to lead development by taking to enterprise. By doing so, they can turn from job seekers to job creators. Find out more...

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400 selected for JY 2011
Name Location Yatri Id
Aakash Saha Assam 5635
Aarati Rao Andhra Pradesh 4261
Aarthi Ravindran Tamil Nadu 3781
Abhishek Choudhary Rajasthan 569
Abhishek Shrivastava Maharashtra 1150
Abhishek Saha Assam 3601
Abhishek Sinha Bihar 4129
Abhishek Sanoria Uttar Pradesh 5191
Abhishek Anand Bihar 6193
Abhishek Srivastava Karnataka 8050
Aboobacker M Karnataka 8450
Aditya Rathi Maharashtra 1141
Aditya Kumar HimachalPradesh 10295
Agnes Mulako Atakaye Bora Congo 11392
Ahmed Choudhary Maharashtra 2013
Aishwarya Siddana Madhya Pradesh 12822
Aishwarya Somanathan Tamil Nadu 13045
Aiswarya Nair Kerala 12263
Ajinkya Tambe Maharashtra 1136
Ajit Bombatkar Maharashtra 3857
Ajit Singh Maharashtra 6232
Althea Carbon New Zealand 4019
Aman Bansal Delhi 9538
Ameeti Mishra USA 6209
Amit Kumbhar Maharashtra 2342
Amit Gupta Rajasthan 6212
Anand Omar Uttar Pradesh 2184
Anand Gupta USA 8459
Andi Dwi Putra Indonesia 5085
Anil Chaturwedy Bihar 10511
Ankit Dutt Jharkhand 348
Ankit Manchanda Delhi 1395
Ankit Kapoor Karnataka 6316
Ankit Shubham Maharashtra 10360
Ankita Chauhan Rajasthan 5204
Ankita Misra Jharkhand 10842
Ankur Saxena Chhattisgarh 308
Ankush Saraff Meghalaya 5452
Anmol Chopra West Bengal 891
Anoop Anand Karnataka 486
Anubhav Modi Maharashtra 5199
Anubhuti Mishra Gujarat 1238
Anuj Handa Delhi 2931
Anup Sheshadri Karnataka 1076
Anwesha Singbal Goa 10154
Apoorva Reddy Andhra Pradesh 6722
Aravind R Tamil Nadu 2228
Archita Singh Rajasthan 11501
Arpita Chakraborty Assam 1329
Arun Sumant Maharashtra 8515
Ashima Kakar Haryana 4799
Ashish Mutha Maharashtra 1532
Ashish Shrivastava Uttar Pradesh 1605
Ashish Pal Karnataka 8577
Ashish Bhonde Maharashtra 4275
Ashwarya Pratap Singh Uttar Pradesh 24
Ashwin Vijayvargia Rajasthan 1260
Asmita Misra Maharashtra 12273
Aswath Sampath Tamil Nadu 523
Badruddin Azman Karnataka 11469
Balaji Kannekara Maharashtra 371
Balakrishna Reddy K Orissa 4794
Bharadwaj Manda UK 827
Bharat Bhagnani West Bengal 1421
Bharat Bhate Australia 10678
Bhavya Sharma Maharashtra 10169
Bhumi Purohit Delhi 12181
Biswajeet Panda Orissa 893
Braj Bhushan Pandey Mizoram 3132
Braulio Torres Mexico 6778
Brian Abel Israel 5299
Ch Rajesh Rao Jharkhand 460
Chandershekhar Meena Rajasthan 626
Chandra Rekha Gunji Karnataka 1787
Chandu Sasidharan Kerala 542
Chhaya Sharma Rajasthan 13137
Chirag Garg Uttar Pradesh 8764
Cristina Martinez Mexico 12539
Darshana Dave Maharashtra 10661
Debarati Rakshit Orissa 2231
Deepak Kumar Deo Madhya Pradesh 510
Deepesh Kumar France 5460
Deepika Bablani Rajasthan 9453
Deepti R Bhat Tamil Nadu 6574
Devendra Singh Uttar Pradesh 6087
Dheeraj Dhingra Jharkhand 7117
Dhrupad Kaplish Maharashtra 3388
Dhvani Solani Maharashtra 10998
Dhwani Desai Singapore 3445
Dilip Mishra Orissa 275
Dilip Singh Palsaniya Rajasthan 5894
Dinesh Mohata Karnataka 3156
Dinudey Baidya Gujarat 2040
Dipak Adak Maharashtra 5223
Dipak Sonawane Maharashtra 10334
Divya Rosaline Karnataka 1030
Divya Goel Rajasthan 11503
Divyani Mishra Jharkhand 2015
Dr. Sanjiv Mishra Uttar Pradesh 6329
Eeshanpriya Ms Maharashtra 12254
Erika Funck Israel 5300
Fatima Dilruba Goa 11377
Frank Arnold Okyere Ghana 12348
Gabriel Weinstein USA 4006
Gagan Panda Orissa 110
Gajanan Bhale Tamil Nadu 7388
Garima Tiwari Maharashtra 4811
Garima Gupta Kapila Maharashtra 10409
Gaurang Aggarwal Haryana 1275
Gaurav Mohta Jharkhand 564
Gaurav Sharma Maharashtra 3919
Gaurav Mittal Haryana 5487
Gaurav Kala Uttarakhand 7593
Gayathri Balan Karnataka 4959
Gobinda Dalai Orissa 868
Gopi Krishnan Tamil Nadu 1008
Gracelyne Fernando Tamil Nadu 1991
H T Srinivas Karnataka 230
Hamsini Ravi Andhra Pradesh 663
Hang Dao Singapore 3023
Hardik Thakker Gujarat 117
Hariharan Suresh Tamil Nadu 12671
Hariom Pal Delhi 6612
Harish D Andhra Pradesh 1858
Harpal Seahra Punjab 1144
Harsh Bansal Uttar Pradesh 956
Harshavardhan Reddy Rajasthan 684
Hasmeet Singh Punjab 7858
Hema Priyadarshini Tamil Nadu 1576
Hemant Agrawal Jharkhand 221
Hemanta Bharali Assam 12080
Henri Combrink South Africa 12395
Hiraman Magar Maharashtra 8201
Hitesh Lalwani Maharashtra 924
Hrishi Poola USA 4149
Inga Chen USA 11871
Isaac Abeiku Otoo Ghana 12259
Isha Dash Orissa 4833
Ishani Mehta USA 2113
Israel Sadovitch Mexico 5401
Iswarya Cn Tamil Nadu 1278
Jamshadali Tt Kerala 3369
Jayati Marathe Madhya Pradesh 2867
Jeevan Vuduthala Jharkhand 10167
Jennifer Turliuk Canada 6191
Jignesh Patel Gujarat 316
Jincy Joy Delhi 5282
Jinesh Parakh West Bengal 4992
Jithin Emmanuel Kerala 3838
Joanita Britto Maharashtra 2544
Joel Modestus Tamil Nadu 5466
Johnson Dsouza Maharashtra 9225
Jonathan Greener Israel 5246
Joseph Mirro Macatangay Philippines 4081
Jyeshta Shetty Karnataka 3394
Jyotismita Devi Assam 2595
Karishma Agarwal Maharashtra 6822
Kashimbi Limata Zambia 6303
Kaushank Khandwala Singapore 3288
Keta Shah Gujarat 4024
Khamarudheen K.p Kerala 4539
Khushraj Meena Punjab 11859
Kiran Patil Karnataka 10339
Kiran Patil Maharashtra 10591
Kirti Chordia Madhya Pradesh 9502
Komal Sanand Maharashtra 11688
Kripa Ramachandran Tamil Nadu 5020
Kritivasas Shukla Uttar Pradesh 277
Krupala Nune Andhra Pradesh 696
Kshitij Khurana Rajasthan 4119
Kumar Gourav Bihar 276
Kumar Abhishek Jharkhand 3422
Lakshmi R. Nair Gujarat 5746
Lars Reiner Germany 4033
Lavanya Jagannathan Andhra Pradesh 3489
Leena Bansal Delhi 10532
Leigh Potter South Africa 12396
Linda Gustafsson Spain 1735
Madhav Rajgarhia Delhi 9233
Madhuri Varigala Karnataka 11492
Mahalakshmi Ganapathy Maharashtra 4172
Malay Goel Uttarakhand 8470
Malika Whitley Andhra Pradesh 11233
Mangolika Bhattacharya West Bengal 10710
Manideep A West Bengal 4140
Manoj Sharma Jharkhand 312
Manu Mathew Kerala 4728
Maria Pelipas Russia 2798
Maria Paniagua Mexico 12665
Martice Sutton Andhra Pradesh 8729
Marty Pollak USA 5301
Maximilian Newbiggin-watts UK 476
Maya Beaucasin 10277
Md Aquibur Rahman Bihar 2313
Meera Saujani UK 11771
Milan Jain Delhi 3827
Minal Ingale Maharashtra 6949
Mishaal Sarawgi Andhra Pradesh 2465
Misna Sameer Goa 8480
Mohammad Jan Ofuq Afghanistan 4682
Mohith Kumar Kanoj Maharashtra 8132
Mojib Rahman Atal Afghanistan 5774
Monal Rohankar Maharashtra 1309
Mrinalini Sardar West Bengal 5074
Mudit Vijayvergiya Delhi 9181
Mukesh Kumar HimachalPradesh 858
Mukesh Kumar Punjab 5768
Munesh Kumar Meena Delhi 354
Muskan Bamnia Karnataka 12907
Nabajit Saikia Assam 12638
Nafeesa Gupta Chandigarh 3103
Naga Phani Aetukuri USA 9463
Namrata Ganguly Maharashtra 3867
Nana Ama Tima Boakye Ghana 8379
Nancy Aggarwal Delhi 3267
Natasha Correa Canada 3662
Naveed Ahmed Tamil Nadu 2442
Neeraja Karajgikar Andhra Pradesh 3659
Neha Saluja Uttar Pradesh 5193
Neha Zade Maharashtra 9223
Nehal Sapre Maharashtra 5517
Nickolai Kinny Maharashtra 7003
Nigib Sharma West Bengal 2904
Niharika B West Bengal 10660
Niharika Drolia Gujarat 10767
Nikhat Memon Maharashtra 2682
Nikhila Kanakamedala Andhra Pradesh 5685
Nikita Lalwani Gujarat 5009
Nilesh Patil Andhra Pradesh 9200
Nilofar Sheikh Maharashtra 8002
Nimi Vashi Delhi 9548
Nishtha Singh Maharashtra 6603
Nitesh Agrawal Rajasthan 19
Nitesh Kumar Jangir Madhya Pradesh 3053
Niti Shree Tamil Nadu 9174
Nitin Vasista Karnataka 898
Nitish Bandle Maharashtra 1823
Nowfal Abdul Khadar UAE 890
Olga Usachova Ukraine 2909
Orpita Majumdar Maharashtra 1340
Padma Sethu Maharashtra 3863
Palash Kusumwal USA 4118
Pallav Khandelwal Madhya Pradesh 8068
Pankaj Agrawal Orissa 2456
Pannala Navadeep Andhra Pradesh 693
Pardeep Singh Attri Punjab 3258
Parul Gupta Jammu and Kashmir 6290
Pavan Karwa Madhya Pradesh 732
Pavithra Kl Karnataka 3930
Pavithra Kannan Tamil Nadu 11037
Pawan Gupta Jharkhand 3348
Pawan Kumar Pathekar Madhya Pradesh 6719
Pitamber Kumar Delhi 5891
Piyush Arora Jharkhand 7078
Piyush Agarwal Orissa 8311
Poem Kabra Delhi 13265
Pradeep Kumar Hial Maharashtra 6160
Pradip Singhi Maharashtra 2106
Pragya Maheshwari Maharashtra 7011
Prakash Chittoor Andhra Pradesh 4745
Prakhar Jain Chhattisgarh 6179
Pranali Sisodiya Maharashtra 712
Prasad Mahajan Haryana 7350
Prashant Shelar Maharashtra 5147
Prasun Chokshi Maharashtra 5257
Prateek Taori Rajasthan 1038
Prathima Nalabolu Maharashtra 9130
Precious Thobela South Africa 14193
Premanku Chakraborty Maharashtra 2691
Prerit Tiwari Madhya Pradesh 1248
Priti Badgujar Maharashtra 9763
Priya Ratnam Uttar Pradesh 13459
Priyanka Singh Delhi 797
Priyanka M Kerala 4636
Priyanka Cherekar Maharashtra 8222
Priyanka Agarwal Gujarat 10831
Priyanka Peeramsetty Andhra Pradesh 11178
Priyanka Garg Rajasthan 11532
Prosenjit Bhattacharya Tripura 606
Pushya A. Gautama Tamil Nadu 860
Rachana Khake Maharashtra 2527
Radheshyam Nayak Orissa 3793
Radhika Bhongale Maharashtra 3077
Raghav Kansal Uttar Pradesh 6168
Rahul Agarwal West Bengal 6787
Rajashri Sai Tamil Nadu 10316
Rajat Agarwal Rajasthan 144
Rajesh Sahoo Andhra Pradesh 2516
Ramgopal Yadav Madhya Pradesh 2586
Ravi Sethia Assam 127
Ravi Jharkhand 3798
Ravi Chandra Bihar 3890
Ravi Jha Bihar 13124
Ravi Chandan Ray Uttar Pradesh 8594
Rehana Razack Tamil Nadu 3584
Reshu Pratik Haryana 3911
Richard Russell Orissa 2557
Ridim Agarwal Gujarat 6582
Rishi Garg Uttar Pradesh 52
Rishika Das Roy West Bengal 3546
Ritika Singh Uttar Pradesh 10517
Ritu Kedia Maharashtra 1287
Riyaj Sayyad Maharashtra 4860
Robin Ravi Bihar 9358
Rohit Aggarwal Uttar Pradesh 1449
Rohit Vyas Madhya Pradesh 7655
Rohit Poddar West Bengal 8824
Rohit Chatterji Uttar Pradesh 11753
Ruchi Choudhary Rajasthan 3390
Ruhi Kumari Uttarakhand 13610
S.N.Keerthi Sagar Tamil Nadu 5472
Saahil Narang Maharashtra 10187
Sachin Kasera Rajasthan 21
Sagar Manglani Maharashtra 63
Sahil Jagnani Assam 6382
Sandeep Koskewar Maharashtra 10376
Sandhya N West Bengal 11314
Sandip Patil Maharashtra 6701
Sandip Garg Uttar Pradesh 11582
Sangram Kakad Maharashtra 3238
Sanket Wadte Maharashtra 776
Satnam Wadhwa Maharashtra 64
Satyapraksash Pareek Maharashtra 640
Saumendra Swain Orissa 4023
Saumya Saumya Maharashtra 7568
Saurabh Sable Maharashtra 2964
Saurav Roy Tamil Nadu 114
Sayli Walke Maharashtra 739
Sebastian Gnaedig Avila Mexico 4011
Senthilkumar Govindarajulu Tamil Nadu 367
Shabana Tamboli Maharashtra 892
Shachi Madhogaria Rajasthan 9452
Shailendra Mahani Gujarat 968
Shakeela K.t. Kerala 3559
Shalini Menon Karnataka 11467
Sharad Goenka Jharkhand 6398
Sharad Vivek Sagar Bihar 4030
Shaswat Anand Delhi 2082
Shatakshi Gawade Maharashtra 12934
Shay Eyal Israel 5155
Shikha Pandey Madhya Pradesh 638
Shiva Charan Raj Kasu Andhra Pradesh 362
Shivaji Kad Maharashtra 8408
Shivangi Pareek Uttar Pradesh 6073
Shivi Kapil Kerala 2221
Shivya Nath Delhi 3314
Shrenik Daklia Chhattisgarh 9344
Shrish Biyani Haryana 6194
Shruthi Iyer Karnataka 2289
Shruthi Reddy Rajasthan 11827
Shruti Subramanian Maharashtra 2097
Shruti Bansal Maharashtra 3936
Shubhangi Kulkarni Maharashtra 13219
Shubhanshu Bansal Uttar Pradesh 5030
Shweta Narula Andhra Pradesh 705
Siddharth Chakravarthy Andhra Pradesh 1919
Siddharth Jain Chhattisgarh 11697
Smriti Shyamal Maharashtra 10515
Sneha Jain Maharashtra 1165
Snehal Trivedi Tamil Nadu 8943
Sonal Singh Uttar Pradesh 1953
Sonali Arote Maharashtra 1550
Sonali Modi Rajasthan 10662
Srijit Kamath Kerala 5035
Srujith Lingala Madhya Pradesh 465
Stella Lee USA 5227
Sudam Batule Maharashtra 141
Sumi Roy Assam 10411
Sunil Kumar Andhra Pradesh 2386
Sunil Kumar Jha Delhi 13301
Supriya Sharma Gujarat 1129
Supriya Sharma Goa 9530
Surbhi Bhalla Delhi 5522
Surya Bhattacharya Delhi 7488
Sushil Ujgare Maharashtra 72
Swapnil Hadpe Maharashtra 4075
Swapnil Shanu Bihar 5124
Swati Jain Rajasthan 1598
Swati Mittal Jharkhand 2074
Sweta Chandramouli Tamil Nadu 2454
Tabassum Husain Madhya Pradesh 12344
Tanuja Paliwal Rajasthan 1031
Tanuja Malla Jharkhand 12863
Tanvi Randhar Maharashtra 4779
Tina Patricia D'souza Karnataka 2873
Tudor Tarlev Moldova 4684
Tulika Bansal Denmark 5599
Tushar Anand Haryana 462
Udayan Banerjee Uttar Pradesh 4191
V.l.v.vamsi Krishna Jharkhand 6311
Valeria Vizuete Ecuador 3887
Valeria Rojas Infantas Netherlands 11473
Varsha Sutrave Karnataka 5897
Varun Deshpande Andhra Pradesh 2957
Varun Sharma West Bengal 4993
Veerender Lavudi Andhra Pradesh 2395
Vibhor Jajoo Uttar Pradesh 5933
Vidya Yadav Maharashtra 2399
Vignesh Balasubramanian Tamil Nadu 242
Vijay Khanna Maharashtra 2985
Vikrant Mahajan West Bengal 3323
Vinay Goel Delhi 719
Vinod Nannaware Maharashtra 8772
Vinutha N Karnataka 958
Vipul Patil Maharashtra 2886
Vishal Shah Jharkhand 1385
Vivek Thacker UK 3897
Waseem Javed Ali Uttarakhand 2233
Wendy Tajo USA 11128
Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi Madhya Pradesh 2627
Zim Ugochukwu Karnataka 5378
Zubiabegum Saiyed Gujarat 624
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