India's real heroes
India's real heroes are entrepreneurs who have made a difference and will be chosen carefully from across India and across sectors. The entrepreneurs will be from the public and private sector, from for profit and not for profit enterprises, with one common theme; they dared to be the change they wanted to see in society.
Social entrepreneur |
| Name of entrepreneur |
Name of organisation |
| Bunker Roy |
Barefoot College |
| Anna Hazare |
Ralegaon Siddhi |
| Chetna Gala Sinha |
Mann Deshi Mahila Sahkari Bank, Mhaswad, Satara |
| Rangaswamy Elango |
Village Panchayat, Tiruvallur |
| Solomon |
Maya Organics |
| Dr Parth Shah |
Centre for Civil Society |
| Anshu Gupta (Ashoka Fellow) |
Goonj |
| Arvind Kejriwal |
Parivartan |
| Praveen Nair |
Salaam Baalak Trust |
| Dr Bindeshwar Pathak |
Sulabh International |
Business entrepreneur |
| Name of entrenpreneur | Name of organisation |
| Jyoti Naik Lijjat Papad |
Shri Mahila Gram Udyog |
| Jignesh Shah |
MCX |
| Tulsi Tanti |
Suzlon Energy |
| N R Narayanmurthy |
Infosys |
| Murthy Sudhakar |
InfraSys |
Enabler |
| J A Chowdhary - TiE |
ISB |
| Bill Drayton/Devashri Mukherjee |
Ashoka |
| ITC Intl Biz Div Sr Mgr |
ITC's eChoupal & Choupal Sagar |
| Dr Verghese Kurien |
Amul |
Cultural instigator |
| Dr Kiran Seth |
ISB |
| Prof Lakshmi Thathachar |
Academy of Sanskrit Research, Melkote |
