The Higher India has been chosen as one of many 4 finalists of the distinguished ‘Social Entrepreneur of the 12 months’ India Award for 2023, launched by Swiss non-profit Schwab Basis for Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with Jubilant Bhartia Basis.
When Anuradha Kedia and Dhimant Parekh co-founded The Higher India in 2009, it was with a easy goal — to indicate an underreported and underrepresented faction of reports, one that would spotlight the tales of individuals silently brewing revolutions in numerous corners of the nation.
The Higher India (TBI) has ushered an entire new optimistic motion within the nation – through the use of the ability of tales to impact large-scale social affect. It’s the world’s largest optimistic tales platform publishing in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Bangla & Marathi. It reveals tales of strange unsung heroes, group change-makers, outstanding concepts and ground-breaking improvements that always go unnoticed by conventional media.
By all the expansion over these years, our mission – to encourage each citizen to turn out to be a power of fine – has remained unchanged. Right now, we’re proud to announce that The Higher India has been chosen as one of many 4 finalists of the distinguished ‘Social Entrepreneur of the 12 months’ India Award for 2023.
Launched by the Swiss non-profit Schwab Basis for Social Entrepreneurship, in partnership with Jubilant Bhartia Basis, the award seeks to recognise social innovators throughout India who’ve “remodeled lives and communities by way of their distinctive socio-business initiatives”.
The Higher India conjures up tens of millions of Indians each day to be part of a motion of change. It has undertaken a number of impactful campaigns which have introduced long-lasting change within the nation. TBI’s tales have led to optimistic adjustments in authorities insurance policies, introduced water & sanitation in villages, helped farmers come out of poverty, raised funds for slum colleges, taken social enterprises international and way more.
We’re additionally honoured to search out ourselves among the many august firm of awe-inspiring finalists together with Dr Aparna Hegde, founding father of the ladies’s healthcare non-profit Armman; Bijal Brahmbhatt, who works for equitable and improved habitats and housing for girls from susceptible communities; and Dr Shuchin Bajaj, whose enterprise Ujala Cygnus Healthcare goals to ship inexpensive and accessible to low-income teams.
A complete of 110 individuals utilized for this yr’s awards. Schwab Basis and Jubilant Bhartia Basis carried intensive analysis on candidates specializing in addressing inequalities and marginalisation, the attain and impact of the affect created, the sustainability of the adjustments these organisations impressed, and what uniqueness every participant delivered to the desk.
The winner, as soon as introduced on 25 August 2023 in New Delhi, will be a part of Schwab Basis’s prestigious group of social innovators, who’ve been a part of this vibrant cohort for 25 years.
