Category: Wellbeing NGO

Description: Acid Survivors Saahas Foundation an initiative by Mrs. Daulat Bi Khan who herself was the casualty of an acid attack. The foundation was established with the vision of helping other victims & performing major surgeries to the victims & providing them with basic human needs.

Social Media: @assfindia (Instagram)

Category: Mind Body Healer Of The Year

Description: After having experienced domestic abuse from her ex-spouse, Aarti embarked on a journey of self- discovery and now coaches survivors of domestic abuse to build back a life beyond abuse with clarity, courage, consistency and conviction.

Social Media: @aarti_domesticabusecoach (Instagram), https://www.facebook.com/aarti.domesticabusecoach (Facebook)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarti-s-she-her-161905232/ (LinkedIn)

https://www.youtube.com/@aarti_domesticabusecoach497 (YouTube)

Category: Sustainability Organisation Of The Year

Description: My Cara focuses on sustainable menstruation and women’s healthcare. A plastic based pad easily available in the Indian market, takes approximately 800-1000 years to decompose partially in the environment. My Cara provides 100% organic cotton based sanitary pads which are biodegradable and degrade within 6 months to 1 year after use. They also have menstrual cups, another sustainable solution for menstruation. The pillars for My Cara are Health, Comfort and Sustainability.

Social Media: @mycara.woman, (Instagram),

@mycara.woman, Jyoti Sharma (Facebook)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jyoti-sharma-58b10214b/ (LinkedIn)

Category: Respect for Animals Organisation

Description: Rescue by Garima runs an animal shelter in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, with a passion for animal welfare and a commitment to the cause, their shelter has successfully done over 250 adoptions. Additionally, they are on the front lines, rescuing animals from road accidents on a daily basis, providing them with critical care.

Social Media: @rescuebygarima (Instagram)

Category: Wellbeing Chef Of The Year

Description: Sophia Machado addresses the holistic connection between what we eat and our mental well-being. Through her creative recipes that prioritize happiness, kindness, and self-love, she contributes to fostering positive attitudes toward mental health. Additionally, she emphasises on simple, healing recipes which align with sustainability by encouraging mindful food choices that benefit both individuals and the planet.

Social Media: @sophieskitchenlove

Category: Inclusivity Vision Organisation

Description: TWEET Foundation (Transgender Welfare Equity and Empowerment Trust) is a Trans-led Organisation working with trans people to provide shelter, education, employment, skill-building and counselling support.

Social Media: @tweet_foundation (Instagram)

www.twitter.com/thetweetcbo (Twitter)

www.linkedin.com/company/tweetfoundation (LinkedIn)

Category: Medical – Mind Body Champion

Description: Dr. Akshita Gupta is an MBBS doctor and a Fibromyalgia Warrior herself. With her education and personal struggles she offers a unique perspective that combines medical expertise with personal empathy. Dr. Akshita is dedicated to raising awareness, providing support, and breaking down stigma surrounding fibromyalgia, via her community online ultimately improving the lives of those affected by this condition.

Social Media: @fibroindiangirl (Instagram)

Category: Wellbeing Institution – Educational

Description: Sanskriti School New Delhi work towards complete inclusion of all students who are marginalised in anyway. It could be due to a disability , because they are from a who are marginalised in anyway. It could be due to a disability , because they are from a lower economic strata or economic or have some emotional and/or social needs that need support. Presently they support 550 children who are EWS (Economically Weaker Section), 215 who have special needs and 2 physically disabled. They also support a large number of students who suffer from severe anxiety, inability to manage social interactions.

Social Media: NIL

Category: Wellbeing institution – Corporate

Description: IndiGo has a fundamental belief of standing by the employee in their hour of need. They are committed to the prevention, protection and promotion of mental health and well-being of their employees. As a people first organization, their endeavor is to create awareness around mental health and provide necessary support to people with mental health conditions to participate in and thrive at work. They have instituted a 24 hour helpline for employee counselling and comprehensive wellness solutions that help employees deal with work-life challenges like stress, anxiety, parenting, relationship issues, work-life balance etc.

Social Media: @indigo.6e (Instagram)

https://www.facebook.com/goindigo.in?linkNav=goindigo_www.goindigo.in~footer (Facebook)

https://twitter.com/IndiGo6E?linkNav=home_www.goindigo.in~footer (Twitter)

https://www.linkedin.com/company/indigo-airlines/mycompany/verification/ (LinkedIn)

Category: Wellbeing Health Warrior Of The Year

Description: Payal Solanki is an osteosarcoma warrior since the age of 13. She is now 18 years old and is creating awareness about this rare type of cancer. She has won Ms. India in Cancer Category and runs an NGO that focuses on creating cancer awareness and motivating kids like herself with deadly diseases like cancer.

Social Media: @payalsolanki9528 (Instagram)

Category: Wellbeing Health Messenger

Description: Dr. Poorvi Bhat is a Naturopathic physician and nutritionist by qualification. Her approach is a unique blend of modern nutrition, ancient wisdom and practical day-to-day habits. She comes from a family of Ayurvedic medicine makers since the 1800s. They have been growing certified organic medicinal herbs and manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines commercially for the last 25 years. Her intent is to set up a lifestyle that is easy and sustainable for her clients.

Social Media: @herbeshwari (Instagram)

Category: Wellbeing Entrepreneur Of The Year

Description: After a brief stint in her family business while handling international operations of cotton ginning machinery, Devika realized what really drives her is bringing health and happiness in people’s lives. She set up an entire business line of Moringa based products which not only promote use of chemical free and non-synthetic processes in our day to day lives but also increase in awareness towards holistic health! Devika truly believes in the healing power of nature and wants to spread awareness about use of Organic, eco-friendly and sustainable products in our day to day living.

Social Media: @daivikmoringa (Instagram)

https://www.facebook.com/daivikmoringa/ (Facebook)

https://youtube.com/@daivikmoringa7037 (YouTube)

https://www.linkedin.com/company/daivik-moringa/ (LinkedIn)

Kindness Practice Awards

Category: Pride Impact Winner

Description: Maya, is Co-Founder, Tweet Foundation. She is Advisor board member for key population HIV prevention, representing the Transgender community of Asia Pacific Members of transgender protection, Secretary of Rotary club of Equivalence – for LGBTQ+ community.

Social media: @maya.awasthy.official (Instagram)

 

Category: Warrior to Healer Winner

Description: An architect by profession, Yoko is a Celiac Disease warrior since 2016. Her personal experience with celiac disease made her start a page on instagram in 2020, so that she can create more awareness about what celiac disease is and share her story of how she’s dealing with the condition on a day to day basis, not letting it stop her from leading a life the way she wants. She has built a community online where fellow struggling warriors feel validated with her stories.

Social media: @myceliacstory (Instagram)

Category: Child Icon of The Year

Description: Avnish’s parents abandoned him after birth, no prospective adoptive parents wanted to take him home from the orphanage where he had been left as he was a special needs child with down syndrome and 50% intellectual disability. But he won the national awards for the empowerment of persons with disabilities for 2021 and 2022 from The President of India. And on Saturday, eight year old Avnish Tiwari from Indore received the loudest applause at The Restore Awards as the youngest of all recipients of the non-profit awards for Child Icon of the year.

Social Media: @lifewithavnish (Instagram)