Joe Winston (2009-10)
Joe Winston is a young entrepreneur, who has supported and mentored a lot of entrepreneurs and also visualized and developed a lot of Education Enterprises. He has been responsible for creating the Entrepreneur Development Cell of Nagercoil that helps the small and tiny entrepreneurs to set up shops, thereby encouraging business. His desire is to make India a nation free from caste and religious biases and promote the feeling of oneness and unity amongst the people. He has been working for this cause by organizing citizen’s movements across the country and meeting people and motivating them to bring about a change in the society. Another issue that he has majorly contributed to is health care and education, primarily in Tamil Nadu. Mr.Joe Winston firmly believes in the power of good quality education to transform the Indian society for the better.
Madhusudan Agrawal (2008-09)
Madhusudan gave up his promising career in the US to work in India and has innovatively used media and technology for social change. With Meghna, he has created a MAM Movies platform for filmmakers, and also for the common man, to raise awareness and involvement in social issues for the benefit of civil society organizations. MAM Movies has led the Genesis film project, a film competition held in Mumbai where 101 filmmakers were invited to make films for 101 NGO’s in just 101 Hours. MAM Movies also launched a project called ‘She Creates’, where 25 girls were invited from various backgrounds. These included girls from Dharavi slums, children rescued from streets and human trafficking, and some from the public schools. They were then given a film workshop and in just 21 days these children made some heart-warming films on women issues, gender inequality and female foeticide. MAM Movies envisions a group of people who will work together to use the medium of video & storytelling for the upliftment of humanity, a support system for such group of people with the principles of social entrepreneurship, and a new media industry with more citizen journalists who will empower themselves and their communities through videos.
Meghna Agrawal (2008-09)
Meghna gave up her promising career in the US to work in India and has innovatively used media and technology for social change. With Madhusudan, she has created a MAM Movies - platform for filmmakers and also for the common man to raise awareness and involvement in social issues for the benefit of civil society organizations. MAM Movies has led the Genesis film project, a film competition held in Mumbai where 101 filmmakers were invited to make films for 101 NGO’s in just 101 Hours. MAM Movies also launched a project called ‘She Creates’, where 25 girls were invited from various backgrounds. These included girls from Dharavi slums, children rescued from streets and human trafficking, and some from the public schools.They were then given a film workshop and in just 21 days these children made some heart-warming films on women issues, gender inequality and female feticide. MAM Movies envisions a group of people who will work together to use the medium of video & storytelling for the upliftment of humanity, a support system for such group of people with the principles of social entrepreneurship, and a new media industry with more citizen journalists who will empower themselves and their communities through videos.
Abhishek Bharadwaj (2007-08)
Abhishek is the founder of Alternative Realities, an NGO working for the Homeless. Having seen poverty and injustice from childhood onwards, he managed to carve his own destiny outside of his upbringing. Capable of making it big in any sector he wished to, he chose instead to give back to his community through social work for the urban poor, the youth, women, children and much more. Sensitive and passionate to create a just society, Abhishek has been recognized for his commitment to the preservation and protection of human rights.