30 UNDER 30: AND THE NOMINEES ARE...

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HOOP DANCER, TEACHER AND FOUNDER, HOOP FLO Hula hoop, dance, and #sareeflow — remember Kutty’s viral video where she’s swinging to Genda Phool song? Inspiring many women to find comfort in movement, she has been a catalyst for hoop and flow art culture in India. And has even inspired women to embrace their bodies, by building their confidence.

KUCHIPUDI DANCER

The art and culture sector suffered much during the pandemic. But unruffled by the restrictions on stage performances, Singh took to performing virtually for her dance school, Natya Tarangini’s online concert, and motivated others.

FOUNDER, INDIA STORY She developed an app called India Story, that draws on India’s ancient art of storytelling to highlight and educate people about the past of this diverse country. The app, completely managed by students, makes use of interactive audio guides.

The duo started Project Arambha, in collaboration with the NGO, 1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion) to support college education and secure the future of underprivileged girls between the age of 1622 years by raising funds and helping them gain employment.

CEO AND FOUNDER, COPAL-19

This Iit-delhi student spearheaded the development of COPAL-19 app in collaboration with Dr Abhinav Singh Verma of AIIMS, which will help build a plasma donor bank to speed up recovery of Covid-19 patients.

ROHAN RAY, FOUNDER & CEO, COVIDFITCLUB; AKASH RAGHAVAN, CO-FOUNDER CFO, COVIDFITCLUB

During the Covid-19 induced lockdown, these two students launched an online fitness initiative called Covidfitclub, to help kids stay healthy. They also donated their earnings from this initiative to various charities.

His Youtube page Beerbiceps was started for health and fitness enthusiasts that expanded into a self improvement and self help channel. With 3.5 million subscribers on Youtube and 1.4 millions on Instagram, his fitness journey through the lockdown kept the audience motivated.

India’s first ‘diabetic’ chef, a cloud kitchen, that serves a range of sugar-free desserts and milkshakes for the diabetic and health conscious customers. Last year, he launched a special range of vegan and diabetic friendly chocolates.

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