Aditi Gupta, 29
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR Co-founder of Menstrupedia, Ahmedabad
Noticing that some sections of society had misconceptions about menstruation, this National Institute of Design alumnus made it the subject of her thesis. Then, along with friend Tuhin Paul, she turned her research into a comic strip that explained menstruation to young girls and tested it in schools in Mehsana, Ahmedabad and Ranchi. The response encouraged them