Dr Sunitha Krishnan, born in 1969, is an Indian social activist and co-founder of Prajwala , an institution that has helped near about ten thousands of trafficked women and girls find a safe haven in their shelter. The organisation also helps pay for the education of five thousand children infected with HIV/AIDS in Hyderabad alone. Prajwala’s “second-generation” prevention programme operates in 17 transition centres and has helped thousands of children of prostituted mothers. NGO’s strategy is to remove women from brothels by giving their children educational and career opportunities. Krishnan and her staff train survivors in carpentry, welding, printing, masonry, and housekeeping. In the process of saving lives, she has been attacked 14 times by criminals and left impaired by right ear but her determination got more strong with time. Our "Namaste India" team congratulates Sunitha Krishnan for this award. The below video is of her TEDx speech: She was
Sandeep Panda (born: 23rd July 1995) is a singer, music composer, lyricist & producer, Sandeep mostly works for Odia film Industry. Sandeep Panda is one of the emerging new talents from odisha. Sandeep debuted with his own composed video song "Love - A mistake" which was released on OdiaOne channel, his cover of "Kalank" song has more than a million views. Sandeep Panda Early Life Born in a modest family to father Manoj Panda and mother Padmabati Mishra in Dhenkanal, started learning Hindustani classical at the age of 8 from guru Ganesh Mishra but later moved to Bhubaneswar. Though having classical background Sandeep likes making soft romantic and rock music. Sandeep gives a lot of credit to his father because he was the one who wanted him to be a singer. He started doing shows from the early age of 10 and soon he had numerous awards in his craft. After completion of B.Tech from GIFT Engineering College, Bhubaneswar he moved to Pune. During his