Union Energy Minister R.K. Singh presented The Hindu Group’s BusinessLine Changemaker of the Year award to RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das for leading the country through the pandemic.
Amul received the Iconic Changemaker of the Year award.
Amul’s cooperative model has created a new model of development for marginalized people and women.
In the fifth edition of the programme, awards were given in six categories – digital transformation, social transformation, financial transformation, young changemaker, iconic changemaker and changemaker of the year. Year Award (changemaker of the year).
The winner of digital transformation was Staylaps Technologies. It is a start-up. This would work to digitalize the dairy sector.
There were two winners in social change – HerKey which aims to stop female brain drain and Educate Girls, an NGO which aims to improve access and quality of education for girls.
The award for financial transformation was given to Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
Young Changemaker Award Srinidhi R.S., creator of CherriLearn. Was given to.
CherriLearn is an education app that provides education in regional languages to children of classes 1-5.