INDIA
Siddi Tribal Social Worker and Leader from Junagadh - empowering her community through education, SHGs, organic farming etc
Veteran Social Worker from Dungarpur - working in rural and tribal areas of Rajasthan for over 5 decades
Acclaimed Ummathat Folk Dancer from Kodagu - popularising Kodava culture through dance
Tribal Wood Carving Artist from Kanker - actively rehabilitating misguided youth in LWE-affected areas through livelihood
Eminent Marathi Folklore Author with 50 books to his credit over a 6 decade long career
Ex-Serviceman Social Worker from Thane - working for the rehabilitation of Leprosy affected people for decades
Eminent Odia Litterateur from Dhenkanal - portraying Odia language's history & culture
Veteran Thamate Player from Chikkaballapur - promoting the percussion folk instrument from Old Mysore region through over 1,000 performances
Pioneer of Veterinary Mycology in India - known for his 5-decade long research on the role of fungi in various diseases affecting animals
Water Conservationist from Banda - who devised the concept of Jakhni model village to fight water scarcity and make villages water surplus