Shikar is a sports enthusiast and a body builder from Bareilly. He is a certified fitness trainer from the Internal Sports Sciences Association. His pioneering effort is in the field of body building, where he wants to help young people in India learn more about this wonderful sport by understanding the role of anatomy and physiology, good nutrition, etc.

Our next change agent is Shawn Mathew from Ahmedabad. In today's fast paced world we crave fast food, fast cars and even fast drying nail polish! Shawn wants to bring this 'need for speed' to dating through Speed Dating. After bringing together people to date, he wants to work on getting together people with common passions for movies, adventure sports, etc.

Gurgaon based Kusum Bhandhari follows the mantra of ‘reuse and recycle’. Kusum noticed the amount of paper being wasted in our offices in the form of stationary and printing wastage and was inspired to craft her idea of creating awareness in the corporate environment about this issue, thereby encouraging them to create a recycling area or unit within the office.

Arun from New Delhi, wants to make the world’s largest motivational website for the youth of the world. Focusing on Motivation, Faith and Hope, he has already created dontgiveupworld.com, and an SMS motivational group smsgupshup.com/groups/dontgiveup. He also wants to start a range of 'Don’t Give Up' merchandise to help spread optimism.

Himanshu Pant of Mumbai wants to create an online platform where any computer graphic artist from around the world can learn and share knowledge for free. He feels that most institutes are out of reach of the common man, and hence sees an imperative need for this platform. He has already founded a portal - www.define3d.com - and plans to further enhance it.

Meet Pankaj Chandpuri from Rishikesh. Through 'Kaaravaa – an online journey' he wants to create a digital platform to celebrate relatively lesser know Indian art forms (like Pandot Nritya, Bagwaal). He hopes ‘Kaaravaa’ will be a platform for people interested in these art forms to interact with each other and learn more about the ancient culture and arts of India.

While working on the United Nations Millennium Campaign, Madhav started work on the Millennium Development Goals to end poverty by 2015. He wants to spread awareness amongst citizens about this. Having already been in the news for 'Stand Up and Take Action', he has also received support from celebrities like Priety Zinta and Prahlad Kakkad in steering his dream forward.

Ansuman Pattanaik from Bangalore wants to set up self-sustaining and self-growing Food Collection & Distribution Centers which will feed the poor. His idea is to create a supply chain of food by sourcing food items from restaurants, cafeterias, etc. and supplying them to centers where they are distributed to the poor.

K. Raghuram, a doctor from Chandigarh, is working towards the progress and empowerment of people through education - especially those who belong to lower socio-economic stratas. He believes that education will help increase their chances of employment, which would make them self-reliant and would ensure that they are not tempted by anti-social elements.

Nishank Sharma from Hyderabad wants to affect change though gospel music, by singing about life, its ups and down, happiness and sorrow, spirituality, about the things we do in day-to-day life, and celebrate all that remains enjoyable… Through this music he wants to inspire a new wave of thinking in people.

Kunal Mandal from Kolkata, recognizes a knowledge gap amongst students today. He wants to create an ‘infotainment’ portal which will deliver ‘knowledge solutions’ to students in an interesting format. Kunal and his team have already designed an extensive, 6-month long programme called ACTIV for school students, and is looking to expand this body of work.

First impressions matter in today's world. They play a large part in acing that job interview, impressing clients in presentations, etc. Sai Chandra from Hyderabad, is looking to start an image consulting service targeted to Indian youth. Through training on personal grooming and makeovers he wants to help Indian youth look good and feel confident.

A deeply personal experience made Raghu think of creating a web based application to consolidate a person's medical history (family medical history, medical reports, etc.). This application will charge a small fee from patients for storing their medical data. In return, patients, doctors and hospitals will have easy access to the information leading to better health care.

From Bangalore, Chaitanya Krishna believes that the path to development should be ecologically equitable with minimal damage to nature.Fuel cells are one of the cleanest and most efficient electricity generating devices available today, where the only by-product is water. He wants to establish a working fuel-cell based electricity generation unit.

Sandeep from Lucknow wants to draw attention to the spirit of rickshaw pullers in his city through 'slice of life' photography documentation, presented through exhibitions and eventually a published book. Through this work, Sandeep seeks to help improve the lives of rickshaw pullers by setting up a rehabilitation center and pension fund for them.