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DRDO won BusinessLine's Changemaker of the Year award.
¨ The Defence Research and Development
Organisation was awarded the Changemaker of the Year Award by The Hindu
Businessline.
¨ The award recognised DRDO’s contribution to
indigenous defence technology and Operation Sindoor.
¨ This year's The Hindu BusinessLine Changemaker
Awards highlighted initiatives in education, social welfare and empowerment of
marginalised sections.
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The seventh edition of the awards began with a fluteboxing performance
by R. Sudhir and concluded with chief guest Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s
address.
Winners:
|
Award Category |
Winner/Recipient |
Contribution / Achievement |
|
Social Transformation Award |
Hasina Karbhih’s Impulse NGO Network |
Anti-trafficking efforts and rehabilitation of
vulnerable women & children from rat-hole mining in Meghalaya. |
|
Digital Transformation Award |
Bhashini (Govt. Project) |
AI-powered platform delivering accurate language
translations, receiving 20 million requests daily. |
|
Financial Transformation
Award |
Kalpana Kumari, MD of Girijan Cooperative Corporation |
Success of Araku Valley coffee, a unique variant of
Arabica coffee from the Eastern Ghats. |
|
Young Changemaker Award |
Kalyani Shinde, Founder of Godaam Innovations |
Developed India’s first IoT-based onion storage
solution device to monitor warehouse microclimate. |
|
Chairperson’s Award |
eVidyaloka (Bengaluru-based NGO) |
Bridging education divide through digital classrooms
and a 70,000-strong volunteer base worldwide. |
|
Iconic Changemaker Award |
Azim Premji Foundation |
Pioneering work in education and healthcare with 2,500 members
and 1,320 partner organisations. |
|
Changemaker of the Year Award |
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) |
Role in Operation Sindoor; advancing indigenous defence
technologies across land, air, sea, space, and cyber. |
