Nupur Agarwal
Nupur Agarwal is an Indian social entrepreneur and was the Youth Ambassador of Dehradun in 2016.
Agarwal is the founder of organisations like Evolve Foundation and KiWi KisanWindow.[1]
Early Life & Education
Agarwal was born in 1992 and grew up in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. She completed her schooling from Hope Town Girls School in Dehradun. [2] She graduated from the Lancaster University, England.[3] After returning to India, she started several of her own social enterprises.
Organization/Projects Founded
In 2015 Agarwal founded her first venture, Dehradun Drum Circle to raise awareness about Right to speech and expression.[4]
In 2016, she started with Evolve Foundation, an organisation in Dehradun city that deals with eco-friendly products like plantable stationery.[5] [6]'Kahaani' is a project under Evolve that encourages rural tourism.[2]
In 2017, Agarwal along with Abhinav Amitab Ahluwalia started another enterprise KiWi Kisanwindow, a health and wellness food chain to support the farmers of villages.[7]
Awards & Achievements
In 2013, Agarwal received the Lancaster Award from her university for her contribution towards empowering society.[3]
In 2016, she became the Youth Ambassador of Dehradun for engaging the youth of Uttarakhand by the government.[8]
In 2017, she received Mentor of Change-Niti Ayog, Atal Innovation Mission by the government of India.
Achieved Global Changemaker-Ashoka in the year 2018.[9]
In 2019, she was awarded with Youngest Achievers Award FICCI FLO India,[10] also Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship and Karmaveer Chakra award (bronze) instituted by the ICONGO and the UN.
External links
References
- ↑ Sep 17, Seema Sharma | TNN |; 2017; Ist, 21:36. "Seeds in pencil: Plants growing from used pencils and greeting cards | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kahani Project". Best Boarding School - Hopetown Girls' School. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nupur Finds Her True Calling". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ Aug 24, Shivani Saxena | TNN |; 2015; Ist, 21:55. "Digital detox or making your own music: Doonites find innovative ways to spend weekends | Dehradun News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Social entrepreneurship for sustainable farming in India | DW | 16.01.2018". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ "Entrepreneurship: Real-world Learning". Woodstock. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ newspost (2020-03-26). "KiWi: Rising to the occasion of Covid-19 lockdown". News Post. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ "Nupur Agarwal's Evolve Foundation Uplifts Rural Farming In Uttarakhand". Youth Ki Awaaz. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ "The Doon School and Ashoka's Youth Venture celebrate Changemaker Day". Doon School. 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ↑ "FICCI FLO presents Achievers Awards". Breaking Uttarakhand News | Dehradun news | Uttarakhand News Live | State government news | English News | Bollywood news. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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