Bhargsetu Sharma
Bhargsetu jumped into the waters to save a drowning man while risking her own life. The ex NCC cadet from Vadodara was awarded the Raksha Mantri Padak by the Defence Minister, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman for this act of bravery. She is a keen animal lover and runs a group called ‘Humans with Humanity’ which focuses of animal rescue operations and adoption activities. In a span of 5 years she and her team of 75 members have rescued over 3800 distressed animals.
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Other Winners
Reji Thomas – A Father to 28 HIV-positive children
Mumtaz Chand Patel – A Mother knows no religion
Seema Waghmode – A mother to sex workers and their children
Reshma Pathan – India’s First Stunt Woman
Pushpa Preeya – A Penman for the specially abled
Gulafsha Ansari – Bend it like Gulafsha!
Sufiya Shaikh – You don’t need to give birth to be a mother!
Ketan Chodvadiya – Surat Hero who saved several from a burning building