Smile Foundation featured in Inventive Indians

 Smile Foundation has been featured in Inventive Indians, an iconic book on ‘Great stories of change’. The book from the publishers of Civil Society Magazine profiles individuals, who have changed the lives of their fellow citizens, have found solutions to the many problems faced by people in India and have set things right in the society.

Inventive Indians is about people who make a difference in the society. They aren’t people who look for charity, but have instead created self-sustaining models. They are the agents of change.

Written in an engaging style and illustrated with exceptional pictures, Inventive Indians draws on the strengths of the monthly magazine Civil Society. It is a glimpse into 6 years of reportage on individuals, organizations, associations who have changed the lives of people in the society for the better.

From Chetain Maini, the man behind Reva, India’s only original and pollution free automobile and Dr. Devi Shetty, renowned cardiac surgeon who made heart surgery affordable to a common man; to development organisations like, Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), Inventive Indians has an ensemble of good work initiated by individuals and organisations.

The book has been widely acclaimed by renowned personalities like inventor entrepreneur, policymaker Sam Pitroda, Chairman, Knowledge Commission, Aruna Roy, campaigner of Right to Information, Aruna Maira, Member, Planning Commission among a few.

Civil Society is a magazine which focuses on unsung heroes. The magazine brings to focus heart warming stories, initiatives by people mostly unknown, and real life tales of people mostly not found in newspapers or popular journals.

Journalist Umesh Anand, the former Resident Editor, The Times of India, and wife Rita Anand, a veteran researcher-reporter on development issues, are the people behind the Civil Society magazine.

Civil Society gives a voice to the change leaders.