Durga Krishnamurthy

A founding member of the Aparajitha group. She has been a teacher for a major part of her career and is a sounding board for many youngsters. Social causes, especially education and healthcare are closest to her heart. She has been instrumental in the creation of the life skills programme ‘TTT’ or ‘Thalir Thiran Thittam’ (in Tamil) or ‘Tim Tim Tare’ (in Hindi) for adolescents and is a major driving force behind it. The program has reached 15 million students in 13 states of India covering five languages through Aparajitha Foundations. (aparajitha.org)