Over a handful of Indian Americans and South Asian-origin individuals were recognized by Forbes as individuals who are bringing access and opportunity to the classroom and beyond in naming its 10
th Annual â30 Under 30â list for the Education category. (Individuals named in other categories have been published in separate stories in India-West.)
Named among the 30 were Kehkashan Basu, Rohan Shah, Aditya Kaddu, Danish Dhamani, Paritosh Gupta and Aasim Sani.
Basu, 20, is the founder of Green Hope Foundation.
In 2012, when she was 12 years old, Dubai-born Basu founded the Green Hope Foundation in Toronto, where she lives.
The all-volunteer nonprofit has worked with 100,000 young people in 16 countries including India, the UAE and Liberia. Green Hope s goal is to teach and implement the UN s sustainable development goals through events and grassroots action like tree planting.