2026·International
UNESCO Youth Changemakers Forum — Invited Speaker
Arunarya presented as one of three Indian youth-led models for craft-based inclusion at the UNESCO Cultural Heritage & Living Human Treasures track, Paris.
Every award listed here belongs to an artisan whose work was finally seen, a child whose fingers finally touched beauty, and a tree that never had to fall. We hold them in trust.
Arunarya presented as one of three Indian youth-led models for craft-based inclusion at the UNESCO Cultural Heritage & Living Human Treasures track, Paris.
Vrinda Tiwari nominated for India's highest civilian honour for children, recognising innovation with social impact.
Named among India's most impactful teenage social entrepreneurs of the year.
Shortlisted for reimagining low-cost assistive tools for the visually impaired, elderly and paraplegic patients.
For turning a school-age idea into a functioning circular-economy enterprise employing twelve master artisans.
Awarded for launching Arunarya during Class X and sustaining the initiative through her school years.
Vrinda's watercolour series 'Wood Remembers' — the personal artistic practice that grew into Arunarya.
First person under 18 recognised by the 400-year-old craft council for advancing artisan livelihoods.
"The prizes are lovely. But the real award is a grandmother in a rehab ward who used our stepping stones and, on the fourth day, walked to the window on her own."