Ashwani Tiwari, Chawand, Udaipur

Ashwani Tiwari is passionate about fostering rural innovation. An engineer by training, with specialisation in Electronics and Communication, he now lives in Chawand village, Udaipur district (Rajasthan).  Growing up in
Varanasi on the banks of Holy Ganga, he took an active role in the efforts to clean the river. This experience of engaging in social issues prompted him to move away from a mainstream career. He joined Gandhi Fellowship (2014- 2016). When he was working in the rural Rajasthan and went on the Jagriti-Yatra. He sees the Plustrust RWE fellowship as a game changer for women and wants to come out and learn new skills and bring changes in their society.

He has successfully conducted a Plustrust workshops in February 2020 and December 2021. He has anchored 8 fellows in 2020 and is currently Anchoring 3 fellows under Plustrust Fellowship.

His initiative of Vidhyalay Udhyam Association promotes a scientific and entrepreneurial spirit in young learners through Maker Labs. Students design products to solve local problems and run small business as they continue to study. He is currently an Incubatee at the IIM (B) NSRCEL and has received with Unlimited, Edumentum and Changelooms fellowships as well. Komal Roy the co-founder of Vidhyalay Udhyam has been a Plustrust RWE fellow and she actively participates in the anchoring, along with Ashwani.