2011
The Beginning
Community volunteering and social service activities begin.
Youth Leader · Climate Action Advocate · Social Activist · Community Mobiliser
From Grassroots Service to Global Conversations
A journey that began with community service and grew through youth leadership, climate action, sustainable development and global youth engagement.
Indore, Madhya Pradesh · Since 2011
The beginning
It Started With Service.
The journey did not begin at an international conference. It began much closer to home.
At around the age of 14, Abhishek started volunteering with social organisations and taking part in community service activities.
Food distribution, helping people in need and community-level volunteering became part of his early years of work.
With time, the work expanded into youth development, environment, climate action and sustainable development.
The approach remained simple: understand the problem, work with people and do what can be done on the ground.
Real impact
Numbers from the ground.
Each figure comes from the SDGs Work Report or the programme outcome reports. Open a card to read where the number comes from.
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Years of Community Work
Since 2011
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Meals Distributed
Since 2011
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People Supported Through Ration Initiative
Since 2023
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People Reached Through Different Initiatives
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People Reached Through Climate Outreach
Nov–Dec 2024
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Members in COY19 National Outreach Team
2024
Journey
Fifteen years, one direction.
Ground work
Before the Conferences, There Was Community Work.
Long before international conferences became part of the journey, community service was at the centre of the work.
Food was distributed to people who needed it. Families were supported during difficult periods. During COVID-19, volunteers worked on the ground when resources were limited.
Later, a monthly ration support initiative was started for families affected by cancer.
These experiences continue to influence the way Abhishek looks at development, climate action and public policy.
2011 onwards · Government hospitals, Indore
Free food distribution
Daily meals for patients and their families at government hospitals, and for orphanages and slum settlements, through Nek Karya Seva Samiti. More than 1,50,000 meals so far. Surplus food from weddings and events is also collected and redistributed under the No Food Waste initiative.
2020–21 · Indore
COVID-19 relief
When ambulances were not available, patients were taken to hospital on a two-wheeler. Food, medicines and sanitisers were distributed, and an awareness rally, 'Mask lagao, corona bhagao', was run with NSS volunteers. Recognised by the Madhya Pradesh Jan Abhiyan Parishad and Nehru Yuva Kendra.
2023 onwards · M.Y. Hospital and homes, Indore
Monthly ration kits for cancer-affected families
A monthly ration kit programme for families with a member under cancer treatment. Each kit, with flour, rice, pulses, oil and spices, supports a family of five for a month. Over 22 months, more than 11,000 people have been supported.
Climate action
Climate Action That Starts With People
Climate change is not only an environmental issue. It affects livelihoods, health, food security and the opportunities available to young people.
Abhishek's climate work focuses on climate education, youth participation, climate justice and stronger representation of Global South perspectives.
Climate Education
Making climate issues easier to understand and discuss.
Youth Participation
Creating opportunities for young people to take part in climate conversations and action.
Climate Justice
Bringing questions of equity, representation and Global South concerns into climate discussions.
Youth leadership
Young People Should Have a Place at the Table.
Young people are already contributing to their communities. The need is to give them better opportunities, knowledge and platforms.
Abhishek's work focuses on youth participation, leadership development, capacity building and meaningful engagement in public life.
- 12-member national outreach team after COY19
- Judge, District Yuva Utsav 2023, Indore
- Representative of NYKS Indore at the 26th National Youth Festival
- Convener, Chetna Atal Yuva Mandal, since 2021
Global journey
Taking Indian Youth Voices to Global Platforms
Abhishek has participated in and represented youth and civil society perspectives at a number of national and international platforms. Select a place to see what happened there.
Select a place
Larger markers are conferences attended in person. Smaller markers are virtual participation and online programmes.
Initiatives
What is being built.
Programmes and movements that grew out of the work, each with its own page, evidence and a way to take part.
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Green Governance Leaders Program
Climate-ready leadership
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Active, youth-led movement (not a registered organisation)
Global South Movement for Climate Justice
Climate justice and Global South representation
OpenCompleted (November–December 2024)
COY19 GYS National Outreach Programme – India
Climate outreach and youth engagement
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Active, Convener since 2021
Chetna Atal Yuva Mandal
Community and youth engagement
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Continuing since 2011
Other Social Initiatives
Ground-level community support and service activities
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What I believe
A few things the work keeps coming back to.
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Start with the ground.
Understand the problem, work with people and do what can be done where you are.
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Development must reach the last person.
Inspired by Sarvodaya and the idea of Antyodaya: no one is left behind.
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Young people are contributors, not only beneficiaries.
Give them knowledge, platforms and responsibility.
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Climate justice includes the Global South.
Finance, equity, loss and damage and representation belong in every climate conversation.
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Constitutional values and democratic participation.
From Panchayat to Parliament, governance works better when people take part.
Moments from the journey
Real photographs. Real places.
A selection from the archive: hospitals in Indore, villages in Uttarakhand, conference halls in Dubai and Baku.
People's voices
Your Voice Matters.
Tell us what is happening in your community, share an idea, raise an issue or take part in a campaign. This website is not only about Abhishek. It is a place for people to participate.
Latest updates
Recent coverage and documents.
In the news
Connect
Let's Work Together.
If you are working on youth development, climate action, community development, public policy, education or sustainable development, there may be an opportunity to work together.