Taksheel Buddhadeo, 7, winner of the President's 'National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement in Classical Music', 2014, is using his talent to spread environmental awareness and conservation. After making a record for the most number of programs on All India Radio, the young boy now conducts state-level workshops on energy conservation, organic farming, and eco-friendly celebration of festivals.
As part of the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Taksheel has inspired over 10,000 children to Bal Swacchta Shapath- mass pledge, to conserve the environment. After discovering how tree waste from Cassia trees can be used as Dandiya sticks, the boy has now begun workshops on eco-friendly ways of celebrating festivals, collecting waste Cassia trees from all parks in Gurgaon and distributing them as free Dandiyas to children. He has even inspired his younger brother Jaisheel to follow his footsteps.
