While most young people his age are pursuing personal destinies or just having a good time, Shaurya Kabra is out there doing it for India!

Shaurya has launched an initiative, Ek Prayaas, with the objective to make all of India – and especially the rural population – financially literate and show them how to grow and manage their resources without feeling overwhelmed.

Under the Ek Prayaas umbrella, Shaurya’s most impactful project has been his authoring of the similarly-titled book, Ek Prayaas – which uses stories and fables to convey pertinent financial lessons and morals to students. He was motivated to write this book after interacting with sections of poor, rural folk and realizing just how financially illiterate they are and how this illiteracy can be exploited by unscrupulous elements.

In a simple, yet entertaining manner, the book educates the reader on how to manage their earnings and savings more effectively, and better understand financial concepts such as household budgeting, savings, investments, fixed deposits, loans, etc. It also guides them on how to recover from financial setbacks and manage emergency expenditure without feeling helpless.

Shaurya Kabra is an intelligent and resourceful teenager with a kind heart. A rare combination that can only benefit the community, society and the country at large. Add to that his high caliber, grit and determination and values of empathy, compassion and service; and the indications are that even bigger things await him in the future.

It is indeed rare to discover such fire and passion in one so young – more so, fuelling his zeal to serve community and country.