Rutuja Shinde
Mumbai
Created a database of 70 lawyers who agreed to offer pro bono legal service to sexual harassment survivors
The rage of Indian women - suppressed for years by entrenched social stigma - came pouring out in October this year to set in motion India's long-overdue #MeToo moment. While actor Tanushree Dutta carried forward the long and exhausting sprint against sexual assault at the workplace, many others, too, pushed back against the corrosive abuse of male power. Hundreds took to social media and outed their abusers.

As some appalling stories came to light, Rutuja Shinde, a 26-year-old civil lawyer with Bombay High Court, decided to offer free legal service to sexual harassment victims.