Anshu Jamsenpa
A mountaineer from Bomdila who has climbed Everest five times, including two summits in five days, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Arunachal Pradesh
Heroes from Arunachal Pradesh
People from the state of Arunachal Pradesh whose work we have profiled.
Showing 1–9 of 9 heroes
Banwang Losu
A schoolteacher in Arunachal Pradesh who created the Wancho script so his community's spoken language could be read, written and taught.
- Mann Ki Baat #110
- Arunachal Pradesh
Deepak Nabam
Founder, with his wife Protima, of a shelter near Itanagar that cares for hundreds of elderly, destitute, mentally ill and disabled people.
- Mann Ki Baat #118
- Arunachal Pradesh
Ittisha Sarah
A social designer from Guwahati who helped the people of Arunachal's Sangti valley build their own village-run system for managing waste.
- Mann Ki Baat #116
- Arunachal Pradesh
Jumde Yomgam Gamlin
An Arunachal social worker who founded Mother's Vision to fight drug addiction and built a rehab centre, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Arunachal Pradesh
Karma Wangchu
A former Arunachal Pradesh minister from Tawang who later ran a free boarding school for poor children, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023 (posthumous)
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Arunachal Pradesh
Techi Gubin
A retired chief architect of Arunachal Pradesh who works to protect the state's indigenous faiths and traditions, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2026
- Arunachal Pradesh
Tulku Rinpoche
The abbot of a Bomdila monastery and former abbot of Tawang, who runs a school for monks and poor children, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Arunachal Pradesh
Yanung Jamoh Lego
An Adi herbalist from Arunachal Pradesh who learned traditional plant knowledge from her father and works to keep medicinal plants growing in local homes.
- Padma Shri 2024
- Mann Ki Baat #109
- Arunachal Pradesh