Regarded as the ‘Water Warrior’ of India, Ayyappa Masagi has helped create countless solutions for India’s water scarcity problem. His help and guidance has enabled several communities, farms, and towns to become water efficient. He successful results led to him quitting his job to focus solely on this. In 2004, he earned the ‘Ashoka Fellowship’ for his work. A year later, he started the ‘Water Literacy Foundation’.