Chaitanya Prabhu, 22, founder and promoter-in-chief of a non-profit called Run to Register, which has a “Mark Your Presence” campaign as one of its initiatives that mobilizes young persons to go out and vote, smoothening the process for them, was recognised for his effort recently. Prabhu, a Worli resident, became recipient of The Diana Award in a virtual ceremony held on June 28. The Diana Award has been established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. Given by the eponymous charity, it is supported by both Princess Diana’s sons. The Award works on one core principle: ‘young people have the power to change the world’.

What started it

Prabhu said in 2018, “I realised through conversations with friends, that many of them were ineligible to vote, as they did not have voter IDs. Some were clueless about how to get these, very few could be concerned about getting themselves on the voter list.”