Mission Healthy Bharat: Tapsi 88,000-Km journey for climate, health & compassion

Riding across India on a Bullet bike, 27-year-old Tapsi Upadhyay from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, has reached Dimapur as part of her pan-India awareness campaign titled Sampoorn Bharat Yatra, a flagship initiative under her NGO Mission Healthy Bharat (MHB). With a bold vision of fostering a healthier India—encompassing people, animals, and nature—Upadhyay has already covered more than 88,000 kilometers through five Indian states and several union territories.
Founded just a year ago, Mission Healthy Bharat is driven by the motto of building a kinder and compassionate world. The current initiative, Sampoorn Bharat Yatra, is pegged as the world’s most extensive awareness campaign addressing climate change, health literacy, youth empowerment, and animal cruelty. The journey began in Meerut on March 9 and is expected to cover all 28 states and 8 union territories over a span of 1.5 years, concluding in New Delhi.
Promoting Change, One School at a Time
Interacting with the media, here Tuesday, at Honili memorial higher secondary School, Lhomithi colony, While in Dimapur, Tapsi and her team plan to conduct sessions in two schools and two colleges, before heading to Kohima and further across the Northeast. She shares that the schools are selected through a pre-planned route that includes premier institutes like IITs, IIMs, as well as remote rural schools, ensuring that awareness reaches both privileged and underserved regions.
In these sessions, students are educated about the impact of their everyday choices on the environment, health, and animal welfare. “Even avoiding plastic-packed products or shifting to plant-based diets can be revolutionary lifestyle changes,” says Tapsi, who follows a strict Satvic vegan lifestyle, posing a personal challenge as she travels across diverse culinary cultures in India.
Asked about her team, Tapsi said she doesn’t ride alone. The campaign is supported by a small but determined team of three who travel alongside her in a Mahindra Thar. The mission thrives on public participation—families host them, communities provide meals, and locals often fuel their vehicles. “This mission is truly by the people, of the people, and for the people—including our lovely animals and Mother Nature,” Tapsi emphasizes.
Though the journey is long, Tapsi recounts the “small wins” that reaffirm her mission’s impact. One of the standout examples comes from a school that, inspired by her session, switched to entirely whole food, plant-based meals, banned dairy and animal-based products, and installed educational boards highlighting the health and environmental dangers of junk food.
“Students have pledged to plant trees, avoid plastic, and stop eating junk food. These may seem small, but in the larger picture, these are seeds of transformation,” she said.
After Nagaland, the campaign will roll on to Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, and exit through West Bengal and Odisha, continuing the mission to cover over 40,000 additional kilometers.
She said that the initiative continues to gain momentum through digital engagement via social media under the handle @MHBWali. The online platforms serve as a digital diary and awareness tool to mobilize support across demographics.
She added that as the journey unfolds, Mission Healthy Bharat serves as a testament to grassroots change, reminding citizens that true democracy is practiced through collective action—for health, for animals, and for the planet.