Muskan Ahirwar

Muskan Ahirwar (born ) is an Indian educator and librarian from Bhopal, India. In 2016, when she was 9 years old, she created a community library for children in the worker's colony where she lives, named ("fun with books") in Hindi. The library has since moved to a dedicated space and has been expanded to over 3,000 books. She has been given several awards for her work including by NITI Aayog, Hyderabad Literature Festival, and the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights. She started the library on 26 January 2016 with her sister Neha to serve the children who live in the area. The library began with 25 books hung on a string outside her house. "I was nine years old when I started this library... I had collected some books which I displayed outside my house by hanging them on a rope. The colourful images fascinated the children in the locality. They started visiting my house regularly to read the books. This is how my interest in books started to grow."

2016: Thought Leader award by NITI Ayog in New Delhi

2018: Princess Diana Award, Sushiksha Awards

2019: Food4Thought Foundation's Indian Reading Olympiad, category "I am bond" under 18, award

2019: India Reading Olympiad, Hyderabad Literature Festival

2020: Devi Awards Indore countdown series

2023: Vivekanand State Youth Award