Himanshu Nitnaware

Mohanlal and Bhagwanti Vermohal founded MV Spices in Jodhpur in the 70s. What started as a handful of handmade spices being sold on a bed sheet outside Mehrangarh Fort is today a world-famous spice business with four stores that offer over 120 products, being helmed by eight gritty women

Ravi Prasad from Hariharpur in Uttar Pradesh, started Malawa Kela Resa Utpadan Laghu Udyog Kendra that sells footwear, hats, carpets and other items made from banana waste

Cristelle Hart Singh from Switzerland came to India to volunteer for the Red Cross. But eventually she settled here and has helped hundreds of children who are victims of sexual abuse

Ashok Jadhav, an organic farmer from Chinchner in Maharashtra, built a ‘jugaad’ device that is now a hit among the farming community.

Nagaland-based L Hangthing's love for fruits led him to set up a nursery in his village where he sells non-native fruits such as kiwi, litchi, organge, mango and more. This nursery has not only helped him earn more, but also helped other farmers increase their income with horticulture

Suganya Kandasamy from Triplicane, Tamil Nadu, started Challenge Rehab Centre which has helped 40 children with Autism, ADHD, learning disabilities and more

Rakesh Ramesh and Sanjay S from Bengaluru have launched Ride For Cause, an NGO that aims to provide better infrastructure and educational material to students from government schools in rural Karnataka

Pune-based Rahul Pathak launched Aquaplus Water Purifiers (Pvt) Ltd to make filters that can purify water without electricity and reach the remotest parts of the world during natural disasters to provide access to clean drinking water.

Bhuvnesh Ojha from Rajasthan has planted over 26,000 plants to create Miyawaki forests, and subsequently help 1,200 farmers increase their income through horticulture

20-year-old Madhav Lavakare from Delhi has built Transcribe Glass, inspired by Google Glass, a device that processes information from live conversations, Google, Microsoft and other platforms to convert speech to text