Himanshu Nitnaware

With their dining table as their laboratory, two brothers, Suresh and Prafful Sanghavi launched the iconic Nilon's, a brand that served lip-smacking pickles, and eventually sauces, masalas, pastes and more, to India as well as 30 countries abroad

Dinesh Baggad from Madhya Pradesh was a traditional farmer who switched to growing the Thai variety of guava on his orchard, earning him lakhs of rupees. These guavas are massive and extremely sweet, and Dinesh says they're easy to grow as well

Another lockdown business success tale, Delhi based Manjari Singh and her mother-in-law Hiranyamayi Shivani launched The Chhaunk. It boasts of authentic litti chokha, sattu ki kachori, sattu sharbat, tarkari and more

In 2007, Jayashree Rao from Bengaluru sold her company for Rs 25,000 to start Grampari, an NGO that has improved governance across 200 villages in Maharashtra and benefited 1.22 lakh people

Vishal Khalde from Maharashtra launched Xeon Waste Managers Pvt Ltd, a waste management startup that uses 'EnergyBins' to convert organic waste into biogas

Rashi Narang from Delhi founded Heads Up For Tails (HUFT) in 2009. It caters to the unique needs of dogs and has a presence in nine cities with 41 stores and 20 spas

Maruthi Naidu is a third-generation farmer from Andhra Pradesh who was drowning in debts, his lands having turned infertile due to excessive chemical farming. Here's how he turned things around by going organic, earning lakhs a year now

Sarvind Dhaman from Ambala is growing an almond plant in his backyard, and details steps as to how you can use store-bought ones to grow them too

In the water-parched state of Rajasthan, Narendra Garwa used Youtube to learn how to farm pearls in small ponds and doubled his annual income. He now teaches this technique to farmers through his NGO, Alkha Foundation

Dr Rajendra and Dr Sucheta Dhamane started Mauli Seva Pratishthan in Ahmednagar to rescue women abandoned by their families for  mental illnesses. Their centre is now a safe haven for over 300 women