Shivani Gupta

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Catering up to 100 orders daily, Parvathy Mohanan turned her gardening hobby into a portulaca flowers business. She shares how she became a commercial gardener by chance.

When drumstick farming became unprofitable due to low market rates, Dr Kandasami Saravanan turned to harvesting the leaves instead. He launched a successful venture selling value-added products like moringa podi, leaf soup, and powder across the USA, Canada, Europe, and Gulf countries.

Many candidates, especially those from non-science backgrounds, fear the mathematics part of the CSAT paper. IAS Abinash Mishra and IPS Amit Verma shared a few useful tips on Quora to ace the paper.

Spearheaded by IAS officer Manish Bansal, this initiative was started to revive the Sot river and combat the water crisis in Sambhal.

Pranjal Sinha, Akshetha Ashok, and Vikram Kumar started Sama, a legal startup working to reduce court load with fast and cost-effective resolution of civil disputes online.

From ancient maple leaf to 1,000-petal lotus, Kerala-resident Lathika Suthan turned her terrace into a thriving garden. By growing water lilies and lotuses, she turned her hobby into a flourishing business. She shares how she learnt simple methods to master the art of growing these exotic flowers effortlessly at home.

Saddened by increasing farmer suicides, agriculture entomologist Sangita Sawalakhe innovated bio alternatives to chemical pesticides and fertilisers to help farmers switch to organic farming.

Kerala-based Beena Tom uses her cooking skills to make a variety of dishes from flowers and fruits available in her backyard – from coconut, arecanut, mangoes, guavas, to butterfly peas. Her passion led her to establish a thriving enterprise ‘Bees of Beena’, where she sells homemade jams, pickles, squash, juices, chips, and honey.