Bengaluru

Quitting her job during the Covid-19 lockdown, Bengaluru's Karen Martin built a food business out of her great-grandmother's century-old Anglo-Indian recipes that have been passed down the generations.

Here's how Vivek Vilasini, a resident of Bengaluru, grew the Anna apple, a 'low chill' variety in his home using a soilless medium.

George M J, a resident of Bengaluru, runs Mary's Barn, an organic farm and homestay that has a mini forest of around 350 trees and plants.

Foodzeee is an Instagram page run by Bengaluru-based Shivboojitha and Swarnalakshmi Srinivasan. With dishes like Thathe idli, curd rice and filter coffee, their over 7 lakh followers can't get enough.

Meera Ramakrishnan, Archish Mathe Madhavan and Varishta Sampath from Bengaluru launched Zishta in 2016 to procure and sell traditional kitchenware and cutlery made from natural elements such as stone, iron, clay, neemwood, and more.

After a string of odd jobs, Parameswaran Krishna Iyer started his own line of bamboo artefacts and furniture with Bamboopecker in Bengaluru. Today, they use bamboo in construction projects for private and government entities pan India as well.

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru was established on 27 May 1909 by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. In 112 years the institute has conducted cutting-edge research in various scientific fields and provided innovative solutions.

Bengaluru-based Filmapia is the brainchild of Benjamin and Ivy. The duo scout locations for movies, advertisements and web series. Their clients include bigwigs like Facebook, Netflix, Viacom 18, Colors, Excel Entertainment and more.

In less than a year, an Indian Institute of Science (IISc) incubated startup named PathShodh Healthcare in Bengaluru has developed a portable antibody test kit that can identify COVID-19 infections and an individual’s immune response to the disease.

To deal with oxygen shortage during the second wave of coronavirus, an alumni team from the Indian School of Business, Bengaluru, has launched the Oxygen4Blr initiative to procure and distribute oxygen concentrators across the city.