Chennai

Ramaa's Kitchen, started in Chennai, is a service that provides nutritious homemade meals to COVID-19 patients and also makes appalam, vadams and papads.

Seven years ago, Jayanti Vaidyanathan (65), a resident of Chennai began growing plants on her terrace to eat healthy and to get some sunlight. Today, she grows over 250 plants, which includes a variety of vegetables, fruits, flowering and medicinal plants.

S Sathyanarayanan is a French teacher in Chennai's Anna Gem Science Park School, and took up terrace gardening as a hobby in 2015. Today, he grows over 400 plants on his terrace and balcony, and cares for them with a wide variety of homemade fertilizers using waste.

Living behind a life in Amsterdam, Shammy Jacob returned to his hometown in Tamil Nadu with his wife Charlotte Van't Klooster to set up an organic farm that's also an eco-friendly homestay

Sonam Surana found her late mother-in-law’s old recipe book which is now her go-to guide to their homemade food venture. Prem Eatacy in Chennai sells gongura chutney and molagapodi and clocks 2,000 orders a month.

In 2017, Ganesan D from Chennai founded the Koodugal Trust, wherein he distributes handmade boxes to highlight the importance of creating nesting spaces for sparrows, whose population has been decreasing due to rapid urbanisation.

Appearing regularly on television cooking shows in Tamil Nadu, Yogambal Sundar has also taught over 400 recipes, which include traditional recipes, along with pre and post-natal dishes for pregnant and new mothers.

When Chennai-based Tanvi Arvind saw how her grandparents were struggling to send text messages through their smartphones, she took it upon herself to teach them the basics. This inspired her venture, TechEdEn, which has since helped 93 senior citizens learn how to navigate technology.

CommuniTREE is collecting firecracker cases to reuse them to plant saplings.

Detected with the Autism Spectrum Disorder in his childhood, Prem Sankar from Chennai as developed five websites, and hopes to make a career out of it.