Entrepreneurs

Agra-based founder of Tiggle, Anuva Kakkar shares her journey of building her startup around premium hot chocolate powder. The brand empowers cocoa farmers from Tamil Nadu and employs those who lost their job during the lockdown.

Engineer Nitu Viluo quit his IT job to launch The Rumbling Spoons, a Bengaluru-based venture that makes delicious pickles with spices and ingredients sourced from Nagaland that sells across India and 14 countries.

Varsha, Vismaya and Vrinda Prasanth set up 3vees International in 2019 to sell asafoetida. Today, the brand sells 30 products, including curry powders and breakfast essentials and has a 20 per cent net profit.

Dharshan Challuru and Chandan Kagganapalli launched Ecofinix, a startup that treats waste to convert it into organic fertilisers, helping thousands of farmers go chemical-free

An edible cutlery startup, Attaware was started by Puneet Dutta as tasty and sustainable alternative to plastic disposables.

The quest for a better lifestyle inspired four siblings, Dinesh, Jagdish, Bhupat, and Sanjeev to set up Sheetal Cool Products Ltd in Amreli, Gujarat. Today, they have over 500 food products and are looking at international markets

Tamil Nadu-based architect Sivapriya Vinithkumar started Fusion Fluids with her husband Vinithkumar. They brew a tea out of raspberry, gooseberry and fenugreek, which is an alternate for caffeinated drinks and green tea.

Abhay Bishnoi started JB Capital along with his friends Manish and Sandeep to produce Cordyceps Militaris (aka super mushrooms) that can fight diabetes and heart diseases.

Tulja Sukhdayalsing Sharma, aka Rani Tulja — a mechanical engineer, started Tulja Tooling with a loan of Rs 5 lakh. She speaks of what it's like in a man's world of machine tooling.

Sanjeeta KK from Chennai is on a mission to reinvent ancient grains. Her food brand OGMO Foods offers ready-to-eat breakfast and snack mixes made out of minor millets and mappillai samba red rice.