Entrepreneurs

Alka Sharma explains what inspired her to launch Aavaran, which uses the eco-friendly and ancient dabu printing style to make a wide variety of clothes and is helping many artisans find financial independence.

Chhaya Meena is a homoeopathy doctor, who left her practice to nurture her art business. She creates and sells art pieces on Instagram and teaches various traditional Indian art forms online.

Mother-daughter duo Vijay and Apeksha Haldia run Zayka ka Tadka, a live video cooking platform, where mothers from across India are featured daily.

Jagmohan Singh Nagi from Punjab runs a successful food business called Kulwant Nutrition. He supplies his products to PepsiCo, Kellogg's, Domino's Pizza, and exports to several countries.

Mumbai residents Ankith Suresh and Priyanka Mandal quit their respective jobs to launch The Mad Pepperoni, a rustic pizzeria that offers authentic woodfired Neapolitan pizza from Italy.

This year, Kanav Kariya and Ankit Gupta have been featured in Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list for their contributions to the crypto and healthcare space respectively. Here’s what their work looks like.

MicroGO, founded by Dr Rachna Dave, provides sustainable and automated hand-hygiene water-saving compliance solutions for hospitals and hotels. Here’s how a scientist turned into an entrepreneur.

Keerthi Priya and her mother, Odapalli Vijaya Laxmi, started Nurture Fields to curb the problem of food wastage in India. Here’s how they are empowering women in Telangana with their initiative.

After being fired from his previous job, Karan and Amrita started selling rajma and kadhi chawal on Delhi streets. Watch how they went from living in a car to earning a stable income.

Inspired by their school holidays in Kolkata, brothers Ani and Ayan Sanyal have opened the Kolkata Chai Co in New York City, with the aim to take authentic desi chai to a global level.