Entrepreneurs

Bensislas, a resident of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala has been beekeeping and selling organic honey under his brand — Amma Honey — for the past 10 years. Moringa honey is one of his specialties.

After flight attendant Yachika Chopra lost her job, she started Circa in April 2021 that is fuelled by her late mother's love for pickles.

Delhi-based Deep Singh Bawa turned his passion for baking into The Pastry Man, a gourmet bakes startup that now has an annual revenue of over Rs 20 lakh.

From running venture capital firms to pharma giants, these inspiring women founders have done it all. Here is their advice for female entrepreneurs.

Kerala-based woman entrepreneur Francy Joshimon runs Minnus Fresh Food Products, a venture that sells homemade and organic mixes made from millets, tapioca, jackfruit and more.

Deshwal Waste Management, a venture founded by entrepreneur Raj Kumar in Gurugram, helps Fortune 500 companies, municipal corporations and residential welfare associations recycle their e-waste.

Delhi-born Laksheeta Govil quit her job to build her homegrown shoe startup Fizzy Goblet, which gives modern spins to traditional Indian footwear like jutti and mojari, empowering hundreds of artisans.

The founder of My Little Moppet, Dr Hemapriya Natesan has turned her traditional sathumaavu mix for babies into a startup that earned a revenue of Rs 3 crore last year.

Pune-based woman entrepreneur Lalita Khaire started Kokanraj to sell her homemade kokum sharbat. Today, her annual revenue is over Rs 2.5 crores.

Azhaku Dheeran from Tamil Nadu shares how she began vermicomposting at home and turned it into a thriving business earning her lakhs.