Kerala

A resident of Thumbur village in Thrissur district of Kerala, Tom Kiron Davis quit his job in Dubai to change the perception towards farming. He now helps several farmers earn in lakhs annually.

John Varghese from Thrissur in Kerala began experimenting with aquaponics in 2019 on his terrace, and today, his garden has a wide variety of plants including tomato, brinjal and lettuce, as well as a banana tree.

C V Varghese from Wayanad has come up with a solution to grow produce using a vertical mesh tower method, which allows maximum produce in limited spaces. The method also uses dry leaves and other organic matter.

Jobin S Kottaram's Absolute IAS Academy based in Kerala has helped 108 aspirants crack the UPSC CSE examination, and continues to mentor vernacular and handicapped aspirants.

KC Sijoy, the founder of Koocos Industries in Thrissur, Kerala spent 10 years designing a mechanical device that can peel tender coconuts in 40 seconds per piece.

After selling his stake in Terumo Penpol Ltd, which is one of the largest makers of high-tech bio-medical devices in the world, Balagopal Chandrasekhar went onto support a plethora of social development initiatives in Kerala and Manipur, where he once served as an IAS officer.

A daily wager in Kerala, Sageer Upahara used his small terrace to farm fish and grow vegetables via aquaponics when his work suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s the inspiring story of his #lockdownbusiness.

From coriander and cauliflower to strawberries, grapes and passion fruit, Rajmohan from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram grows them all in 200 sacks on his terrace. He explains all you need to know about grow bag gardening.

After he lost his job 16 years ago, P Siva Kumar, a native of Palakkad in Kerala, started Amritha Foods with his wife Sandhya in 2005. The couple sell fresh homemade kondattam (fryums) using his mother’s recipe in a variety of flavours such as tomato, tomato, garlic, bitter gourd, onion, spinach and banana shoot, and now earns enough to support his family.

Hafez Rahman and Akshay Raveendran launched Athey Nallatha, a small-scale pickle manufacturing business, which employs Kerala's homemakers.