Karnataka

A N Varghese is a social activist and once a victim of child labour who is now helping other children fight the evil practice in Chikmagalur's coffee plantations through his NGO, Vikasana.

Nayana Anand from Karnataka makes banana flour and prepares dishes such as chapatis, cutlets, cookies, and dry gulab jamuns, alongside helping farmers in the state prevent large amounts of wastage of their harvest.

Dharwad-based PuzzleMe is a crossword software developed by Standford alumnus, Sudheendra Hangal and John Temple and IIM alumni Jaya Hangal.

Hari Prakash, an urban gardener from Karnataka's Udupi, has been growing enough organic okra at home to serve the daily needs of his four-member family for the last 11 years

Milind Manoj and his friends launched Bengaluru-based startup PupilMesh, and developed the NAVisor, through which they aim to prevent road accidents

Yatin Varachhia, co-founder of Bengaluru startup Euphotic Labs, has innovated the NOSH, a robot that cooks food automatically with minimal human intervention

K A Ponnanna from Karnataka joined IISc as a security guard, but began serving as a field assistant at the Centre for Ecological Sciences and helped mentor students in handling bees and collecting samples for research

Binu Verma and Ramesh Balasundaram founded Bal Utsav, a non-profit working towards transforming Karnataka's government schools, in 2009.

Mayur Shetty from Manipal, Karnataka, narrates how he came up with the Emvolio device — a portable battery-powered refrigeration unit that ensures the preset temperatures are maintained for up to 12 hours

Migrating with his family in the early 1960s, Suresh C. Shah began his remarkable journey from a 10x10 square feet book shop in Bengaluru.