Karnataka

Ganapathi Bhat from Komale village in Karnataka, innovated the 'Areca Bike' with his friend Sharvin Maben. It can climb 90 trees in one litre of petrol and cuts labour costs by 20 per cent

Laxmikant Hibare, a resident of Kalaburagi, in Karnataka, only studied till class 10 but that didn't stop him from turning his ancestral land into a green haven.

Karnataka-based Mayank Tiwari launched ReshaMandi, an agri-tech startup to help silk farmers improve the quality of silk and increase their own income using technological interventions

29-year-old Niyaz Panakaje, an assistant professor at Srinivas University, Mangalore, pursued over 20 jobs to feed family and support education

Karthik and Ingrid Davey opened Dhole's Den, a safari homestay near Bandipur National Forest in 2009, to instil the values of eco tourism, sustainability and a minimalist lifestyle in tourists, with the aim to cut down on carbon footprint

Nitin Vas, Activist from Karnataka, who has developed the seed mask at his initiative Paper Seed Co, is also generating employment for villagers from Dakshina Kannada who produce these reusable masks.

Fresh out of college, Ankur Indoria from Bengaluru started OH-Ho, a food stall that sells delectable sandwiches, but with a unique twist

A retd. engineer from Bengaluru, Nataraja Upadhya has created a thriving urban jungle on his terrace with 300 varieties of trees that host 50 types of butterflies and about a dozen birds. Here's how he did it

Bengaluru fisherman Arokiyaswamy Shamanna built an innovative machine out of an old ambassador car engine to remove water hyacinth choking the Hebbal Lake. And it's already helping 100 families

Brought together by agriculturist Varanashi Subraya Bhat, Areca nut farmers formed Campco in 1973 in Mangaluru, Karnataka, to protect themselves and cocoa growers from fluctuating market prices and exploitation at the hands of giant multinationals