Maharashtra

Farmer Meena Pawar from Nashik showed indomitable spirit when her family was being crushed by financial hardships and debt. Here's how she used grape farming and sheer determination to help her family out of their crisis

Using a sum of Rs 5 lakh he won at the Power of Ideas programme at IIM Ahmedabad, Pune-based Mayur Patil launched his startup, Small Spark Concepts, that builds innovative air filters

Having removed 800 dead bodies from the River Mutha in Pune, Rajesh Kachi speaks of why he continues to save lives at the risk of losing his own

Maharashtra farmer Sanjay Gandate has braved attacks, theft and even a lack of belief in his ability from loved ones to grow pearls and earn lakhs from it. Here's his story

Dattaraya N Kale of Solapur, Maharashtra, has developed five new varieties of grapes over the years. His latest called the 'King Berry' grows up to 20 mm (2 cm) in length with a 25 mm (2.5 cm) diameter.

Yuga Akhare and Sagar Shirude from Pune share how sourcing local materials and labour and upcycling waste helped them build a two-storeyed house for just Rs 4 Lakh.

Pune-based Rahul Bakare launched Urdhvam Environmental Technologies Pvt Ltd to create an innovative machine — BoreCharger, which increases the quantum of rainwater entering the groundwater aquifers

“I remember toiling in the fields barefoot, using my hands to spread the insecticides and pesticides. I could never dream of affording any technology. But those days are gone."

Through its innovative technology, Pune-based DSM Engineering Materials recycles 2,000 tonnes of abandoned fishing nets every year, and turns them into world-class surfboards

Here's the incredible story of Sangita Pingle, a farmer from Nashik, who rebuilt herself after losing her husband and child by taking up farming, despite doubts that it was not a woman's profession