Maharashtra

An IT employee by profession, Pune-based Harsh Gawali is a trained rescue operator during natural disasters. He shares his rescue missions during the Maharashtra floods in 2021

Ashok Jadhav, an organic farmer from Chinchner in Maharashtra, built a ‘jugaad’ device that is now a hit among the farming community.

Pune-based Rahul Pathak launched Aquaplus Water Purifiers (Pvt) Ltd to make filters that can purify water without electricity and reach the remotest parts of the world during natural disasters to provide access to clean drinking water.

With their dining table as their laboratory, two brothers, Suresh and Prafful Sanghavi launched the iconic Nilon's, a brand that served lip-smacking pickles, and eventually sauces, masalas, pastes and more, to India as well as 30 countries abroad

Another lockdown business success tale, Delhi based Manjari Singh and her mother-in-law Hiranyamayi Shivani launched The Chhaunk. It boasts of authentic litti chokha, sattu ki kachori, sattu sharbat, tarkari and more

In 2007, Jayashree Rao from Bengaluru sold her company for Rs 25,000 to start Grampari, an NGO that has improved governance across 200 villages in Maharashtra and benefited 1.22 lakh people

Vishal Khalde from Maharashtra launched Xeon Waste Managers Pvt Ltd, a waste management startup that uses 'EnergyBins' to convert organic waste into biogas

Help Mangaltai manage a care home for orphans with HIV called Palawi in a small village near Pandharpur town, Maharashtra. Here's what you can do.

Dr Rajendra and Dr Sucheta Dhamane started Mauli Seva Pratishthan in Ahmednagar to rescue women abandoned by their families for  mental illnesses. Their centre is now a safe haven for over 300 women

Yuvraj Borse is a farmer from Maharashtra who switched to organic farming in the 90s, and has since been able to increase his income by 30%, alongside helping his village with a number of community initiatives including collective farming, water conservation, and more