Punjab

Hailing from Punjab’s Nanowal village, Gurwinder Singh Sohi replaced his family’s wheat farming with floriculture. Today, he cultivates over 40 varieties of exotic flowers on a 22-acre farmland, doubling the family income.

A resident of Punjab’s Sri Muktsar Sahib, Simarjit Brar runs Fateh Electric Bikes, which converts old petrol bikes into low-cost electric bikes for farmers.

When his daughter Jasjeet was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, Punjab's Amarjit Singh Anand launched Chaanan, a loving home for disabled kids that also provides vocational training and jobs.

Watch this video to see how sarpanch Pal Singh Brar from Punjab is helping the state battle the perennial problem of farm fires with an innovative solution.

Punjab farmer Amandeep Sarao first chanced upon dragon fruit during a trip with his friends. Today, he’s growing it organically, and earning lakhs from it

Ravneet Kaur based in Ludhiana began with the assumption that she did not have a green thumb. She now grows cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, radish and more.

A mobile and ecofriendly crematorium has been designed by Punjab's Harjinder Singh Cheema with the help of IIT Ropar.

A free wheatgrass juice langar has been started by Papinder Singh in his village of Husnar in Punjab. Here is the story behind this initiative.

Pranav Malhotra, the Managing Director of Pashtush, speaks of taking the intrinsic work of weavers and artisans from the villages of Punjab, Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh to the rest of the world, and how Facebook helped him bridge this gap amid the lockdown.

Rajwinder Singh Dhaliwal quit his job as a chef and returned to Punjab to start organic farming, growing sugarcane and selling value added jaggery. Here's how he did it