Punjab

Surendra Pal, an agriculturist from Punjab, started cultivating cotton in 2009. Today, along with growing his own vegetables, he makes cotton clothes, quilts and mattresses that even reach England.

Started by Harjinder Kaur in 1989, Punjab-based Randhawa Mushroom Farm cultivates 12 varieties of the fungi. Mandeep, Manjeet and Harpreet Singh now continue the thriving business.

Gurbir Singh from Amritsar, Punjab, started farming on his 2.5 acres of ancestral land. Two decades later, he grows cauliflower, cabbage, tomato and other vegetables, including hybrid chilies on 25 acres of his nursery.

The native village of Team India captain Manpreet Singh and his teammates Mandeep Singh and Varun Kumar, Punjab’s Mithapur is on cloud nine after Indian men's hockey team won a historic bronze at the Tokyo Olympics


Gobinder Singh Randhawa from Landa village, Punjab, started Big B Honey in 2003. He has also established a group of over 300 farmers, whom he has guided and helped in the beekeeping business

Indian Forest Officers Kalpana K and M Geethanjali share their experiences, challenges to save blackbucks in Punjab's Abohar, an open wildlife sanctuary.

Punjab-based AgNext Technologies, an ag-tech startup has developed an NIR-spectroscopy, AI and machine-learning enabled device to help catch milk adulteration early.

Gunbir Singh from Punjab runs Dilbir Foundation, which works with farmers across the state to promote organic cultivation

Uttar Pradesh's Shriti Pandey has constructed two COVID care centres on the outskirts of Patna and Jalandhar, Punjab using stubble. These buildings are inherently thermally insulated and trap carbon dioxide and heat.

Dr Monika Garg, a scientist at National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) in Mohali, Punjab, has developed three new varieties of wheat - black, blue, and purple - which can reduce blood sugar levels, cholesterol levels and body fat levels.