Small Businesses of India

Sheetal Kabra started Earthy Sapo, a personal care brand that offers a range of self-care products that she says are safe and eco-friendly, tailor-made for those with sensitive skin.

Brothers-in-law Karthikeyan Palanisamy and Harish Manoj Kumar launched Soklet, an artisanal chocolate brand from their garage. Today, they export across the world from here, with a turnover worth crores.

MBA graduate Mehul Shroff turns banana stems and waste into natural fibres to make different kinds of eco-friendly handicraft, earning lakhs per month and helping several farmers save money.

Hiranyamayi Shivani and her daughter-in-law Manjari Singh from Delhi cook and sell Bihari delicacies through their cloud kitchen, The Chhaunk.

Homemaker-turned-agripreneur Jaimy Saji collects jackfruit seeds from farmers to make preservative-free health products such as instant payasam, coffee powder, and dosa mix.

Homemaker Seema Makwana from Mumbai has turned a successful entrepreneur with her home business Buns & Deluchas, which sells healthy and homemade varieties of fast food with an Indian spin, earning lakhs per month.

Electric two-wheelers are more popular than ever, especially among India’s middle class. But a few businesses in Delhi are ingeniously using them to boost their profits while curbing vehicle emissions in the Capital.

Harish Chandra, came to Auroville in 1993 and never left. Here’s how he built Natura, an organic self-care brand that focuses on natural products including soaps made of neem, coconut oil, moringa and more.

Farm Didi is a for-profit social enterprise started by Manjari Sharma in Bihar to empower rural women and provide them with financial independence.

After 23 years in the IT sector, Rajendra Prasad from Hyderabad quit his job to start a cloud kitchen for traditional Telangana and Andhra Pradesh snacks.