Small Businesses of India

Ramaa's Kitchen, started in Chennai, is a service that provides nutritious homemade meals to COVID-19 patients and also makes appalam, vadams and papads.

Lucknow-based Vidushi Vijayvergiya launched Isak Fragrances to continue her family's business of making and selling perfumes. These fragrances are artisanal and vegan, and aim to popularise the forgotten trend of Indian perfumery.

Sudheer Rajbhar from Mumbai's Dharavi slums started Chamar Studio in 2017 to empower the community and restore their livelihood after the 2015 beef ban.

Mumbai-based Rukmini Banerji started The Growing Giraffe in 2018 to make healthy, nutritious snacks for children but adults don't shy away from their cookies and health bars either.

Ruchira Sonalkar from Mumbai runs Native Tongue with her husband Rohan, wherein they sell all-natural and preservative-free jams, stone ground nut butters, savory spreads, fruit cordials and dessert sauces made from lesser-known indegenous produce, and ship them all over the country.

Sonam Surana found her late mother-in-law’s old recipe book which is now her go-to guide to their homemade food venture. Prem Eatacy in Chennai sells gongura chutney and molagapodi and clocks 2,000 orders a month.

Daammee, meaning 'awesome', sources a variety of different products from cottage industries situated in the hills of Darjeeling, Siliguri and Kalimpong and offers them to customers all over India on their online marketplace.

Famous for serving up the most-ordered dish on Uber Eats in all of Asia Pacific, Indore's Johny Hot Dog on Chhappan Dukan street was started by Vijay Singh Rathore when he was just 11.

Started by Pooja and Amit Tripathi in 2016, Gurugram startup 'Bring My Flowers' offers a weekly flower subscription that's already clocking a revenue of Rs 7 lakhs/month.

Palak Dhand from Delhi launched Snack & Co. in November 2020. The 22-year-old managed to recover her initial investment in just three days of operations and now earns Rs 80,000 in monthly revenues.