Startup

Inspired by his first bite of pizza, Sandeep Jangra opened the first Pizza Galleria outlet in Gohana, Haryana. Today, his vegetarian pizza chain has 72 outlets across India, selling over 20,000 pizzas daily, and employing over 700 people.

After losing his buffaloes mysteriously, Jaipur-based Manish Prahlad launched Verdant Impact — a startup offering telemedicine, animal ICU, and other veterinary services to farmers to improve livestock healthcare in India.

The Indian School of Business (ISB) has launched the I-Venture Immersive (ivi) six-month programme to support aspiring entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds, including recent graduates, tech professionals, and women entrepreneurs. Applications for the founding cohort, starting in October, are now open.

Sreejith Moolayil and Puru Gupta overcame challenges to build their healthy food brand, True Elements. Despite early failures and financial struggles, their commitment to preventative healthcare and transparency led to a multi-crore business.

Chennai-based Sankari Sudhar's startup 'Overqualified Housewives' has assisted over 600 Indian women in rejoining the workforce, providing job opportunities and upskilling programs for those seeking flexibility after career breaks due to marriage, childcare, or any other reason.

Prabu Venugopal, Shashidhar, Arun Prakash, and Bhargav left their comfortable careers to introduce a healthy, vegan ice cream alternative made using millets. They founded Siri Millet Ice Creams in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, and are actively healthy eating habits through educational initiatives.

Ankush Barjata founded an online saree platform named 'Deeva' from a small Himachal village. His journey, rooted in his family's clothing legacy, was driven by a vision to provide a better life for his family.

At a time when his friends secured government jobs, Bhavesh Chaudhary had no direction in life. Today he has established a multi-crore brand called Kasutam, selling homemade A2 bilona ghee.

Prathima Viswanath started Ammamma's, a packaged food business that sells ready-to-cook chapatis, idli-dosa batter, and more. The entrepreneur wants to reduce 'kitchen time' for mothers while providing home-cooked food.

Recognising the linguistic diversity of India, with its multitude of languages and over 11 official writing systems, Satya Rajpurohit started the Indian Type Foundry (ITF) in Ahmedabad to create high-quality Indian fonts.