Startup

Shriyans Bhandari and Ramesh Dhami started Green Sole in December 2013 as a way to upcycle their old shoes while also helping underprivileged kids get comfortable footwear.

An idea that started off as a ‘chai tapri’ outside a college in Shillong is a multi-crore tea business in Delhi today. Chaai Seth, a brainchild of Arpit Raj and his friends, has outlets in 27 Indian states.

Sisters Dea and Ojasvi Sharma, along with their mother Hema, started Chilzo, a Mumbai-based food brand that offers authentic sauces and condiments from Italy, Africa, Mexico, and China.

Lemnion Green Solutions, a startup inspired by duckweed's potential for wastewater treatment, facilitates the ecological rejuvenation of nullahs and rivers. It employs biological systems to treat wastewater of capacities ranging from 1 KLD [kilolitres per day] to 3,000 KLD.

Dr Ezhil Subbian, founder of Bengaluru-based startup String Bio, leverages biotechnology to solve the problem of sustainable food and animal feed production by employing methane, a greenhouse gas (GHG), as a resource.

Chennai-based Agnikul Cosmos builds low-cost rockets using 3D technology for commercial space missions. The startup makes rockets that are 6–7 times cheaper than conventionally constructed ones, and that too in much less time.

IIT Gandhinagar graduates Shashank Shekhar, Ankita Sinha and Rishabh Mathur founded MiCoB in Ahmedabad to work towards merging art, automation, and construction through 3D concrete printing technology.

Chennai-based Hari Subramaniam had to make multiple rounds to the hospital while battling cancer. His observations led him to innovate the iMS biosensor, a wireless alerting system, as part of his venture LifeSigns.

I-Venture @ISB’s Social Impact Accelerator aims to give all the support that startups in the social impact sector need. Here’s how.

Kanchan Bhadani started her entrepreneurial journey in her 60s by launching a crochet toy business called LoopHoop to pursue her passion for crocheting. Her business empowers tribal women of Jhumri Telaiya in Jharkhand.