Startup

Engineer Yash Tarwadi launched a desalination plant in Olpad, a village in Gujarat, to help the residents access clean drinking water. He explains how his project works, and what other interventions his company Solnce Technologies has led towards sustainability.

Kolkata engineer Agni Mitra’s startup Amwoodo aims to inculcate a shift from plastic to bamboo items, earning crores every year.

These five game-changing startups are leading the change in India’s shift towards renewable energy sources, leveraging technology and innovative ideas to shape the country’s green economy.

Navnoor Kaur from Ludhiana joined hands with Kaushal Singh to build ‘Jagger Cane’, a venture that aims to encourage people to replace refined sugar with healthier jaggery by highlighting its benefits, sharing recipes, increasing shelf life and more.

When Ladakh resident Thinles Singhey discovered the nutritional and medicinal benefits of the sea buckthorn berry, he started ‘Jimpo’ to make and sell products made from the ‘magical plant’.

Engineer Shailesh Modak quit his job to begin growing saffron in shipping containers using hydroponics. Watch this video to see how it earns him lakhs.

UBreathe, a Gurugram-based biotechnology startup that develops plant-based air purifiers, secured a deal of Rs 1.5 crore from Namita Thapar on the popular television show Shark Tank India.

Ardra Nair, a 29-year-old from Kerala, started Greenamor Ventures which manufactures plastic-like biopolymer using coir waste. This green packaging is biodegradable and compostable.

Ashay Bhave (24) started ‘Thaely’, an ethical shoe brand, where shoes are handmade from a leather-like fabric he developed using plastic bags, bottles and rubber.

Hoping to build an online world of “all things Darjeeling”, Prashansa Gurung gave up her career in Mumbai to launch Darjinc, an online platform that is generating employment through its many wings. She recalls her journey.