Startup

Milind and Kirty Datar, from Maharashtra, worked in the IT sector for 13 years before taking the startup plunge. They decided to sell sugarcane juice across Pune and Mumbai

Fresh out of college, Ankur Indoria from Bengaluru started OH-Ho, a food stall that sells delectable sandwiches, but with a unique twist

Sakshi and Deepa Guha from Gurugram launched the Bengali Love Cafe to make and sell authentic and homemade bengali cuisine. They are available on Zomato, Swiggy, Magic Pin, India Mart, Bae, Fatafat, and others

Malik Aadil from Bandipora in Jammu & Kashmir quit his job in Bengaluru to launch Groxery, the Valley's first online store, which can deliver products to one's doorsteps within 70 minutes

Abhimanyu and Vardan Rathi from Surat, Gujarat, launched Sustainable Livelihood Initiative India (SLII) to sell their innovation, a water purifier made from graphene and recycled cell phone screens

After founding IPexcel, a multi-million dollar revenue generating technology and innovation consulting firm, Madhumita Agrawal cofounded an electric vehicle company, OBEN, with her husband, Dinkar.

Ankit Nagwanshi from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, quit his IT job in Mumbai to start Engineer Chaiwala in 2020

Bengaluru-based Aarti Rastogi, who suffers from 80% hearing loss, quit her job to start Artinci in 2019, which sells gluten-free, sugar-free, and keto-friendly desserts

EndureAir, an IIT-Kanpur-incubated startup, used smaller drones to fly very close to the dams that were damaged in Uttarakhand. They created very high-quality videos of the whole structure to help engineers obtain a clear perspective of the extent of the damage.

Aamir Qutub started his company Enterprise Monkey in 2014 in Australia and today he employs more than 200 people. His fascinating journey from Aligarh to Australia is filled with determination and perseverance.