Agra

Meet Ritik Gupta, a resident of Agra who chose not to pursue an MBA degree to launch Trocals, a travel startup that helps tourists explore the city’s lesser-known wonders.

Chandra Shekhar Sharma’s Agra home is a thriving ecosystem of 400 plant varieties. As a result, the temperature inside his home remains 4 to 5 degrees cooler.

When we talk about Agra, the Taj Mahal is the first thing that pops up in our mind. But the city is also a hub of many small and unexplored monuments with rich and intriguing histories.

Meet Ritik Gupta, a resident of Agra who chose not to purse an MBA degree to launch Trocals, a travel startup that helps tourists explore the city’s lesser-known wonders, from the food to the history and heritage.

Agra-based founder of Tiggle, Anuva Kakkar shares her journey of building her startup around premium hot chocolate powder. The brand empowers cocoa farmers from Tamil Nadu and employs those who lost their job during the lockdown.

Meenakshi Kishore, left her corporate job of 15 years to start regenerative farming at her ancestral farm in Agra.

“I am the first entrepreneur in the family, and it’s only natural that people were unsure about me taking up this work. But what is life without a bit of risk? So instead, I convinced my father and got started.” #WomanEntrepreneur

Additionally, because of the salinity and hardness of the water, annual expenditure on cooking fuel had increased to Rs 4,000, which is now being saved.

In fact, out of the top 20 fastest growing cities in the world between 2019 and 2035, 17 are going to be from India according to the report. Find out more!

It has certainly been a busy year for social media users. There have been several reasons for the virtual world to come together and help each other. Whether it was the Kerala floods or the #MeToo movement – social media platforms have been abuzz with activity.