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P M Murugesan, a school drop out from a village in Tamil Nadu, uses his ingenious to develop a machine which makes ropes out of banana fibre. The ropes are then used to make eco-friendly bags, baskets and more.

Started by Nina Lekhi, Baggit is a homegrown brand that went from an investment of Rs 7000 to making Rs 111 crores in 35 years.

"We waited for a whole day for the customers to come back and claim the money. How can they forget such a huge sum?”

The contents of the bag included over Rs 80,000 in cash (fees collected from students), her credit and debit cards, Aadhaar, driving licence, PAN card, car registration documents, two cellphones, house keys and even her locker keys.