Darbhanga

Pratibha Jha, an entrepreneur from Darbhanga, turned a Rs 500 investment into a successful mushroom farming business. With a monthly turnover of Rs 2 lakh, she now trains over 10,000 farmers.

Pratibha Jha, an entrepreneur from Darbhanga, Bihar, turned a Rs 500 investment into a successful mushroom farming business. With a monthly turnover of Rs 2 lakh, she now trains over 10,000 farmers, empowering them with mushroom cultivation skills.

Mushroom farming expert Pushpa Jha from Darbhanga, Bihar invested only Rs 500 and started growing mushrooms in her own house using unique methods.

“Thirty years ago, my parents started the school with the motto 'Come to Learn. Go to Serve'. I’m optimistic that these efforts will help over a thousand children to go to serve humanity tomorrow.”

"Science cannot be taught in isolation. Science cannot be taught at school without knowing the kind of lives my students are living," says retired IIT-Kanpur Professor H C Verma.