Entrepreneur

Once a school dropout, PC Musthafa went on to study engineering and complete his MBA from IIM-B. Today, he is best known as the founder of iD Fresh.

Rising from abject poverty and a staggering lack of resources, Nitin went on to start Excel Gas & Equipments, one of India's leading companies in the high purity gas industry.

Agricultural entrepreneur Yogesh Shinde is trying to reduce the use of plastic by manufacturing and promoting bamboo products through his venture Bamboo India.

Engineer and business graduate Devi Murthy identified growing difficulties faced by small-scale Indian farmers. With her farming equipment development company, Kamal Kisan, she began to customise her products to suit the needs of the small-time Indian farmer.

As India rapidly evolves into a global economic force, more and more entrepreneurs are innovating and creating unique products. Here are two such entrepreneurs who have come up with some fascinating ways to merge the best of global practices with the best of India.

Trishla Surana’s footwear brand Colour Me Mad makes customised shoes and is introducing, for the first time in India, footwear made using cork, which is helpful in improving body posture and reducing knee and ankle pain.

Maneesha runs Kayal, the only property for tourists on the island in Kakkathuruthu. The island and the property were recently featured on National Geographic.

In 2011, 23-year-old Hrishikesh Datar founded a startup, Vakilsearch, that helped the common man as well as corporate groups solve legal troubles using technology.

Poor quality of education as well as antiquated methods of teaching drove Lewitt Somarajan to bring about change in education through his venture, LIFE Labs.

Chetna Gala Sinha is the founder of Mann Deshi Bank, a rural financial institution run by women, for women. Sinha is working towards women empowerment by ensuring financial independence of rural women