Gujarat

Surat is the second cleanest city in India today and a lot of the credit goes to the revolutionary changes former Surat Municipal Commissioner SR Rao instituted during his brief tenure in the mid-1990s.

Shamshad Zakir Hussain Mulla and her husband Zakir from Gujarat, gave up traditional farming to grow organic roses. Under their brand ‘Shama Gulkand’, they make and sell gulkand, rose water, and face packs

An Ahmedabad-based architect couple, Bhadri and Snehal, who started tHE gRID Architects, has built Mitti Ke Rang, a restaurant from clay, turmeric, reclaimed jute and wood and more.

Dr. Kamla Chowdhry was IIM Ahmedabad’s first faculty member. She effectively ran the institute from its bungalow office in Shahibaug in the early years -- taking key administrative decisions, recruiting the first set of faculty and closely coordinating with the Harvard Business School and Ford Foundation.

Sardar Patel once told the farmers of Bardoli, "A peasant has no need to be afraid of anything because he is a son of the soil who has worked with hard rocks, wild animals, heavy rain, biting cold, scorching heat and against so many odds."

The Salvi family from Gujarat has also established the Patan Patola Heritage museum, where they conduct live demonstrations of the painstaking weaving process

With the support of the Women and Child Development Ministry of Gujarat and Hindustan Unilever's Lifebuoy soap, Shakti Foundation organised a handwashing campaign on October 2, 2020.

Anjana Gamit from Gujarat began oyster mushroom cultivation three years ago and her profits have increased by 40% since then

Over 2000 families across 53 villages have set up kitchen gardens with a unique sharing policy, ensuring more than 7,500 families are getting fresh, chemical-free vegetables.

Be it roshogolla or sambar, tell us about that one food origin fight you just cannot stay out of.