At 17, Gagan Anand moved to Delhi and started working at Pizza Hut for Rs 1,500. Today, he owns Scuzo Ice-O-Magic, specialising in popsicles and gelato.
Neeman’s, an Indian footwear brand, launched by brothers Taran Chhabra and Amar Preet Singh in December 2018, creates sustainable shoes using Merino wool, recycled tyres and PET bottles.
E P Jeevan from Chennai runs Absolute Sugarcane, a venture that puts modern spins on tradition refreshers such as coconut water, sugarcane juice and ice apple drinks, earning lakhs per month as revenue.
Pushpa Patel, a resident of Gujarat, started mushroom farming with an investment of Rs 15,000. Her thriving business of mushroom khakras also helps other women earn.
PlayShifu, an Augmented Reality (AR) toymaker founded by IIT Kharagpur alumnus Vivek Goyal and Dinesh Advani, has its presence in over 35 countries and a customer base of over 7 lakh.