Kerala

Kerala native, Abdul Kareem, develops a rocket stove that is also an oven and a water heater. It uses waste paper and coconut shells as fuel.

Lakshmi Raj started Easy ‘n’ Fresh in 2016, wherein she sells packaged grated coconut, coconut chutney powder, varutharacha chicken curry masala, prawns chutney powder, hot processed virgin coconut oil, frozen grated coconut and theeyal masala.

A school dropout from Thalassery in Kerala, Njattyela Sreedharan spent 25 years writing a unique dictionary with four Dravidian languages — Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu.

Sudhakara Kurup, who lost his vision at the age of 21 due to glaucoma, runs a stationery shop in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala. From opening and organising the store, to interacting with customers and keeping track of finances, the sexagenerian does everything on his own.

With a food venture named after her son, Ranitha Shabu's Gokulson Food and Processing Unit in Kochi, Kerala, prepares local favourites such as idlis, idiyappam, vattayappam, chakkayada, chakka vattayappam, kozhukatta, palappam, neyyappam and unniyappam.

Thrissur native Anciya makes 38 different types of homemade skin care products from ingredients available at her home.

Dr VS Priya, a Thrissur, Kerala, native, is currently working at Sitaram Ayurveda Hospital. She shares her journey as the first transgender doctor in Kerala.

With her eco-friendly mattresses, Lakshmi Menon aimed resolve two pressing issues – waste management and lack of bedding at many COVID centres

Arun S and his family members in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district prepare food for the elderly according to their requirements and tastes.

Walking in the footsteps of his late father, O. A. Nazar and his brother, Shamsudheen, provide 10 free meals a day to the needy from their tea stall in Kerala.