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Foodzeee is an Instagram page run by Bengaluru-based Shivboojitha and Swarnalakshmi Srinivasan. With dishes like Thathe idli, curd rice and filter coffee, their over 7 lakh followers can't get enough.

The unique initiative, within just one year of launch, has registered more than 11,000 teachers who are helping over 15,000 students continue their education.

Yashpal Singh and Shanta Verma, residents of Haryana, are recent additions to the Instagram influencer gang. And they have their Gen Z granddaughter, Jonita, to thank for their 15,000 subscribers and brand endorsement deals.

Eeki Foods, a Kota-based startup founded by two IIT-Bombay graduates, Amit Kumar and Abhay Singh, grows high-quality, residue-free Indian staple vegetables using hydroponics.

Vineet Saraiwala, a partially visually impaired man from Jamshedpur has launched Atypical, an online job portal to help people with disabilities find jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as aid recruiters in hiring such job-seekers based on merit.

Ruchita Jagzap is an architect who shuffles between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. She is also an urban designer by profession and the mother to a 4-year-old and shares the joys of gardening during the lockdown and the experience of planting over 101 saplings in her society.

Mumbai-based Emgee Greens society claims to be garbage free for over two years. They've even recycle old cupboards and sinks into farming beds for their organic plants that supplements the residents' vegetable needs.

Troubled by the large scale unemployment during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020, Amar Prajapati a class 8 student in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, started Jeevan Prakash, an LED bulb manufacturing company.

Ramesh was afraid he may lose his job during the COVID-19 lockdown, and hence he decided to enter the organic strawberry business. Now his earnings are several lakhs!

Ayyappa Das (39) a native of Ernakulam in Kerala, started breeding guppy fish at home after he lost his carpentry job due to COVID-19. To date, he has sold over 5,000 guppies, and has over 1,500 at home, in 18 different varieties. He shares tips on how one can breed guppies at home easily.