Mumbai

Indumaty Barve, Usha Manerika, Jayashree Samant and Shubhada Kothawale came together in 1991 to form the Shramik Mahila Vikas Sangh to help underprivileged women and single mothers become financially independent

Dr Bharat Vatwani and his wife, Dr Smitha, run the Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation in Mumbai and Karjat, which aims to rescue and rehabilitate mentally ill patients off the roads, and reunite them with their families.

With a battery range of 110 km and a top speed of 110 kmph, the Earth Energy Evolve R offers a riding experience that is very close to its petrol engine counterparts.

Despite facing innumerable rejections from publishing houses, Mumbai-based Sundari Venkatraman has written and published 52 books.

M I Siddiqui from Muzaffarnagar, Bihar, went to Mumbai and started Cosmus, a bag manufacturing company. Today, the company sells products like duffel bags, school bags, and laptop bags that are about 30 per cent cheaper than many in the market

Mumbai's Preeti Patil narrates how she first saw potential in the rooftop of MbPT (Mumbai Port Trust) where she works. She grows 116 plants on the terrace including gooseberry, okra, tomato, broccoli, tamarind, spinach and amaranthus.

Jameel Shah, came from Bihar to Mumbai's Dharavi in the hope of meeting celebs. Today his 'Shah Shoes' makes 200 shoes per month for the likes of Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kylie Minogue, Hrithik Roshan and more.

Founded in 2019, the Path Pradarshak Foundation is a registered non-profit that has been conducting free online classes for the less privileged looking to crack competitive exams and get admission into institutions like IIT, NIT, IISc, top medical colleges and even the NDA.

A few months into the lockdown, three friends started their bicycle journey from Mumbai armed with a laptop, hotspot & one bag. They passed Pune, Satara, Kolhapur, Belgaum, Hubli, Davanagere, Bengaluru, Salem, Madhuri and Tirunelveli before stopping in Kanyakumari.

Carbon Craft Design, founded in 2019 by Mumbai-based Tejas Sidnal, is making carbon tiles from polluted air using a zero-waste process.