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Beating the odds, Geetha Saleesh from Kerala didn't let her disability get in the way of running her successful online business that delivers pan India.

Anandu Ajay, Mohammed Shafi and Mohammed Shanavas started the 'BTech Chai' in Kollam, Kerala. It offers over 50 flavours of tea ranging between Rs 5 to Rs 45.

Stranded in a foreign land after her father's death, Swati Arun, a 23-year-entrepreneur from Delhi, narrates the story of how she started Arun’s Bakery with her mother.

In Odisha’s Malkangiri, Sumit Samal and Priyam Bebarta set up Engineer’s Thela to serve fresh biryani every day after work. Today, they are selling up to 100 plates a day, earning up to Rs 8000 a day!

Maria Kuriakose, a resident of Thrissur, Kerala, launched Thenga, to manufacture bowls and other products from coconut shells, which were otherwise discarded as waste.

It was Drishti Brahmania's love and concern for her pet dog that led to her launching Happy Puppy Organics. This Mumbai-based handmade pet products line offers shampoos, paw balms, and massage oils that help with skin conditions in dogs.

From composting millions of tonnes of garbage to creating livelihoods for farmers via organic farming and recycling plastic waste into useful, everyday essentials, here our are remarkable businesses of this year.

From helping them set up their own business to turning them into Instagram stars, these individuals decided to lend a helping hand to their domestic help.

On the ‘Dukaan app’, store owners can add products, can accept orders, reject them, and view a weekly/monthly sales report.

“I think in this day and age, parents want to buy the trendiest toys but plastic toys do not give a sense of belongingness to the natural world. Wooden toys are safe, sustainable and can be passed across generations,"says Nisha, the co-founder.