sustainable livelihoods

Naman and Vipul Gupta's Code Effort Private Limited is transforming cigarette butts into eco-friendly products using V bins and an innovative recycling process. Their venture is also creating sustainable livelihoods for ragpickers and artisans, empowering communities along the way.

Kolkata's Chaitali Das started her organisation, 'Rakshak Foundation', works with prison inmates to making jute products and revive the once-flourishing industry.

Satyam Bhandari, Rohit Negi, and Mohit Rana launched 'Foreka' under 'Heart in Hills', promoting fair trade, cold-pressed oils, and sustainable livelihoods for rural farmers.

Quitting a corporate career, entrepreneur Sonia Anand started Monk & Mei to transform the lives of tribes in the naxal-affected areas of Odisha. Today, the startup's revenue is in crores.

Gulmeher began operating as a social enterprise with a group of 30 women, mostly waste-pickers, mobilised from the Ghazipur slum. So far, the women have recycled 7,000 kilograms of paper and kept 15 tonnes of discarded flowers out of the landfill.

Groups of 10-15 women farmers in Ramanagara district, Karnataka, owning anywhere between 0.5-1.5 acres of land, come together to conserve and produce indigenous seeds, cultivate and process grains, and compose organic inputs.

Priyanka and Suresh Raina named the Gracia Raina Foundation, after their one-year-old daughter, to support mothers from underprivileged communities with healthcare and livelihood opportunities.