Uttar Pradesh

Mission Manjri is a citizen-led group working round the clock to combat coronavirus in rural areas of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

From 2,000 oysters, the Pathak family's Udes Pearl Farms now has over 31,000 oysters, with farms across eight districts in Uttar Pradesh.

EF Polymer is a Rajasthan-based agri-tech startup that has created the Fasal Amrit, an organic super absorbant polymer made of bio waste generated at juice shops.

Mukesh and Chandramouli Pandey from Uttar Pradesh formed the Navchetna Agro Centre Producer Company Limited to convert cattle waste across 21 villages into vermicompost, which they export to countries including Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

Sewaram, a farmer from Uttar Pradesh, started growing strawberries alongside his usual sugarcane farming by dividing his 1-acre land, and now earns upto Rs 20,000 a month

Gujiyas are typically served during Holi, but Bombay Sweets in Thanjavur sells it year-round. The eatery, established in 1949 by Guru Dayal Sharma from Mathura, sells a modified version of the snack, called chandrakala.

Prabhat Saxena from Uttar Pradesh started his NGO, Srijan Ek Soch, in 2015 to help underprivileged students seek the same quality education and holistic development that one finds in schools in urban areas

An accidental discovery of ancient artefacts in Uttar Pradesh's Sanauli village led to an excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India, and findings hint the tribe was of a warrior clan. It also spurred a 55-minute documentary titled 'Secrets of Sanauli' by Discovery Plus.

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!

Sameera Jalan, a 16-year-old from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, founded PinThread, an initiative that teaches rural women and children of domestic help how to convert waste fabric into useful items like laptop covers, pencil cases and more.