Gujarat

Vadodara-resident Shashank Chaubey quit his comfortable job to grow vegetables using aquaponics farming. Having started with zero farming experience, today he grows 2,500 varieties of plants on a 2,000 sq ft commercial terrace farm and helps other people do the same.

Mansukhbhai Prajapati from Gujarat is the owner of Mitticool, a company that produces more than 250 varieties of clay products including refrigerators, filters and pressure cookers.

Aaliya Sultana Babi from Gujarat's Raiyoli village fought hard to preserve dinosaur fossils that are now showcased at the Balasinor Fossil Park.

For the past three decades, the Jhariya family from Bhalchhel village in Gir, Gujarat, have been sourcing mangoes across India to create a unique mango orchard

Gujarat-based Pravin Patel launched Brio Hydroponics, a venture that has helped thousands of farmers in Gujarat pursue farming through hydroponics, thereby increasing their income and yield

After being unable to find a good job in engineering, Ganesh Dudhnale from Maharashtra started Chai Makers, a venture that sells a variety of tea flavours in premixes, earning lakhs per month

Rogan art is a centuries-old intricate form of cloth painting that originated in Persia and is currently being practised by the Khatris in the Nirona village of Kutch in Gujarat.

Jigna and Rahul Shah, a doctor couple based in Surat, grow many varieties of vegetables, fruits, ornamental plants while breeding fish on their home terrace despite their busy schedules.

Gujarat-based couple Himanshu and Tanvi Patel run Svadya, which sells organic and raw honey, for which they practice beekeeping. This also serves as an alternative to the use of chemicals on their farm.

Gujarat-based farmer Veljibhai Bhudia grows a variety of organic fruits including Kesar mango, kiwi, coconut, pineapple, dates, lemon, etc