Startup

Founder of Agapi Sikkim, Rinzing Choden Bhutia left a corporate career in Delhi to start a women-led, cruelty-free skincare brand that uses indigenous Himalayan plants as raw materials.

In 2021, three college friends Jagat Kalyan, Satyam Kumar, and Nitish Verma launched Taruwar Agro to make banana fibre folder, yoga mats, baskets, paintings, coasters, and more.

Reshma Suresh founded 'Tocco' to empower home chefs, helping them showcase their talents through homemade regional delicacies infused with nostalgia and local flavours.

Nayana Mehta, a talented home cook, fulfilled her dream of starting a business amid the COVID-19 pandemic at the age of 66! She runs Maami’s Munchies from her home, serving snacks and sweets.

Homemaker and mother Sumila Jayaraj decided to become an entrepreneur years after her marriage. Today, she runs Greenaura, selling organic coconut-based products and earning Rs 20 lakh per month.

TruthIn, an app co-founded by a doctor and two techies, simplifies food labelling by providing instant health ratings through barcodes.

College dropout Ashish Ranjan started OCB in 2017 with his friend Buddhisen. The chain of bakeries employs and empowers 50+ women farmers in Bihar.

Akanksh Tandon launched DigiQure to improve rural healthcare by offering teleconsultations at Re 1. It has served over 20,000 people in rural Madhya Pradesh.

BG Seetharaman, Vinay Kumar, & Rajeeva Deekshit have pioneered an end-to-end machine that recycles difficult-to-process paper waste.

Troubled by the ever-increasing pile of plastic waste, Nikhil Kumar started Greenevon Bio Bottles, a startup that makes 'plastic-like' bottles.