Startup

Prabu, Shashidhar, Arun, and Bhargav left their comfortable careers to introduce a healthy, vegan ice cream alternative made using millets.

Arista Vault, founded in 2018 by Atul Gupta and Purvi Roy, creates anti-theft bags, luggage, and wallets. Their best-seller is a handle-free, self-following bag for secure travel.

A college trek to the high climes of Himachal Pradesh inspired Sonal and Vaibhav to get into the plastic waste recycling business and establish their Delhi-based startup, econscious®.

IIT Kanpur alumni Pulkit Khurana and Siddharth Sikka founded Battery Smart to address the challenges of electric vehicle (EV) adoption in India, such as long charging times and high costs.

Chandrashekhar Mandal started Digital Labour Chowk to support daily wage labourers by connecting them with employers through an online platform.

Bengaluru-based startup Katidhan, founded by S R Ayan, is working towards reducing human-animal conflict. Instead of causing any harm, they use technology to keep them away from the fields.

Iris Strill and Bishwadeep Moitra founded SilaiWali, a social enterprise in India that empowers Afghan refugee women by helping them turn waste into dolls.

Starting from the roadside, Krishna Yadav established ‘Shri Krishna Pickles’, a successful enterprise with over 250 varieties of products and a five-storey factory.

Hariom Nautiyal quit his corporate career and went back to his village in Dehradun. Starting from scratch, he set up ‘Dhanya Dhenu’ to sell dairy products, pickles, candies, and ice cream.

Meet eight amazing Indians who found success, and started living their dreams after 60. From building model rockets for ISRO to winning gold medals in athletics, here are their stories.