Startup

Antibiotic resistance may cause over 39 million deaths by 2050. Indian startup Bugworks is developing new antibiotics to combat superbugs, aiming to save lives from drug-resistant infections.

Sandeep Pandey’s dreams of opening a restaurant were shattered by the 2013 Uttarakhand floods. Later, with his childhood friends Sourabh Pant and Yogendra Singh, he founded HimFla.

Kirti Goel established P-TAL, a startup in Amritsar that sells handcrafted brass, copper, and bronze kitchenware. Her aim is to revive the dying ‘Thathera’ craft.

Milind Shah from Kolkata founded ‘Gauraa’ to address the problem of massive wastage in the FMCG sector by selling dented, near-expiry and slightly damaged products at discounted prices.

Radhesh Agrahari runs Golden Feathers, a startup which converts chicken butchery waste including feathers into a ‘wool-like’ fibre and handmade paper.

Margaret Pak and Vinod Kalathil started ‘Thattu’ restaurant in Chicago, which has now become the Keralan comfort food destination for the city's people.

Inspired by his first bite of pizza, Sandeep Jangra opened the first Pizza Galleria outlet in Gohana, Haryana. Today, his vegetarian pizza chain has 72 outlets across India.

Jaipur-based Manish Prahlad runs Verdant Impact — a startup offering telemedicine, animal ICU, and other veterinary services to farmers to improve livestock healthcare in India.

When the pandemic left their family in a financial crunch, siblings Debjyoti and Jyotirmoyee Saha started ‘Phuchkawala’ in Kolkata to serve over 25 varieties of stuffed phuchkas.

Dattatreya Vyas founded Swadeshi Blessings in Rajasthan to revive clay utensils and support Indian craftsmen by bypassing middlemen. The family-run business collaborates with around 120 artisans.