Sowmya Mani

Gyan and his mother Shobha Shetty from Mangaluru have a lush green terrace garden and own a nursery and an Instagram store called 'Namma Garden'.

Sangeeth and Kavya, childhood sweethearts, took off on an all India overlanding trip 15 days after their wedding. Over the past 2 years, they've travelled across the remotest parts of the country, in a sustainable and cost-effective manner. They don’t eat out and cook their own food daily!

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

Dr Sumitra Meena, a paediatrician who grew up in a Rajasthan village has built Babynama, a digital paediatric care platform that provides 24/7 support for parents through calls and WhatsApp.

Food technologists Snehal Ambekar and Sayak Gupta designed an automated cultivator for growing microgreens through their venture SS AgriQulture Innovations.

Nikhil Taneja, founder of Yuvaa, a youth media company, went through a period of great anxiety when he was doing well in his career.

Nayana Mehta, a talented home cook, fulfilled her dream of starting a business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, at the young age of 66!

Srinivasan N, Sriram Visvanathan and Srinivas Padmanabharao formed the Tranquil Charitable Foundation (TCF) and adopted the Gubbalala Higher Primary School in Bengaluru.

Vituscare Medlife Pvt Ltd, started by Prabhat Shrivastava, Dr Saurabh Pokhariyal and Pankaj Tandon aims to increase the number of dialysis centres in Tier 2 and 3 towns to make quality renal care accessible to all Indians.

Yash Pakka Ltd, started by KK Jhunjhunwala in Ayodhya in 1981, has transformed into a compostable packaging business, with a yearly production capacity of 50,000 tons. Their factory is powered by rice husk where they recover 95 percent of chemicals used!