Dhanishta started her Instagram page in college because her friends got tired of her clicking food. Five years, one viral baba video and a 60 lakh reach later, she's one of Agra's top influencers.
Neha Sharma had TB when she started Vijanata, built her first spot welder from AliExpress parts for ₹3,000, and now runs a Delhi-based lithium battery and electric bicycle company.
Pinak co-founded Robonox straight out of NIT Srinagar to build affordable robotics for Indian industries. His weapon: the oldest Indian idea in the book.
Gareeb Panda started filming Agra's street food on a Realme 3. An internet shutdown pushed him to Instagram. Today he has 70K followers, five-million-view videos and a Facebook deal.
Priyanka Chalani and husband Rahul Israni built Expertbells to help Indian founders survive the roller coaster, with mentorship, compliance and funding all in one place.
Aamir Ajmal left banking to build Altum Staffing, a hiring firm run on one radical idea: happy employees first, happy customers second, everything else after.
Prerna quit corporate life to build Natureship foods, a sattu brand made by 80 rural women in Jharkhand, and turned a workshop manager's life around in the process.
Reetesh Gupta grew up behind a grocery counter in Tundla, went three years without a single order, and built beadsnfashion.com, India's answer to Etsy.
Kuldeep Singh built Kabadi Techno to connect India's kabadis, collectors and recyclers, and to recover the ₹8,000 crore of gold he says is dumped in landfills every year.
Anmol Mangharam's family bakery closed five days before she was born. She dropped out at 18, trained at Le Cordon Bleu and built Baked In BLR, Bangalore's 100% gluten-free bakery.
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