Dropout Chaiwala
Bengaluru boy Sanjith Konda House went to Australia to do his Bachelors, washed dishes in the university canteen, worked night shifts at petrol pumps, saved money, and finally dropped out of college to start a successful chai startup, says Shyla F
The Paper Man
Sushant Gaur was a drummer during his college days, but he put his creative skills in business and disrupted the paper bag industry with his innovative marketing strategies to build a Rs 28 crore turnover packaging business, says Sofia Danish Khan
Guarding Your Portal
Karmendra Kohli started as a trainee internet and security consultant at a company in Hyderabad for a monthly salary of Rs 1,000, but went on to join with a friend to build a cyber security company, whose turnover has touched Rs 50 crore, says Shyla F
The Pickle Diary
Yachika Chopra lost her Air Hostess job during the pandemic, but soon created a pickle brand with the help of an old diary containing recipes her mom had written. Starting with Rs 20,000 she makes about Rs 1 lakh per month now, says Bilal Khan
The Poet Officer
2010 batch IPS officer Soumya Sambasivan has made a mark as a strict police officer in Himachal Pradesh. Juxtaposed to her tough cop image is a softer personality that comes out through her poems, which have been published as a book, says Shyla F
Spice of India
Chandigarh-born Amar Singh, working in a logistics company in Bonn, Germany, started Aruhma, a ready-to-cook Indian spice mix brand, during the pandemic with Rs 80,000 and has clocked revenue of Rs 55 lakh in the first year, says Somma Banerjjee
Fighting Fit
When the nation came under the pandemic induced lockdown in 2020, fitness enthusiasts Raunaq Singh and Rhea Nihal Singh Anand launched a fitness equipment business which clocked revenue of Rs 37.5 crore in just 12 months, says Sofia Danish Khan
Street Smart
The septuagenarian Jose Dominic has put on his entrepreneur shoes again. The man who built the CGH Hotel group, with current estimated turnover of Rs 200 crore, is all set to launch a new business model in Kochi’s Jew Street, says C J Punnathara
An Intimate Dream
Throughout her life, Vineeta Agrawal has fought against the odds and won every battle. Growing up in a large middle class joint family, Vineeta has launched an intimate care brand after building a Rs 5 crore turnover company, says Tamanna S Mehdi
Lending with Interest
Hailing from a village in Odisha and studying in Odia medium schools, Pravash Dash worked in the banking and finance sector for more than a decade before starting his own NBFC, which generated revenue of Rs 60 crore in the last FY, says Shyla F
One Woman Army
Starting with a small sum of Rs 25,000 and working from her bedroom with a desktop computer and a mobile phone, Shweta Jain Sanyal has built a Rs 2.5 crore turnover recruitment firm employing 11 women and 18 freelancers who all work from home
Engineering Health
Palak Midha, an engineering graduate from Jalandhar, became a certified supplement advisor and started a weight loss and health supplements brand with Rs 5 lakh, which has touched Rs 60 crore turnover in just three years, says Sofia Danish Khan
A Meteoric Rise
Starting as a marketing executive for a salary of Rs 1,200 in Trichy, Sidd Ahmed quickly climbed the career ladder and ended up founding a company in the US in 2007 whose turnover has touched $260 million (Rs 2114 crore) this year, says Shyla F
To a Tea
When Dr Rupali Ambegaonkar was forced to take a break from her medical profession to look after her sick daughter, she reinvented herself as an entrepreneur and built a tea brand whose turnover has touched Rs 11 crore, says Sofia Danish Khan
Living Debt Free
So you have some debt. It is not the end of the world, says Priyanka Mashelkar, Author, 15 Sure-Shot Ways to Hit the Jackpot, listing 7 things about the debt snowball method that will help you clear all your debts much quicker than you can imagine