Yushika Jolly’s semi-permanent hair colour brand Paradyes is a first of its kind in India, and receives hundreds of orders from across India every month. She is all set to appear on an upcoming episode of Shark Tank to pitch her business.
When a simple classroom lesson left her unsettled, Dr Kanika Sharma began questioning how children are taught safety. That question led to Hapchi — a structured programme now helping thousands of Indian children learn boundaries, emotions, and self-protection.
From Emergent Labs to Anthropic, IIT BHU Varanasi alumni are contributing to global AI, cybersecurity and digital policy in ways that are shaping how these systems evolve.
Entrepreneur Arati Hiremath has worked to keep the Kasuti form of embroidery alive for the last 30-odd years, and her venture Artikrafts sells this ancient embroidery across the world, seeing turnovers with lakhs every year.
It was a chance internship at Auroville, Pondicherry, which transformed Soumya’s ideas on sustainable fashion as a student, eventually leading to her launching an eco-friendly fashion brand Hibiscus Heroes, in 2020.
From Kochi’s Umesh Damodaran, who lets you rent mango trees, to Kolkata-based Navkaran Singh Bagga’s water-from-air systems, and innovations from IIT Madras and NIT Rourkela — these stories sound like April Fool’s jokes, but are solving real problems across India.
With Chappers, Pune entrepreneur Harshvardhan Patwardhan is giving new and customisable spins to traditional Kolhapuri chappals, selling across US, UK and more, and earning crores.
Mohammad Thaha Paloli, Jethin Krishna and Fazil started organising trips during their engineering days for their batchmates in Kannur. Today, Tentgram is a go-to experiential travel brand for many.
Shrey Arora and Urvashi Srivastava share how they created a healthy snacks business with their grandmother’s recipes with Trick or Treat, and what it takes to run a successful venture.
