
Gurugram’s Sanket Saurabh’s venture generated more than Rs 5 crore in cumulative revenue within roughly 2.5 years, starting from just Rs 16 lakh in its first three months.

Balasubramaniam left Class 8 in 1970 and moved from his village in Tamil Nadu to Bengaluru. He joined the butter business run by his elder sister and brother-in-law.

Naveen Patwal and friends launched Planet Mushroom in Uttarakhand, growing diverse mushrooms including shiitake and morels to expand local markets.

"There were years of humiliation I rarely speak about. Moments that nearly broke me," Chef Vikas Khanna reflects on his culinary journey over the years.

Pranita Vaman started capsicum farming just before the Covid-19 pandemic started. Now, her business is worth Rs 4 crore.

Rajni Bector turned her passion for baking into a food business that grew from a home kitchen in Ludhiana to a listed company with a market value of more than Rs 7,400 crore.