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Posted 09-Aug-2019 Vol 10 Issue 32
Women safe
A moment of doubt over the cab driver impelled Shailja Mittal to conjure up a car hire service that safely takes even a 3-year-old to a kids’ party. Sofia Danish Khan on the women-driven cab service ‘Koala Kabs’ that made one crore last year
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Posted 02-Aug-2019 Vol 10 Issue 31
Water from air
Realising the acute need for new water sources in India, Siddharth Shah has imported Air2Water technology to manufacture Atmospheric Water Generators that could well be a godsend for people in parched places. Deven Lad checks out the details
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Posted 27-Jul-2019 Vol 10 Issue 30
Perseverance pays
With no formal training in civil engineering, 27-year-old Sharath Somanna successfully runs a Rs 20 crore turnover construction company that he started with just Rs 46,000. Usha Prasad met him at an old palatial house that he is beautifying
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Posted 24-Jul-2019 Vol 10 Issue 29
Young wonder
A national table tennis player, a PhD scholar, a cook, a computer geek, a pianist and a motivational speaker - Naina Jaiswal is all this and more at 19 years. Rama Devi Menon tells us about the child prodigy, groomed by an astute father
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Posted 26-Jun-2019 Vol 10 Issue 25
A vet’s dreams
Converging diverse interests, veterinary science, journalism and business, Dr N Elangovan has charted for himself a path that not just gives soul satisfaction but also brings in the lucre. Usha Prasad meets the man who straddles many worlds
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Posted 22-Jun-2019 Vol 10 Issue 25
Clean sweep
A Delhi dentist’s unclean spittoon spurred Amarinder Singh into doing something for the community’s health and starting his own clinic that has now grown into a Rs 140 crore turnover 321-clinic nationwide dental chain, says Sofia Danish Khan
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Posted 05-Jun-2019 Vol 10 Issue 22
Gift solution
Wedding Wishlist links soon-to-be-married couples with their friends to make gifting a meaningful exercise, helping the bride and groom set up their nest in their own style. Radhika Sudhakar meets Kanika, who brought gift registry to India
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Posted 01-Jun-2019 Vol 10 Issue 22
Growing together
After making some money by organising adventure trips, seven friends from a Delhi school embarked on their own business adventure, making 3D printers and revolutionising classroom learning in schools. Sofia Danish Khan tells us how it happened
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Posted 25-May-2019 Vol 10 Issue 21
Sweet legacy
As a descendent of Rasgulla’s founder, he rose up to fight Odhisha’s bid to take ownership of Bengal’s culinary legacy. But more than that, Dhiman Das pulled K C Das, the brand set up by his forefathers, from the red, says Gurvinder Singh
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Posted 17-May-2019 Vol 10 Issue 20
Reluctant whiz-kid
For a co-founder of a global IT company that makes Rs 700 crore a year, Milind Borate dreamt below par as a teenager, though he realised his potential in due course and set out on his own, taking risks and overcoming setbacks, says Anvi Mehta
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Posted 11-May-2019 Vol 10 Issue 19
Fitting success
Fighting her own obesity, Diksha Chhabra emerged a fitness guru by using technology, mainly social media, to the hilt and made a cool Rs 15 lakh last year, sitting at home, giving ample time for the family. Sofia Danish Khan has the story
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Posted 10-May-2019 Vol 10 Issue 19
No containing her
Rhea M Singhal was concerned that the use of aluminium and plastic in food delivery can cause more cancer in India and developed an eco-friendly alternative, an agri-based container, which is now a multi-crore business, says Sofia Danish Khan
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Posted 27-Apr-2019 Vol 10 Issue 17
Fragrant paper flowers
Bengaluru couple Harish and Rashmi have turned a simple childhood activity of making paper flowers into a Rs 64 crore turnover business. Usha Prasad traces their incredible life journey, 10 years of which were spent in Singapore and Australia
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Posted 23-Apr-2019 Vol 10 Issue 16
Steeled to Win
Gunwant Singh Mongia has a will stronger than steel that which made a tycoon, earning Rs 350 crore a year, out of a seller of iron nails. His is a steely resilience, akin to his TMT bars, that he took adversity head on, says Gurvinder Singh
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Posted 19-Apr-2019 Vol 10 Issue 16
A Great Reviver
Not only did Hemang Bhatt pull his own life out of an abyss but also a floundering juice company by turning it into a successful brand and then went to start a restaurant chain, making over Rs 20 crore a year in just nine years, says Anvi Mehta
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Posted 10-Apr-2019 Vol 10 Issue 14
It’s No Kid Stuff
A startup launched by a student from his college dorm has turned into a Rs 18 crore company in three years. Gurvinder Singh profiles the whiz kid Satanik Roy and his three elder partners in HyperXchange, the cell phone refurbishing company
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Posted 08-Apr-2019 Vol 10 Issue 14
Dosas for Delhi
After capturing Delhi’s palate with quality South Indian snacks, served at his Jantar Mantar area café, Kesavan Kutty stormed into V3S mall, today taking home an easy Rs 60,000 daily. Sofia Danish Khan met the class five dropout from Kerala
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Posted 06-Apr-2019 Vol 10 Issue 14
Birthing a Brand
When Roshan Baid created his own brand of sportswear after making products for international brands for several years, one of his clients warned him to close down his business. But Roshan chased his dream and built a Rs 46 crore turnover brand
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Posted 26-Mar-2019 Vol 10 Issue 12
Fruits of Contentment
Imbibe the forgotten values of contentment and humanism to establish peace and solidarity in the society, Justice N Santosh Hegde, former Karnataka Lokayukta, urged the youth at The Weekend Leader – VIT Person of the Year Award Function
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Posted 23-Mar-2019 Vol 10 Issue 12
Styling with Leather
With Rs 10,000, Aanchal Mittal, an alumna of NIFT, Delhi, started a leather accessories business with just one tailor in 2015. Today, she runs a profitable company with a turnover of Rs 25 lakh and employing 10 people, says Sofia Danish Khan
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Posted 07-Mar-2019 Vol 10 Issue 9
Tribal Coffee
Manoj Kumar started working in Araku valley in 2011 to check the high maternal mortality rate in the region. But the intervention led to coffee cultivation by the tribals and the birth of a world famous coffee brand. Mohammed Shafeeq has the story
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