Sisters Anuja and Pratanksha Gupta founded Chowkhat in 2020 with just Rs 1 lakh, focusing on chikankari fashion. Despite pandemic challenges, they turned it into a successful fashion brand with a current turnover of Rs 5 crore, says Khimi Thapa

With Rs 23,000, Ganesh Parida launched Future Vending in Bhubaneswar, focusing on coffee vending machines. Offering quality products and good service, he built a Rs 3 crore turnover company, establishing a strong presence in Odisha, says Khimi Thapa

Growing up in Una, Gujarat, Yash Dubal faced a tough childhood. Migrating to the UK in 2003, he juggled studies and odd jobs. In 2008, he started a visa service business in London, which has now grown into a Rs 40 crore turnover firm, says Shyla F

Manish Mohta founded Learning Spiral Pvt Ltd with Rs 1.85 lakh while doing his final year engineering in 2000. The ed-tech startup leverages IT and AI for exam assessments and has grown into a business with a Rs 31 crore turnover, says Khimi Thapa

B Vijayaraghavan, a diploma holder from Rajapalayam, started a knitting unit in 1995 in Tiruppur. His business, now making garments and the eco-friendly bamboo fibre innerwear brand Lavos, has achieved Rs 200 crore turnover, says Rama Devi Menon

Senthil Sankar, a young entrepreneur from a small town in Tamil Nadu, transformed his father's small business into a Rs 80 crore turnover company. He promotes sustainability and makes eco-friendly T-shirts from recycled PET bottles, says Shyla F