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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

 
An Engineering Marvel

Indian Railways is credited for constructing the world's highest railway bridge - Chenab Bridge in Kashmir. The bridge is 359m above the river bed - 35m higher than the Eiffel Tower - and is a key link for connecting Kashmir with the rest of India

Woman of Steel

When Soma Mondal took charge as the Chairman of SAIL in 2021, she became the first woman to occupy the top position in the organisation. The organisation has grown tremendously under her leadership and achieved a turnover of Rs 1 lakh this year

The Play Boy

Siddharth Kushwah launched an online gaming business with Rs 10 lakh in 2012 to provide in-App currency for several popular international games. Today, the Indore-based company has an annual turnover of Rs 12.38 crore, says Sofia Danish Khan

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