Sashi Bahuguna Raturi At the age of 52, Shashi Bahuguna Ratudi turned her long-held observation into a meaningful venture. Inspired by the women of her Himalayan community who prepared traditional flavored salt using manual stone grinders (silbatta), she set out to transform this local art into a sustainable business. During her music practice sessions, women … Read more
BharatPe success story 2025 : Ashneer Grover presenting himself as an entrepreneur in Delhi’s success journey from 2018. An average middle-class Delhiite with parents belonging to the professions of school teacher and chartered accountant, he stresses out about traditional career choices adopted in his family. Yet very early in his career, Ashish chose to chart … Read more
The story of Bihar’s Punita Kumari: Punita Kumari’s life is a remarkable example of determination. She balanced responsibilities like sending her children to school, caring for her husband and in-laws, protecting her family’s reputation, and yet, following her own dreams. Despite taunts from neighbors claiming her children lacked maternal attention because she was “too educated” … Read more
Dr. Lokendra Gaud: Dr. Lokendra Gaud recalls their formative difficulties and aspirations by stating that they “did not wish to ask money from my father for the purpose of fulfilling hobbies, and we inspired ourselves towards earning respect through our deeds.” Having been born and brought up in a small village where facilities for higher … Read more
Ashok Gupta Biography: Ashok Gupta, founder of Amritam Pharmaceuticals, has a biography full of serious hardships since childhood. His mother was paralyzed and had mental health problems, so he began working at age 12-13 in such jobs ranging from publishing to supermarket to mechanic. Yet, his heart was never in these jobs, as he wanted … Read more
Maji Khan Biography 2025: Maji khan Muthua, a graduate of NID and the founder of Manjikan Mud Art, grew up in a poverty-stricken village in Gujarat, where his father worked as a truck driver. He grew up very poor and received little formal education (completed grade 10) and worked in backbreaking jobs, such as … Read more
Vishal Mehta Biography: Vishal Mehta tells the story of the journey of how they had intimate relations with their first salary (₹3500), and dogs were their pets earlier. To this day he feels like a proud father of them. Along came his elder sister, who used to run a beauty parlor, and Dad had legal … Read more
Who is Utsav Malhotra? Utsav Malhotra shares the inspiring story of their fledgling startup, which took only four years to become one of the world’s biggest smartwatch brands. They offer some perspective on the Indian direct-to-consumer market with “only 12 of 1000 to 1200 emerging brands” reaching the 1000 crore revenue mark. Of these, only … Read more
Who is Rizwan Adatia? Rizwan Adatia describes himself as he faced challenges upon his arrival in Africa: he didn’t know the language, culture and way of working. In spite of all obstacles they had within four years opened five large shops. He remembers the scariest day of his life, Sept. 1991, something that had been … Read more
Keshav Inani Biography 2025: Keshav Inani was born in 1997 in the tiny village of Gulejag in North Karnataka, which is not only renowned for its textile business but is also an area mostly settled by the Marwari community, who are mainly into business and not into jobbing. His family were relatively well-to-do in the … Read more