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Nityanand Sharma’s campaign can literally be heard by everyone. In his unique campaign idea, he blows conch shells with his supporters to attract the attention of BMC officials for the reconstruction of the potholes. So far, he has managed to repair over 500 potholes in Mumbai.

Preeti Chandavasia loved making handmade wedding cards. She shared pictures of her handmade envelopes on social media and received a large number of orders. After working for two years on her business, Preeti ventured into event management, established her own event management company and named it ‘Srijan Creation.’

Overcoming all the obstacles at the beginning of his business, Dr Nitin Singh now works with over 1700 farmers. He produces various products from his beekeeping business and provides training to women and young individuals to become independent.

Chandra Mishra never liked the sight of poor people and children begging on the streets. In hopes of making their lives better, he launched a mission called ‘Beggars Corporation’. Under this, he trains poor people in groups and helps them set up their businesses. So far, he has been able to give a better life to almost 14 families.

For the last 25 years, Bhoop Singh Yadav, an SI from Uttar Pradesh, has been running awareness campaigns to inform people about the traffic rules and regulations. He has organized over 1600 camps in schools and other institutions and more than 8 lakh people have attended these sessions.

Ruma Devi had to discontinue her studies after class 8 due to extreme poverty. She continued the tradition of embroidery that she acquired from her grandmother and established her creative business. Ruma Devi has employed over 22,000 women across 75 villages. She received a special invitation from Harvard University where she engaged in discussions with around a thousand academics, students, and entrepreneurs.

Ghazal Alagh, the Co-Founder of Mamaearth, established a company with a desire to make chemical-free products available in the market. She co-founded the company with her husband in the year 2016, with an initial investment of Rs 25 lakh. The company began with just 5 products and has since expanded to over 500 products.

Mukesh Ambani is the richest person in India with his massive net worth of Rs 7,59,057 crore as of 23 October 2023. A distant relative of Mukesh Ambani, Arvind Poddar, is also counted among one of the richest businesspeople of India.

Uttar Pradesh’s Rajkumar Mishra made paddy threshing machines in efforts to make his family’s financial condition better. He was awarded with a sum of Rs 1 lakh for making these machines, by the Grass Root Startup category at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University.

The founder of Zoho Corporation, Sridhar Vembu, had humble beginnings, and yet, with sheer hardwork, he managed to establish a business empire. According to Forbes, Sridhar Vembu’s net worth is around Rs 39,000 crore.

Salvatore Aiello and Monica Powers built an AI company using ChatGPT and sold it for US $150,000 that is equivalent to Rs 1.2 crore. Despite having full-time jobs, the two worked together in their off-hours and built an AI company called ‘DimeADozen.’ This tool can be used to test new business ideas and assess the future performance.

Jayshree V Ullal is the CEO and President of Arista Networks. Her assets are more than the combined assets of CEOs like Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella. Her total net worth is Rs 28,000 crore as of 12 October 2023. Forbes included her in America’s self-made top four richest women.

Sandeep Engineer is the owner of the company Astral Pipes. He had no background in business and failed in the implementation of his first two business ideas. Today, according to Forbes, he is counted among top 100 richest people from India. His company has a value of Rs 27,893 crore.

Subhash Chandra Singh, a farmer from Fatehpur village in the Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, has achieved a remarkable feat by utilizing electricity to create bricks. He conducted his experiments at IIT and BHU to show the efficacy of his models and with the support of BHU, the patent for his innovative technology was finally granted in February 2022.

Chandresh Bayad had a difficult childhood and despite everything, he single-handedly worked towards making his life better. He received education from Cyprus and returned to India to establish his own tea business. Today, he operates 75 outlets across the country and plans to expand his business to the US, UK and Thailand.