Startup  

Tapsi Upadhyay is pursuing a B Tech degree in computer science from IITM Janakpuri. She is the eldest among her three siblings. In her class 12, she offered tuition classes to earn pocket money. After experiencing food poisoning a couple of times, she made the decision to open her own food stall. Today, she operates approximately 20 stalls across the country.

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.

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.

Jetaram Chaudhary grew up in a life of poverty, and despite all the challenges he faced, he established a company worth Rs 215 crore. Services like KYC, bill payments, money transfer, mini-ATM, ticket booking, e-Mitra are provided on the platform.

Rajan Singh is an IIT Kanpur alumnus, who cleared UPSC exams and worked as an IPS officer in Kerala for eight years. After a few years of service, he resigned from the post and pursued MBA. Today, he is a successful entrepreneur who runs his own e-learning platforms.

During the pandemic, Heramb Dixit lost his job as a Chartered Accountant and returned back to his village. The future seemed uncertain, so he decided to start his own business of milk production. Heramb has seven buffaloes and ten cows. He produces more than 100 litres of milk every day from his animals. Today, he makes lakhs of rupees in a month.

Simran lost her career as a model during the pandemic. She took up a job but could not earn anything. Getting inspired by other tea entrepreneurs, she launched her own startup ‘Model Chai Wali’ and today she makes up to Rs 1 lakh in a month.
 

IITians are globally recognized for their exceptional intelligence and entrepreneurial skills. Sundar Pichai, an Indian-American business executive, holds the position of CEO at both Alphabet Inc. and Google. Sachin Bansal is the founder of the e-commerce giant, Flipkart. IIT alumni have left a significant mark on the world stage with their remarkable talents and achievements.

Yash Kalraa from Rajasthan left his job to start his own business. He named his oats brand ‘GoOats’. Since the launch of the company, more than 5000 products have been sold. GoOat products are sold in 5 flavours, coffee, strawberry, mango, chocolate and blueberry. 
 

Yuvraj Pawar is a mechanical engineer. During 2020 lockdown, Yuvraj utilized his free time and started making electric vintage cars. So far, he has sold 45-50 vintage cars in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Goa, Kolkata and many other states. 
 

Ashok Khade spent his early years in poverty. His first job was as a trainee with a monthly salary of Rs 90. After a few years, he secured a permanent position as a draftsman. Ashok travelled to Germany on behalf of his company to further enhance his knowledge of advanced technology. Ashok returned to India with immense knowledge about technological advancements and established his own business along with his brother. 
 

Amit Kashyap and Mannu Sharma are friends from Haryana. They moved to Mumbai to try their luck in running their own business. Mannu came up with an unconventional idea of opening a tea stall in their Audi car. Their business idea proved to be successful, and celebrities often visit their shop regularly.

Divyanshu Shukla worked with the opening teams in Delhi and NCR malls for several years. From there, he got the idea of launching his own startup to educate the public about government policies. He is currently working with Startup UP and has helped many entrepreneurs launch their startups successfully.

Kumar Satyam launched his startup with an aim of providing better internet facilities in the rural areas. Through the use of Digigram platform, various services like e-education, e-health, e-governance, e-commerce can be accessed.

Sangeeta Pandey quit from her first job as it prevented her from taking care of her daughter. She thought of opening a business and was supported by her husband. An investment of Rs 1500 was made in the beginning and today her business has a value of Rs 3 crore.