Of Pagir and sharing Having traversed careers and continents, childhood friends Archana Mohan and Anjana Raghavan returned to Chennai and founded Pagir in May 2024. During their stints abroad—Archana in the US and Anjana in the UK—they understood that a cohesive neighbourhood is the foundation for a healthy and compassionate society. “Pagir means to share […]
For Hari Janarthanan, the dream began as a child playing with ‘helicopter seeds’ on his family’s farm. The toy plastic planes were endless wonders to the little boy, who was determined to do something meaningful with his fascination for these ‘flying things’. And he did. Birdscale is a deep-tech start up that integrates drones, robots, […]
‘Know your food’ is the promise DailyGurus makes and keeps, day after day, pack after pack. By bringing fresh produce from farm to kitchen, this company endeavors to cut out middlemen between the farm gate and the marketplace, and empower rural women. The two founders live 9000 miles apart but work as one, in their […]
WayCool Foods’ Journey from SunnyBee to the B2B Segment It all began with long weekend drives, where Karthik Jayaraman, Sanjay Dasari, and a couple of Karthik’s co-workers from the automobile company would pick a spot like the Koyambedu market or the Parry’s Corner grain market and slowly retrace the supply chain over the months. You […]
India is the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, however, 40 percent of the produce goes to waste during transport. “The problem seemed to stem more from infrastructure rather than behaviour,” Deepak Rajmohan points out as he explains the gap driving the R&D at GreenPod Labs. Flashback to 2009, Deepak was about […]
