24 GOOD BUSINESSES 2012

Organic beauty

What started as a personal quest has become a one-stop shop for all-natural products 

Taneesha Kulshrestha - September 01, 2012

Where will meets skill

Empower Pragati, with governments and corporates, is training young Indians for jobs

Shabana Hussain - September 01, 2012

The transit shelter

Hyderabad-based Aarusha Homes is doing its bit to provide affordable accommodation 

Rajesh Padmashali - September 01, 2012

Let the sun shine

ONergy sells customised solar power solutions to rural homes in East India

Sudipto Dey - September 01, 2012

The force is with you

Artoo’s software solution to speed up loan disbursals is a hit. Now it’s extending its expertise to other sectors 

Rashmi K Pratap - September 01, 2012

A window to the villages

Rose Academy is bridging the digital divide by imparting computer  education to rural youth

Veena Venugopal - September 01, 2012

There she goes

Priyadarshini Taxi is of and by women, but for everybody

Ravina Kothari - September 01, 2012

Blue collar genie

Bodhicrew helps unemployed rural youth gain employment as domestic help in upmarket Delhi homes

Shabana Hussain - September 01, 2012

Energy saved is energy earned

Generating savings for clients through innovative solutions is GIBSS’ forte

Rajesh Padmashali - September 01, 2012

Income and bonus

Bhushan Agro’s unique lease-your-land concept is quietly gaining      acceptance among farmers — no mean achievement in a country where land is dearer than lives

Aditi Saxena - September 01, 2012

Sweet incensibility

The Village Store’s strategy of setting up incense making units offers hope in backward and Naxal-infected areas

Taneesha Kulshrestha - September 01, 2012

Medicine Man

Kautilya Phytoextracts is helping small farmers supplement their     income by growing medicinal plants and breeding rabbits

Shabana Hussain - September 01, 2012