Apart from being India’s first woman master Scuba Diver Trainer in India, an accomplished skydiver, and a mountaineering instructor, Archana Sardana is also India’s first BASE Jumper. BASE Jumping is an adventurous sport where jumpers leap off from a fixed object such as a cliff, for instance, with parachutes designed specifically for quick deployment. She…
Tushar Rishi began his inspirational journey when he decided to overcome his cancer by channelling his experiences through a creative outlet into his book, The Patient Patient. During his chemotherapy sessions, he would return home from the hospital and write about everything he felt and saw on that day. Seven or eight months into his…
Not everyone can turn their hobby into a profession, however for Chelston Pinto; nothing seemed to beat the thrill of sports. Rapid Sport Fitness, created purely to encourage, teach and promote sports or fitness as a lifestyle, is an initiative to help individuals gain confidence alongside enriching their fitness experience. Overcoming Hurdles During the early…
A freak bomb blast in 2002 left the then 13-year-old Malvika Iyer an amputee. Preventing the ability to control her limbs, it was as though the teenager’s future had been blown to bits. However, young Malvika did not live in misery and play the victim. She rose to the challenge, overcame obstacles and is a…
Several years ago, Virali Modi was clinging on for her life in a ventilator following an accident. Lying helplessly in a coma, the odds were against her at that point but, sure enough, that she regained consciousness and had got her life back. However, she wasn’t mentally prepared for the fact that she wouldn’t be…
Shayna Leigh is a singer/songwriter who was trying to make it in New York City. Being signed to a ‘Universal Music Group’ affiliated record label ‘S-Curve Records’ changed the course of the musician’s life drastically. She released her first debut album, ‘Drive’, subsequently, under the label on July 28, 2015. Shayna says that she’s really…
A graduate in Biotechnology from IIT Madras, Partha Sarathi was interested in acquiring a PhD. Therefore, most of his internships were research based. Inspired by his father, he also wanted to build a career in the medical profession, which is also the reason for him to take up biochemistry. It was only after his internship…
As a self-taught musician, it is more that incredible what Esther Eden has achieved by herself. Apart from performing in major concerts with the likes of Adam Lambert, Sean Paul, Fifth Harmony, amongst many others, Esther has won multiple awards as well. She is the Ambassador for Sennheiser, was nominated for ‘Young Achiever, 2016, at…
Apart from being an alumna of IIM B, Gauri Jayaram also has over 20 years of experience in the travel industry. Having grown businesses of several travel companies, she decided to start one of her own. The Active Holiday Company is the first Indian company to focus exclusively on International Adventure Travel. Her company is…
Avanie Joshi is one of the upcoming talents in the music industry. Starting off with just a YouTube channel, she has now stepped into the arena of Bollywood. A singer and songwriter by profession, she was involved in her art even during her school. She says that building these skills are easy once you understand…
After being involved with startup journalism, Abhilasha Dafria was introduced to the start-up ecosystem in India. What she realized was that many entrepreneurs had grand ideas, but had a hard time executing it due to the lack of a relevant network. To bridge this gap, Abhilasha founded Venturator. Combining the words ‘venture’ and ‘accelerator’, the…
Graduating from Purdue University, USA to be a computer engineer, Varun Gupta later went on to do his MBA from Columbia University, New York. However, he has been involved in his family business, a water purifying business, for the last 10 years. In 2015, he branched out of his family business to start Clicktable; a…
A graduate from IIT Kanpur, Manish Kumar has over a decade of experience in the banking and financial industry. Subsequent to which, he founded ‘KredX’; India’s first invoice discounting marketplace that connects businesses looking to raise fast working capital, with investors. To understand his business model simply, he says, “We enable the growth of small businesses…
In 2011, Arunima Sinha was thrown off a train by some robbers resulting in an amputated leg. Many tried to pass this incident off as a suicide but eventually she managed to prove it to be an accident. She says, “I was lying on the tracks bleeding; one leg had to be amputated, while I…