Entrepreneurship
Manipur’s Naga entrepreneur champions indigenous farming practices
From using local berries in chocolates to rewilding and revitalising tribal forests, this confectioner is championing indigenous food systems in Manipur.
From toil to triumph
Driven by the need for an increased income, this homemaker from a Jharkhand village started a bio-resource centre, fostering healthier crops and paving the way towards adopting sustainable agricultural practices.
My Jagriti Yatra: A transformative journey
Aimed at inspiring youth to become entrepreneurs, Jagriti Yatra takes them across India, empowering them and helping them imbibe insights from experts, premier institutions and each other.
Out of India into Africa – sharing youth engagement strategies
From Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh to Mombasa, TRI’s amazing youth leaders shared their best practices and success stories of building livelihood opportunities in rural India at the GOYN 2023 Global Convening in Kenya.
Kashmiri women navigate success in water chestnuts
Locally known as Singhara, water chestnuts grow naturally on the margins of Wular - one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia. From harvesting the produce to selling, it is an industry run primarily by women.
Can you identify a millet plant?
Many people choose a career in development to improve the world, but often the insights gained make it a rewarding journey of personal growth – from being able to identify unusual crops to appreciating rural life more deeply.
Kihim women lead coastal village’s economic revival
The women of Kihim toil every day to transform this quiet coastal village in Maharashtra into a tourist destination, keeping its beach economy thriving while securing a better future for their families.
Entrepreneurship: Street vendors and market theories
An everyday sight on the street shows the great Indian spirit of entrepreneurship, the ingenuity of the masses, and their instinctive understanding of complex theories of economics and markets.
Bengal farmers bear brunt of Assam poultry ban
Aftershocks of Assam’s bird flu-related ban continue to rattle the poultry industry in Bengal even after the withdrawal of curbs, resulting in severe losses for farmers.
How this young man from MP is ‘ringing’ in a new future
With the right guidance and practical training, this rural youth from Barwani, Madhya Pradesh, has transitioned from a small shop assistant to successfully launching his own mobile phone repairing business.
Business becoming the buzzword for tribal youth in Gujarat
Though tribal youngsters are increasingly looking to start their own businesses, they face several challenges along the way. Providing the right support and guidance is helping them become successful entrepreneurs in Dang, Gujarat.
Of pani puri and beauty salons: Gujarat tribals turn entrepreneurs
In an unyielding terrain where farming is unsustainable and when migrating to cities is not lucrative, promoting rural enterprises is helping tribal youth become successful micro-entrepreneurs.
Women’s Day: These rural women refuse to give up
From picking up digital know-hows to contacting agriculture and livestock experts, and even securing business capital, here are three women who have made an impact on their families and villages.
Kokum fruit juice tastes of success in Karnataka
A rural couple in Uttara Kannada of Karnataka hits the jackpot with various flavours of kokum juice, popularising a favourite household drink.
Get a taste of Meerut’s sweetest gur
A little beyond the Uttar Pradesh city of Meerut is a village called Dabathwa where you will find acres of sugarcane and many women entrepreneurs who make and sell pure ghee and gur using traditional recipes. In this video, we cover the story of one such woman entrepreneur - a feisty Jogindra Devi who single-handedly runs her deceased husband’s gur business in a patrilineal Uttar Pradesh.
Village of coat makers
With 150 tailors and hundreds of sewing machines, Kajliban in Dewas district has built up a formidable reputation for itself as the 'coat walon ka gaanv' – village of coat makers.