National Startup Award and a deeper calling: Yosha Gupta’s MeMeraki story

by Bindu Gopal Rao | Feb 7, 2026

(February 7, 2026) This year’s National Startup Day, observed on January 16, will always be special for Yosha Gupta, the founder of MeMeraki. The date marks the moment when her venture received the National Startup Award, at a ceremony presided over by the Hon’ble...

Deepti Akki: Where fitness, enterprise and basketball leadership converge

by Vikram Sharma | Feb 6, 2026

(February 6, 2026) Deepti Akki’s journey into fitness and health was never accidental. It evolved organically from personal practice into purpose-driven work. At the core of everything she does is a simple but powerful belief that health is foundational. This...

Where forests replace balance sheets: Sunith Reddy’s Beforest story

by Bindu Gopal Rao | Feb 5, 2026

(February 5, 2026) After working with global teams and markets based in the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia, Sunith Reddy, CEO and co-founder of Beforest, is making the case for living with nature. A computer science graduate from IIT Madras, Sunith has built and...

Veerabhadran Ramanathan wins the Crafoord Prize, a Nobel-level honour, for a lifetime of work in climate science

by Amrita Priya | Feb 3, 2026

(February 3, 2026) Once a student struggling in an English-medium Indian classroom, Veerabhadran Ramanathan went on to advise Pope Francis on climate change, receive the world’s highest honours in climate science, and be celebrated through RamFest, a symposium held in...

From Bangkok to Mumbai, via Europe, the United States and Canada: The story of Ishaa, Deval and tóa 66

by Bindu Gopal Rao | Feb 1, 2026

(February 1, 2026) She grew up in Bangkok, where food was a way of life. He grew up in Mumbai, before training in hospitality in Switzerland. Their journeys took them across India, Boston, and Toronto, before bringing them back home. Along the way, they found...