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Kiru Maikkapillai founded his business, called Divine Foods, after leaving a well-payed job in the United States. He is helping farmers double their income through the business that distributes turmeric-based value-added products. Kiru Maikkapillai of Salem, Tamil Nadu, is the founder and CEO of The Divine Foods, a company that sells turmeric-based value-added goods. He also helps farmers double their income through The Divine Foods. When Kiru Maikkapillai quit a well-paying job in the United States to start a business in India, his parents expected him to stay in his field. But, much to their surprise, he ended up starting a homemade food business in Tamil Nadu. Perhaps they were taken aback since Kiru had aspired to be an entrepreneur since he was a youngster. After graduating engineering and working for a software firm for a few years, Kiru moved to the United States in 2013 to pursue his MBA at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He eventually worked for a...

Kiru Maikkapillai built The Divine Foods, after quitting his job in the US. The startup sells value-added products made from turmeric and clocks a turnover of Rs. 1 crore. Kiru Maikkapillai's parents expected him to continue working in his area when he left a well-paying position in the United States to start a business in India. However, to their amazement, he ended up launching a native food business centred in Tamil Nadu. Their surprise could be attributed to Kiru's boyhood aspiration of becoming an entrepreneur. Kiru travelled to the United States in 2013 to study his MBA at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth after finishing engineering and worked for a software company for a few years.Later, he began working for an American bank. Kiru quit his work in 2018 and moved back to his hometown of Salem He had been obsessed with the concept of founding a business centred on agricultural products since he first considered starting one. Kiru says, ...