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Nisha Hussain learned the tricks of the trade by quitting her job and working at a tea cafe . She now operates ‘The Chailand’, selling 10 flavors of tea. Nisha Hussain,believes in a simple success formula. The 28-year-old woman from Rajkot who runs a tea business says, " You should perform the task you like with pride, not shame." Despite family objections, Nisha quit her job as a computer operator in 2017. She then sold tea from a handcart the following year. She is now known as the 'chaiwali of Rajkot,' and her booth, 'The Chailand,' offers up to ten different flavours of tea. "I tossed out most of my tea for at least 15 days straight," Nisha says. People began flocking to The Chailand as a result. It makes me very delighted when people refer to me as Rajkot's chaiwali "She continues. You can drink a cup of normal tea for Rs 10 at Nisha's kiosk. But her flavoured teas sell for Rs 30. Nisha's best-selling ...

Suraksha Mudblock was founded by two friends, Sathwik S and Pradeep Khanderi. The business promotes the building of eco- friendly mud homes. One of the disadvantages of increased urbanisation is that we frequently overlook the ancient wisdom that has moulded sustainable living in India for generations. This is seen in worrying statistics: from 57% in 1971 to 28.2% in 2011, the number of earthen buildings has quickly fallen. There is a shifting preference for cement in the construction of dwellings today. This is damaging to the environment and one of the key causes of climate change. However, two friends from Karnataka are attempting to reverse the trend and reintroduce traditional mud houses. Suraksha Mudblock was founded in 2016 by Sathwik S, a management expert, and his friend Pradeep Khanderi, an automobile engineer. The organisation builds houses with interlocking mud block bricks and supports environmentally friendly building practises. "After finishin...

Rajesh Jain is considered a pioneer of India's dotcom sector. He is now preparing his second startup Netcore Cloud Pvt. for an initial public offer. Rajesh Jain is preparing his second startup, Netcore Cloud Pvt., for an IPO within the next year, following a $100 million acquisition this month. The 54-year-old said during a Zoom call on the acquisition and the IPO, "We've had preliminary discussions with a half-dozen bankers, and the formal process will begin in the next couple of months. We plan to go public within the next nine to twelve months." Mumbai-headquartered Netcore is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup that specialises in providing businesses with client communication and engagement solutions. It acquired roughly a 90% ownership in Unbxd Inc., a San Mateo, California-based e-commerce search-personalization startup . Netcore's offers to its global customers, including Pizza Hut Inc., The Body Shop Inc., and Tommy Hilfiger Corp...

It is crucial for all kinds of businesses to hire a financial consultant if they want to operate smoothly and achieve success. A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chandraprakash Pandey, from C. P. Pandey & Associates, is one such widely known and well-established financial consultant. Mr. Chandraprakash has helped a diverse spectrum of businesses to grow and operate smoothly by providing them with expert financial guidance and consultancy services. Leading press release and public relations organization, Times Applaud, has hence acknowledged the services of Mr. Chandraprakash by bestowing the Trendsetter 2022 award to him. During an event held last month, Mr. Chandraprakash received the Times Applaud Trendsetter 2022 award from Honorable Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari for being an Iconic Industrial Financial Consultant. Times Applaud hosted the sparkling event on February 24, 2022, at Governor House Raj Bhawan in Malabar Hill, Mumbai. Financial cons...

Your character is more important than how good you look. In today's world, there's also been a tremendous change in the way we think and look at things. But, there's no denying the fact that first appearance matters when you want to make a good and lasting impression. Hence, you have to be confident about how you appear in front of the world. However, hair loss among other defects in a person's looks can devastate their image and confidence. By restoring their hair through hair transplantation, Dr. Vinod Sonawane (MD), from Bloom Hair Transplant, has been helping people who have lost self-esteem after losing their hair live a happier life and with full confidence in themselves. Dr. Vinod, who is the country’s iconic hair transplant surgeon, was recently honored by Times Applaud, a leading press release and public relations agency, for his contribution in the field of hair transplant and restoration. During a glittering event held last month, Dr. Vinod receive...

Instead of doing meaningless things during the lockdown, a couple built a four-seater kit aircraft from scratch. The family now wants to use the plane to take their children on days out 38-year-old Ashok Aliseril and his wife cannot wait to take their two daughters out in a plane that they built when others were either getting bored or watching Netflix films during the lockdown. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives on many levels, and we've spent the majority of the last two years at home baking bread or binge-watching Netflix. Some were compelled to pursue a new hobby or learn a new language. For this family, however, ambition knew no bounds as they spent their time tackling the difficult project of building a four-seater plane from the ground up. This family desired a four-seater plane, so they built one. Ashok Aliseril, his 35-year-old wife Abhilasha Dubey, 35, were determined not to be bored and instead spent their time in something more meaningfu...

In 2009, Iqbal Thangal founded Techno Cap Equipment Private Limited, a container home / office company. The business now clocks a turnover of Rs. 5 crore. Iqbal Thangal produced candles and perfumes in Class 12 and sold them to shop owners, without getting paid for them. It was a great disappointment for the adolescent, who lost all of his savings in the small business he had founded. However, but the bad experience did not put out the zeal in him, and he continued to cultivate his ambition of becoming an entrepreneur. At the age of 27, Iqbal invested Rs 3 lakh in an unusual endeavour involving the construction of living spaces, residences, offices, and even swimming pools out of repurposed freight containers, which has since developed into a Rs 5 crore turnover company, Techno Cap Equipment Private Limited, based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Iqbal, "Our customers exist in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka and they range from corporations looking to construct labour q...

International Women's Day commemorates women's socioeconomic, political, and cultural achievements. Learn about 12 Indian women who were pioneers in their fields. International Women's Day commemorates women's socioeconomic, political, and cultural achievements. The event, which is celebrated every year on March 8, honors women's accomplishments, raises awareness about gender equality, and advocates for rapid gender parity. The UN theme for 2022 is "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow," with the goal of recognising women who are working to achieve a more sustainable future. Here is a list of twelve Indian women who were pioneers in their fields and have become great role models for females of the next generation. 1. The late Lata Mangeshkar was bestowed with the highest honor in France in 2007. At the age of 80, she received France's highest civilian distinction, the Insignia of 'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur...

More and more women are being recognized and winning accolades for their relentless efforts in woman empowerment through education, training, and coaching. One such commendable person is Mrs. Tarla Lall, who has now been honored with the Women Iconza 2022 award by Times Applaud, a top press release and public relations organization. Mrs. Tarla Lall has been widely recognized as "India’s Outstanding Women Trainer," and "Guru of Confidence." She is the founder of Aasha Nu Zarnu, a leading centre of training, coaching and counselling that renders services for transformational changes in individual, professional, entrepreneur and businesses. During a sparkling event held at MG Motor India, Mumbai, on March 3, 2022, popular socialite, Hruta Jeetendra Awhad, and distinguished actress of the TV industry, Ms Pooja Gor, felicitated Mrs. Tarla Lall with the Women Iconza 2022 award for her relentless work on women’s empowerment through education. Times Applaud held ...

Leading press release and public relations organization, Times Applaud is proud to announce that it partnered with Suprayas Foundation to offer the Woman's Iconza 2022 award recently. Mrs. Summan R. Agrawal, who heads the foundation, has dedicated her life to social service. She is also very much involved in the cause of woman empowerment. Women's empowerment is critical for the health and socioeconomic development of every country. Women may attain their greatest potential when they live lives that are safe, fulfilling, and productive. They can contribute their abilities to the workforce while also raising happier and healthier families. Women's empowerment and the promotion of women's rights have developed as part of a major global movement that has been breaking new ground in the last few years. Days like International Women’s Empowerment Day, which is celebrated on March 8 every year, are also gaining momentum. Nonetheless, despite significant progress, w...

Krishnan Subramanian and Gowri Gopinath quit their jobs to return to Madurai and start an eco-friendly venture. YellowBag clocked a turn over of Rs. 3 crore before the pandemic. Gowri Gopinath and Krishnan Subramanian had always wished to return to their homeland of Madurai and live a modest lifestyle while working in corporate professions in Bengaluru and Chennai. With their drive to promote eco-friendly cloth bags as an alternative to single-use plastics in 2014, their ambition of returning to their roots began to take shape. We thought about it and realised that we needed to move away from plastics and toward something more environmentally friendly and long-lasting "Krishnan remarked. The pair began by raising awareness among their friends and family about the importance of switching to cloth bags. YellowBag was founded in 2014 due to the needed of boosting production, after the couple started receiving more order requests. After eight years, the proj...

There are times when we soak ourselves into negativity as things are not going good on personal or professional fronts and we are also not able to understand what should be our next step in order to achieve success, happiness and satisfaction in our life. This is the time when we need a guide or mentor who can make us realize our true potential and show us the path on which we should walk so that we can experience the joy of living and have a great life. Rashi Roop Laxami is one of the most famous manifestation and power-performance coaches and she has changed the lives of more than 10K people in the last 15 years. Rashi has been an intuitive person from the very beginning and at the age of 12 when kids used to play ludo, cricket, snakes & ladders, etc., she became an expert in tarot card reading. The beautiful astrologer and life coach is also a highly sought-after speaker at TEDx conference and lives of many people have changed for better after reading the book, “Manifest ...

Open finance startup Upswing has secured $4 million in a new funding round. The company will use the money to develop plug-and-play platforms for open finance. Upswing Financial Technologies, a Mumbai-based open finance B2B ecosystem enabler, has received $4 million from QED Investors and a group of other fintech pioneers. The investment will also be utilised to assist fintechs and consumer tech firms in providing seamless financial services. QED, a fintech-focused fund, based in  Alexandria, has supported 25 startups worldwide, including Nubank, Credit Karma, and SoFi. Its investors are looking for revolutionary financial services startups in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe, as well as Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Upswing was created in 2021 by ex-bankers Anupam Bagchi and Nihar Gupta.  Prior to joining Upswing, both were senior career bankers with companies such as Kotak, Axis, Standard Chartered, and NPCI. In their leadership c...

Induben, from Gujarat, owns and operates Chilli and Cheese, a home-cooked food business that serves delectable vada pav. The adventure began when she was involved in a catastrophic accident that profoundly altered her life. Induben Rajput of Mehsana, Gujarat, was involved in a bike accident in 2017 that left her spine gravely wounded, with many cracks and compressed nerves. She was recommended to spend the entire day in bed in order to avoid a permanent back problem. This put the mother of three in a difficult situation. Her stitching business was just getting started, and her hard-earned money was going towards her pricey medical treatment. Her husband, a government clerk at the time, took out many loans to pay for her post-surgery treatment and their children's education. Induben, 44, said, "Our lives were devastated after that occurrence. I felt helpless because I had lost my money. My husband worked longer hours since I stayed in bed all day. I'd nee...

Meet Sheetal Shaparia, The Astrologer Guiding People To Achieve Success Using various methods. She is an intuitive person who is an expert in various modalities such as I-Ching, Runes, Coffee Cup Reading, Tea Cup Reading, Wine/Beer Glass Reading, Numerology, Dream Interpretation, Tarot Card Reading, Crystal Reading, Vastu Shastra, Tarot card reader, Color Reading & Therapy, Candle Therapy, Drawing Analysis and Feng Shui. Sheetal Shaparia Is Changing Lives & Healing People making lives better for them as she is also an inner wellness counselor. Every person in this world is unique and possesses some kind of qualities, for example few are good in technology skills, some have a photographic memory, several others are pretty good singers even without proper training and so on but there are very few who are blessed with divine powers which they use for the welfare of others. Sheetal Shaparia, the Mumbai-based emotional wellness coach and astrologer, is one such person...

Meet Sheetal Shaparia, The Astrologer Guiding People To Achieve Success Using various methods. She is an intuitive person who is an expert in various modalities such as I-Ching, Runes, Coffee Cup Reading, Tea Cup Reading, Wine/Beer Glass Reading, Numerology, Dream Interpretation, Tarot Card Reading, Crystal Reading, Vastu Shastra, Tarot card reader, Color Reading & Therapy, Candle Therapy, Drawing Analysis and Feng Shui. Sheetal Shaparia Is Changing Lives & Healing People making lives better for them as she is also an inner wellness counselor. Every person in this world is unique and possesses some kind of qualities, for example few are good in technology skills, some have a photographic memory, several others are pretty good singers even without proper training and so on but there are very few who are blessed with divine powers which they use for the welfare of others. Sheetal Shaparia, the Mumbai-based emotional wellness coach and astrologer, is one such person...

Scaler has bought AppliedRoots, an online learning platform. The deal is aimed at bolstering Scaler’s data science, and other offerings. Scaler, an India-based edtech business, has paid US$50 million for online learning platform AppliedRoots in order to expand the former's data science, Artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning offerings. Scaler, which is backed by Sequoia Capital India and Tiger Global, focuses on reskilling college students and tech professionals. Over 1,000 tech leaders and subject matter experts from companies like Google, Facebook, Intuit, Microsoft, and Amazon teach users on the platform. AppliedRoots, founded by Srikanth Varma Chekuri, Murali Krishna Varri, Naveen Krishnakanth Bade, Brahma Reddy, Srinivas Reddy, and Satish Atcha, has serviced over 40,000 students in the last four years. It offers diploma courses in AI, machine learning, and coding. As part of the agreement, all six co-founders of AppliedRoots will join Scaler and ...

Hema’s Veg Rasoi has so far served more than 10,000 healthy meals inspired from the traditional dishes of Maharashtra. The business was founded by a Mumbai couple, Prashant and Hemangi Nakwe. Hemangi Nakwe, a 46-year-old woman from Mumbai, decided to use her cooking skills to launch Hema's Veg Rasoi on July 13, 2020, despite the current pandemic. She says it's been a rewarding experience, having served over 10,000 dinners so far. "This is the millennial generation, whose taste buds have been accustomed to pizza and burgers. With the debut of Hema's Veg Rasoi, I hope to show how delicious our traditional meals are," says Hemangi, who has brought joy to many people via her cooking. She says, "When I first arrived at my husband's house as a new bride, my mother-in-law handed over some of her mother-in-traditional law's kitchenware. The stone grinder and brass utensils were passed down to me, and they still have a special place in my ki...

A man, who was banished from Patiala, built one of the largest business empires in India. Here's the inspiring story of Gujarmal Modi started the Modi Group with a sugar mill. It was 1932, and a young man had been expelled from the state of Patiala. What was his crime? In a celebratory banquet at the Patiala Palace, he had denied a sip of alcohol. The fact that the man was a teetotaller had made no difference to the maharaja. The restriction proved beneficial, as the 30-year-old fled Patiala and built one of India's largest commercial empires. Gujarmal Modi chose Begumabad, a small village on the outskirts of Delhi, as the site for his new plant. The seeds of the Modi Group were planted here. Starting with a sugar mill, he built a conglomerate that included companies that produced tyres, textiles, copy machines, cigarettes, pharmaceuticals, oil, and steel, to name a few. The narrative of an ambitious young man who saw misfortune as an opportunity and went on ...