Entrepreneurs

India’s consumer tech sector is entering an AI-driven era, where companies prioritise personalisation, data-led growth, and efficiency while maintaining trust, authenticity, and strong brand connections.

India’s education system doesn’t just need smarter tools, it needs better teachers, stronger industry alignment, and a fundamental shift from passive learning to active creation.

As distributed systems, collaborative platforms, and AI-driven environments continue to evolve, that question is likely to define the next wave of innovation.

The advice to founders was consistent and unsentimental: commit for a decade, don’t chase crowded ideas, go deep, choose co-founders carefully, and stay relentlessly customer-obsessed. 

Chari reflects on PhonePe’s 10-year journey, framing it within India’s broader digital transformation. 

Tamannaah Fine Jewellery redefines everyday luxury with versatile, modern heirlooms blending timeless design, wearability, and contemporary elegance for urban consumers.

Founded in 2019 by Vishal Gupta and Rachana Gupta, Gynoveda offers holistic, Ayurveda-based solutions for women’s health, focusing on root causes across life stages.

Aurassure delivers hyperlocal climate intelligence, empowering cities with real-time data on air, weather, heat risks.

Positioned as a limited-edition luxury streetwear brand, The Good Lord operates at the intersection of culture, design, and storytelling.

In today’s complex and fast-moving business environment, entrepreneurship is evolving.

For one project leader, a key turning point came when he moved from consulting into a new market with limited data, uncertainty, and little room for error.

Dr. Dmitry Chebanov, molecular biologist and scientific lead of Holivita — an AI-driven health intelligence platform focused on structuring personal medical data — about prevention, digital twins, and why understanding matters more than tracking.

Katsch claims the platforms can produce uranium, lithium, rare earth elements, and hydrogen while capturing ocean plastics.

Now the Co-Founder of Scimplify, Sachin represents a new generation of founders tackling industrial and deep-tech challenges with scale, discipline, and global ambition.

Jeremy Tang is globally recognized for bringing technical depth to modern marketing, building scalable systems with a founder’s instinct for speed and scale.

For Misbah Ashraf, co-founder of fintech platform Jar, becoming an entrepreneur was never about a fashionable career choice. It was a necessity born out of survival.

The scheme is aimed at accelerating long-term domestic capital for startups and solidifying the VC ecosystem 

The programme aims to help founders strengthen early-stage ideas and build viable, sustainable, and scalable ventures.

With a record push towards AI-driven skilling and the ‘Education to Employment’ framework, but no GST relief for online learning, edtech leaders call Budget 2026 a structural shift towards outcome-led growth

In an era obsessed with overnight success, Aliasgar Jasupurwala’s journey offers a different narrative.

Lab-grown diamond brands say BIS’s clarification on diamond nomenclature brings long-needed transparency, reshaping how the category approaches trust, pricing, and brand-building rather than slowing growth

With rising competition from D2C brands and shifting consumer behaviour, Duroflex is reshaping its strategy around sleep science, omnichannel expansion, and tighter category focus

When Nishkam Batta first arrived in North America from India in his early twenties, ambition came easily. Language did not.

Is the bus running late? Has it already passed the stop? Should I keep waiting, or make other arrangements? For families balancing work schedules and school routines, these questions can create daily stress.

Founded in 2023 by Gazal Kalra and Shalabh Gupta, Nuuk offers design-first home appliances including fans, vacuum cleaners, and personal hand fans.

Ananth Narayanan's three lessons: choose niche markets, think global from day one, and use technology wisely.