The Preneur

Kavyal Sedanni’s journey into the world of healing and life coaching didn’t begin with a clear plan or ambition. It started from her own struggles with self-worth, depression, and years of feeling misunderstood. As a child, she was often teased for her surname “Hathi,” which means elephant, and it left scars on her sense of self. At the same time she faced an undiagnosed condition of dyscalculia, which made her battle with numbers throughout school and college. She only discovered this...

Growing up in a large, education-driven joint family in Indore, Mansi Joshi was no stranger to ambition. Her grandmother, a mathematics teacher, held an MA in Economics and an M.Mus in Music. Her mother pursued double MAs in History and Geography. Her father, despite earning a degree in Biology, co-founded a business in copper parts alongside her grandfather. Her uncle, a BITS Pilani engineer, later joined that venture. It was a household where knowledge, stability, and the courage to carve a...

Aishwarya Sridhar’s love for nature began before she could even put it into words. Born and raised near the foothills of Matheran, a region teeming with biodiversity, her early years were shaped by dense forests, fireflies in the balcony, and stories from her grandmother. That childhood wonder evolved into a sense of responsibility as she saw those same green stretches get replaced by highways and industrial zones. At 13, she stumbled upon the documentary series Life by Sir David Attenborough...