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The festive season is around the corner! From Dussehra to Karwa Chauth and Diwali parties, family gatherings, and festive shopping, everyone wants healthy, hydrated, and glowing skin that looks beautiful with or without makeup. Here’s how you can prepare your skin for Diwali 2026. 1. Keep Your Morning Skincare Routine Simple Focus on three essentials: Cleanser: Choose a gentle cleanser suited to your skin type. Targeted active: Use niacinamide for excess oil, vitamin C for du

For Ginna Nagpal, the idea behind entrepreneurship began with a simple desire for something refreshing. While visiting India with her husband during the summer, she found herself craving a lemonade that tasted fresh, natural and familiar. She wanted the kind of drink that could bring back memories of the traditional nimbu drink prepared at home, but struggled to find a convenient product that offered the same feeling. That experience made her see an opportunity and eventually

Dr. Rajesh Takyar is an author, entrepreneur, and spiritual thinker from Gurugram whose journey brings together technology, business, literature, and the study of India's spiritual traditions. Born in 1955 in Jalandhar, he moved to Delhi with his parents and spent his formative years in New Delhi. While pursuing his B Com. degree at the University of Delhi, he also worked to meet his expenses. These early experiences taught him self-reliance, perseverance, discipline, and res

Sangeet Hemant Kumar, Founder and Mentor of The House of SHK, was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Mumbai, he grew up in a family where education, integrity, discipline and excellence were deeply valued. After studying at Jamnabai Narsee School and pursuing Business Management in the United States, he returned to India in the late 1980s and entered a fragmented, relationship driven real estate market. He saw an opportunity to bring greater professionalism, technology

For Dr. S. K. Rathor, entrepreneurship has always been closely connected with education and the belief that the early years of a child’s life can shape how they learn, think and understand the world. His journey began with an interest in making preschool education more engaging, experiential and child centric. Alongside his wife and Co Founder, Mrs. Kavita Rathor, he worked on a vision to create a stronger foundation for young learners, which eventually became Sanfort Group o

Radhika Agrawal and Vaishnavi Gupta did not grow up planning to become entrepreneurs. Raised in a typical middle class family in Nagpur, the sisters fondly remember asking their grandfather endless questions about business when he started a stationery shop after retirement. Life took Vaishnavi into entrepreneurship through experience and serendipity after completing her CA and securing a cushy job at one of the Big Four companies, while Radhika worked on several ventures befo

For Manish Jain, the journey into insurance began during his graduation in 2006, when he had the choice of taking Banking and Insurance or Tours and Travel as an additional subject. He chose Insurance, and soon after got an opportunity to work as an intern with an insurance company. That early experience gave him an understanding of the industry, but a personal incident in 2007 made him understand the real importance of financial protection. An accident in his family brought

For Amitabh Talreja, a career in interior design was not something that came from a carefully planned beginning. It came as a calling after doing multiple odd works and discovering a field where creativity, practicality and hands on learning could come together. Today, through HJ Talreja LLP, Amitabh has built his work around a simple belief that good design should first make sense to the people who are going to live or work in the space. His journey in design has largely bee

Sangeet Hemant Kumar’s entrepreneurial journey began in a very different business environment. Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Mumbai, he grew up in a family where education, integrity, discipline and excellence were deeply valued. After studying at Jamnabai Narsee School and pursuing Business Management in the United States, he returned to India in the late 1980s and entered a fragmented, relationship driven real estate market. He saw an opportunity to bring greater

Anjali Talreja, founder of SeenWithAnjali, has built her professional journey around a question she has carried since childhood: why do people think, feel and behave the way they do? Her interest in understanding human behaviour grew from her own experiences of isolation, bullying and difficulty finding the right guidance while growing up. Having struggled to find a therapist who could help her, she became increasingly determined to understand psychology and the importance of

Mohammed Aslam Sohail's entrepreneurial journey grew from curiosity, creativity and a desire to create something of his own. He has always believed that education should do more than prepare people for careers. For him, it should also give people the confidence to create opportunities. His interest in health, fitness and food eventually came together in the idea behind PhD Jalebi Wala, a healthy dessert business built around the belief that better food choices should not mean

The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kanpur, presents UpStart’26 – The Indian Business Model Competition, a national-level platform designed to empower aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators, and startups to showcase their ideas and transform them into impactful ventures. UpStart’26 is set to bring together aspiring entrepreneurs, industry experts, venture capitalists, and leading incubators, offering participants valuable mentorship, networking opportunities and exposure to the startu

Observing the overlooked rhythms of village agriculture early in life left an indelible mark on Suraj Kumar Das, who saw immense commercial promise where others saw mere waste. He watched small farmers discard traditional organic resources, developing an urge to build a venture rooted in rural wisdom and real ecological impact. When the pandemic hit, altering consumer attitudes toward health and chemical-free goods, Suraj spotted an obvious opening. While households were sear

Curiosity sparked early during intermediate schooling for Malladi Vishwanath Tanmai, pulling his attention toward software, machine learning, and emerging computing. Even while pursuing a Mechanical Engineering degree at VIT Vellore, he spent long nights teaching himself advanced computing concepts and experimenting with code outside standard coursework. A lingering dissatisfaction with why local tech relied so heavily on overseas models pushed him to begin constructing indig

Early childhood was marked by chronic financial constraints for Ronitsingh Raaghuvanshi, who often watched friends from business backgrounds enjoy comforts his family could not afford. After graduating with a mechanical engineering degree from Graphic Era University in Dehradun, he worked as a junior design engineer trainee developing local alternatives for imported items. The grind became intense when mandatory audit routines forced twelve-hour shifts for fifteen thousand ru

Bhavna Parsramani’s journey from corporate life to professional healing was not something she had planned. She worked as a corporate employee until 2022, while her shift toward healing had already started in 2021. She describes it as a divine calling. Initially, she had never imagined taking healing professionally, but as different experiences began unfolding, she slowly found herself moving toward a completely different career. Her angel healing messages started helping peop

For Amitabh Talreja, a career in interior design was not something that came from a carefully planned beginning. It came as a calling after doing multiple odd works and discovering a field where creativity, practicality and hands on learning could come together. Today, through HJ Talreja LLP, Amitabh has built his work around a simple belief that good design should first make sense to the people who are going to live or work in the space. His journey in design has largely bee

Building a consumer business straight out of college was the singular ambition driving Rohit Aryan when he founded White Dust Handcrafted during his final year in 2021. Armed with a BBA from BIT Mesra and HR training from IIM Kozhikode, he bypassed corporate placements in major cities to build directly inside Ranchi. Rohit wanted to create local manufacturing employment in his hometown rather than chasing careers elsewhere. With seed backing from his father, he started produc

Senior journalist and author Dr. Sakhamuru Srinivasa Prasad has brought international attention to his work on Chandrababu Naidu through his book, “CBN@361°: The Polymath,” which recently received the prestigious Presidential Polymath Award. The award was presented by Maithripala Sirisena, the seventh President of Sri Lanka, at the Global Icon Awards ceremony held at Temple Trees in Colombo, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. The occasion also brought

Sagar Mahendra Panchal had visualised entrepreneurship for himself from a young age. During college, he often imagined building and running his own business instead of following a conventional career. What attracted him was the freedom to create something of his own, solve real problems and keep learning through experience. That thinking eventually took him into e commerce, where he saw growing opportunities for businesses and individuals in India. SellerCapsule was born from