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Authored Article featured in TOI: Empowering job seekers to become job creators

Authored Article featured in Indian Express: How my meeting with Prince Charles in Buckingham Palace inspired a grass roots programme

Authored Article featured in HT Education: Bridging the skill gap to enable resilient and scalable start-ups by young Indians

Article features in HT - Blazing a trail in gaming ecosystem

Grampreneurs are firing up the start - up stage (Manjeet Kumari & Hitender Punyane)

World MSME Day 2022: Small enterprises strong pillars of India's economy & sustainable growth

News Flash! BYST-Supported Entrepreneur from Pune Wins Global Award

Yogesh Gawande

A rural entrepreneur from nondescript Pimpalgaon village, from Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra...

Vaishali Patil

In India and the world over, life usually presents more obstacles in the path of a woman than her male counterpart trying to achieve similar objectives in life; a number of extra hurdles that she must overcome to reach the same destination. It was not different for Mrs. Vaishali Patil. Born in Dayal Nagar (Wardha, Maharashtra), to a family with limited means, Vaishali’s life was quite difficult from the word go. She had to give up on her studies as soon as she completed her secondary education because her parents would not be able to afford higher education for her. In many parts of the country, till date, marrying off a girl whose education cannot be afforded is presented as the only solution by the society. The onus of protecting her is transferred from her father to her husband. The same happened with Vaishali. However, life had different plans for her, and did she rise to the occasion!

Swapnil Kudale

Swapnil was born to a lower-middle class family, but he was born with dreams that stretched way beyond the limitations set by his socio-economic condition. Being the elder son to his parents, he observed intently as his father operated his own small business out of small piece of land that he had invested in many years ago. The amount of effort his father put in to bring home an income of INR 4.5 lakhs a year, gave him many important life lessons. The fact that his father struggled to make two ends meet, yet never compromised when it came to the education of his sons, made a huge impact on him, even as a child. As a result, he grew up to be grounded, but with his eyes set on greater achievements.