Month: October 2025

Former strategy consultant Aastha Bajaj left the boardroom to build what most agritech startups only pitch: actual supply chains that work. By Punita Maheshwari Aastha Lalit Bajaj’s career started like many MBA graduates, working at big-name companies. First Hindustan Unilever, then strategy consulting firm The Parthenon Group. But a few years in, she decided corporate […]

A Kolkata-based agritech startup is proving that sustainability isn’t just good ethics, it’s good business. And India’s farmers are reaping the rewards. In the paddy fields of West Bengal, a quiet disruption is underway. Farmers are swapping decades-old chemical regimens for smartphone alerts and bio-based solutions. The result? Yields up 30%, costs down 20%, and […]

One in seven Indians, roughly 197 million people, suffer from some form of mental disorder. Yet between 70% and 92% of them receive no formal treatment.  India has only 0.75 psychiatrists per 100,000 people, when the WHO recommends at least 3. The treatment gap for common mental disorders stands at over 85%. And about 40% of […]

A farmer needs a loan to buy seeds for the upcoming season. Simple enough!! But here’s what actually happens, multiple trips to the bank branch, stacks of paperwork, weeks of waiting, and costs that eat up 5-10% of the loan amount itself.   Let’s remember, for a farmer the cost is only one expense. A day […]