Forbes India 30 Under 30 2019

Meet the young achievers who are already peak performers in their chosen fields

Feb 13, 2019, 12:33 IST7 min

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Gudgudee's co-founders Aditi Agrawal (left) and Anjali Menon design inclusive play areas for children with special needs, using materials such as bottle caps, xylophones and bells for sensory stimulation.

Ninaad Kulkarni’s 3D animated film KCLOC (an anagram of clock), has been screened at 120 film festivals around the world. He holds the invitation to showcase it at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, closest to his heart.

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Tanvi Johri’s Carmesi makes sanitary pads from bamboo fibre and corn starch. Retailing with a pack of 30, they each come with a disposal bag.

Anurag Gupta (left) and Sagar Yarnalkar, CEO COO, DailyNinja is a subscription-based milk and grocery delivery startup that taps into a city’s network of milkmen to deliver goods early morning.

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For theatre-and-movie actor Vijay Deverakonda, the blockbuster success of Arjun Reddy is a stepping stone to his future plans. His first film as a producer releases in 2019.

Then only 16 years old, Meghna Mishra made her Bollywood debut in 2016 by singing six of the eight songs in the film, Secret Superstar.

Prajakta Koli, the creator of MostlySane, a Youtube channel with 3.2 million-plus subscribers, was the only Indian among 50 digital creators worldwide to be a part of YouTube’s Creators of Change initiative.

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(L-R) Tina Sutradhar , Nikita Sutradhar Co-founders, Miuniku. Early international acclaim allowed the designer-sister duo to launch their label Miuniku in late 2014, retailing out of stores worldwide.

Kanika Goyal, Founder, Kanika Goyal Label has made it into the high-walled fashion industry without a godfather. Bollywood A-listers including Alia Bhatt have made appearances in her creations.

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Nikhil Baheti, CFO, Therapiva. A chartered accountant by profession, Nikhil Baheti has overseen three acquisitions for Therapiva in 2018, including Dr Reddy’s Laboratories’ active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing unit

Vasanth Kamath , Anugrah Shrivastava , Rohan Gupta, CEO & founders, smallcase. It is a platform that offers investors the option of creating or investing in theme-based portfolios of stocks or exchange traded funds.

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Aayush Agrawal, Managing Director, Wok Express is building a pan-India brand that bridges the gap between street food and fine-dine Chinese food

Identifying a gap for good, home-style and affordable Thai food, Karyna Bajaj, Executive Director, KA Hospitality imported Bangkok’s Nara to Mumbai. Like Nara, CinCin focuses on fun, home-style dining, with great pasta and wine at its core.

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(L-R) Nitesh Jangir, Co-founder, Coeo Labs. Coeo Labs makes healthcare services accessible and affordable. It has two devices – CPAP assists babies in breathing, and VAPCare helps prevent ventilator-related infections.

Kalyan Sivasailam’s 5C Network is a cloud-based platform that connects about 200 hospitals and diagnostic centres to 100 specialist radiologists for on-demand diagnosis of X-Ray, CT and MRI scans.

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Ankit Garg’s direct-to-customer Wakefit bridges the information gap in mattress buying, and ships the mattresses directly to customers at lower rates

Pushkar Singh, Ankit Parasher, Sudarshan Ravi, Founders, LetsTransport. The Uber of logistics connects customers with trucks through an online platform. Operating in eight cities currently, it works with more than 20,000 truckers.

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Prateek Malhotra, Ritu Malhotra, Pratik Harde, Co-founders, Eventuate Innovation. Eventuate Innovations’ EzySpit is a portable spittoon that can solidify and disinfect spit in 10 seconds. The co-founders’ aim is to arrest the menace of spitting in public.

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Sanchit Govil, Maneet Gohil, Albin Jose, Co-founders, Lal10. Lal10 aims to connect rural artisans to global retailers. Under its model, Lal10 passes on 65 percent of the margin they earn to the artisans who manufacture the products.

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