Sumalatha
Sumalatha remembers how in her small house she would do eyebrows for her customers while her bedridden husband would lie behind…
Rukmini
It was fifteen years ago that Rukmini’s husband Muniraj was diagnosed with a debilitating health condition. Unable to move around…
Mamatha
When Mamatha came to Buzz’s training, her life was limited to her house. The training triggered a strong feeling in her heart that she should…
Roshan
Roshan is a 38 year old businesswoman who stitches and sells nighties, chunaries and salwar kameez. She has been doing…
Sowbhagya
Sowbhagya, a 35-year-old housewife from Sondekoppa village, had not even thought that she could also earn money. But after attending…
Rajamma
The weight of my financial troubles was sinking me and I was clueless about how to take my life forward”, shared Rajamma…
Aruna Kumari
Aruna Kumari, who was a simple homemaker, today employs four other women. For Aruna, a homemaker, the Buzz training came as a nudge…
Husna
Husna is a 34 year old businesswoman that lives in Goripalya, Bengaluru. She used to make and sell papads before her sister introduced her to tailoring…
Naveen Kumar
T. B. Naveen Kumar is from Madaksira village in Anathapur district, Andhra Pradesh. Before his training at Head Held High, Naveen was working as…
Chandana
Chandana is from a small village called Tharabenahalli. After her schooling, there was no opportunity to study further and had to work…
Keerthi
Keerthi, an aspiring civic leader in her school and community, has built a team of 20 girls from grades 8 and 9, to work on waste and sanitation…
Mahadeva
Mahadeva‘s uncle introduced him to the art of tailoring. In time, he perfected the finer details of stitching and local embroidery…
Shriya Shankar
Shriya built a mini-biogas plant in school. She started Project Sitara, where she mobilised 15-20 volunteers to provide educational support…
Namya Sinha
Namya developed the human centered design bin, “Duftbin”, that helps the user segregate waste intuitively. This bin has been…
Dhanalakshmi
Dhanalakshmi, a 29 year old Driver & Entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu, was forced to get married early and soon found herself in an abusive marriage…
Tariq Khan
Tariq, a 26 year- old from Madhya Pradesh was forced to drop school and pushed in child labour at a roadside dhaba. Due to the lack…
Veeralakshmi
Veeralakshmi is 29 years old belonged to a BPL family. She dropped out after class 10th, and got married soon after. She always wanted to work…
Shashi
Shashi is 24 years old, and comes from a family of farmers in Bhageshpura, a small village 30 kms from Hassan. Farming wasn’t a…
Naziya
Naziya Begum is a housewife and has completed her PUC. She is now the epicenter of digital connectivity for Maladakal…
Sachin Kapile
Now, a prominent name in the field of tourism, Sai Shraddha tours, was the brainchild of Mr Sachin Kapile, a successful member of deAsra’s…
Priya Nahar
Priya is an inspiration who has many achievements to her credit. She did not let her physical challenge, polio be a hindrance in her growth…
Shubhangi More
Shubhangi More, a deAsra community entrepreneur (dePreneur), had never thought that “Lavanya Beauty Salon” would be a dream come true!
Pooja Shahi
Now, a prominent name in the field of tourism, Sai Shraddha tours, was the brainchild of Mr Sachin Kapile, a successful member of deAsra’s…
Chandra
45-year old Chandra, is the proprietor of a tailoring unit in Karur District. “I cannot afford to pay my staff their full wages; but I pay them 50% of…
Vengadesh
Vengadesh is one of the million entrepreneurs that make up India’s service sector which contributes to 30% of the country’s GDP. He…
Murugan
Murugan is in the garment business, from Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu. His business partially opened during the month of June (2020) due…