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Anu Mandal and Arup Kumar Baishya, founders of AVA

This Assam couple quit jobs to promote forest conservation through handlooms

Set up by Anu Mandal and Arup K Baishya, AVA uses handlooms to provide livelihoods to over 400 women in the forest ranges of Assam. It promotes forest conservation by weaning them off forest resources, and is eyeing a Rs 1.2 crore turnover in FY24

By Aruna Raghuram

Sep 06, 2023 00:16 IST logo

8 Min read

Kanika Talukdar, vermicompost entrepreneur from Nalbari, Assam (Left) and work on at her unit (right). Pic: Kanika Talukdar

Farming

How this Assam woman earns Rs3.5 lakh per month through vermicompost

By Riya Singh

Aug 21, 2023 00:05 IST logo

6 Min read

People in Sarthebari village, about 80 km from Guwahati, have been practising brass and bell metalwork for several generations. Pic: Aalok Dekhane

Enterprise

This Assam entrepreneur is taking Sarthebari bell metal products to the world; giving artisans a new identity

By Urvashi Dev Rawal

Jul 31, 2023 00:03 IST logo

8 Min read

Diganta Das, food entrepreneur, Assam parotta manufacturing

Enterprise

From a daily wager to a food entrepreneur, how Assam’s Diganta Das set up a successful business

By Partho Burman

Apr 03, 2023 00:01 IST logo

6 Min read

Art & Culture

Asharikandi: Assam’s terracotta craft village

By Team 30 Stades

Apr 02, 2023 01:03 IST logo

4 Min read