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Anu Mandal and Arup Kumar Baishya, founders of AVAEnterprise

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

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By Urvashi Dev Rawal
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Five entrepreneurs making cash from trash
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