5 Entrepreneurs Who Are Working Hard To Urbanize Rural India


#4 NanoPix

Founder: Sasisekar Krish

The incorporation of image and video processing into agriculture and health care fields made life simple and easy for the villagers of North Karnataka. NanoPix manufacture products that use low cost camera and computer algorithms instead of high end cameras to sort out agricultural products according to their quality color and size.

 Blood samples can also be analyzed for Infectious diseases using this mechanism. Sasisekar Krish, who was an engineer at Wipro, started this company with its base in Karnataka’s Hubli district. The company started with an initial investment of 15 lakh and is expecting 2.2 crore revenue this year.

#3 iKure Techsoft

Founder: Sujay Santra

Sujay Santra dreamt about a network of clinics, health centers and pharmaceuticals that sold only accredited medicines in rural villages of India. This was what led him to quit the job at Oracle and establish his own venture, iKure Techsoft.

This Kolkata-based company has built a software program to keep track of doctors, attendance, treatment prescribed and pharmacy stocks. The company makes sure that the pharmacies only sell accredited medicines and that doctors are present throughout the week.