Across the nation, a new wave of visionary entrepreneurs is stepping up to address India’s most pressing challenges. Through innovative solutions, sustainable models, and ground-level impact, these founders are helping shape the future of a resilient and self-reliant India.
India’s ambition to become a developed nation by 2047 requires addressing critical challenges, including employment generation, skill development, manufacturing competitiveness, technological innovation, infrastructure development, energy security, agricultural transformation and global competitiveness.
Addressing these challenges demands stronger collaboration between businesses, policymakers, industry leaders, innovators and investors.
Integrated ecosystems for economic growth
Vijay Singh, Founder & CEO, IGEN WORLD
With this vision, IGEN WORLD has introduced Viksit Bharat World (VBW Ecosystem), an integrated mega-event initiative spanning six Indian cities, bringing together industry conferences, leadership awards and business exhibitions across 60 economic sectors.
Promoted by India Global Expo News Platform Pvt. Ltd., a Government of India DPIIT-recognised AI-powered startup, the initiative aims to create a platform where industry stakeholders can identify challenges, showcase solutions, exchange knowledge and explore opportunities for India’s economic transformation.
Founder and CEO Vijay Singh, building upon the legacy of ICE Exhibitions, envisions transforming conventional business events into outcome-oriented platforms that deliver industry recognition, policy recommendations, knowledge creation and tangible business opportunities.
The initiative aims to generate three strategic outcomes: Sector Leadership Reports, recognising companies and leaders contributing to India’s development; Sector Policy Reports, consolidating industry recommendations and strategic roadmaps; and Sector Future Business Growth Reports, identifying investments, partnerships and emerging opportunities.
Through IGEN WORLD’s AI-powered digital ecosystem, these outcomes aim to create a long-term global digital knowledge footprint connecting today’s industry capabilities with India’s aspirations for 2047.
Humanizing healthcare and patient care
In India, having a child is not just a dream of its parents. Instead, it is the hope that the whole family carries. But this hope often turns into endless pain for many couples: silent fear of society’s questions, heavy IVF costs, long queues, and endless hospital visits.
HomeIVF was born to take this pain away. Couples do not have to leave their home to receive fertility care for the majority of the processes. The pain of endless hospital visits now ends with HomeIVF. No shame, No awkward questions. Just care, privacy and hope.
Dr. Gauri Agarwal, Founder, HomeIVF
“I have seen couples cry in silence, afraid to even say the word infertility,” says Dr. Gauri Agarwal, Founder, Seeds of Innocence IVF, HomeIVF, Genestring Labs. “HomeIVF is one of the most beautiful and unique ideas I have been part of. It gives parents their dignity back and makes the hardest journey feel lighter, safer, and full of hope.”
For a family waiting for good news for so long, a father who cannot take leaves from his office, and a mother unable to handle stress of long queues at the hospitals and its child at the same time, HomeIVF by Dr. Gauri Agarwal is a big relief. Every success is not just a treatment completed. It is a lullaby finally heard in a home that waited for years.
Rethinking everyday cleaning for a changing India
As India moves forward, one challenge remains largely unchanged: the time and effort spent on everyday household chores, particularly by women. Despite advances in technology and convenience, cleaning still involves tedious routines, multiple products and considerable physical effort.
Bengaluru-based Zorbit Magically Unmess is challenging this with a simple philosophy: “Don’t Stress. Just Unmess!”
Suhasini, Founder, Zorbit Magically Unmess
Founded by Suhasini, a mother and operations professional with over two decades of experience, Zorbit is rethinking how India cleans. Its innovative, plant-based, biodegradable solutions focus on reducing effort, not just removing dirt.
Zorbit’s absorbent powder turns unpleasant spills like vomit, pet pee and sticky liquids into a 60-second cleanup instead of a 20-minute ordeal. Its kitchen degreaser can reduce a 30-minute cleaning routine to 10 minutes, while its fabric sofa cleaner offers a quick alternative to professional cleaning that can leave sofas damp for 24 to 48 hours.
Beyond convenience, Zorbit’s waterless and multipurpose approach encourages more resource-conscious cleaning.
Recognised as a Britannia Marie Gold My Startup Season 4 winner, Great Companies Women Entrepreneur 2026 winner, PC Chandra Visionaari 2026 winner, and Enable the Shakti Season 4 Top 15 finalist, Zorbit Magically Unmess represents a new generation of Indian brands solving familiar problems differently.
Because building a better Bharat also means giving people back their time.
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