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Innovation

Principles of Innovation: What India’s Top Entrepreneurs and Investors Say Truly Matters

On World Creativity & Innovation Day 2025, we explore what truly defines transformative innovation through the eyes of India's most impactful innovators.

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April 21, 2025
Photo of Anjali Bansal, Founder, Avaana Capital, part of Ecosystem Voices series by Marico Innovation Foundation.
Plastic Waste Management

What India’s Recycling Sector Really Needs: Insights from Avaana Capital’s Anjali Bansal

Recycled plastics are gaining ground in India’s industrial supply chains. Avaana Capital Founder, Anjali Bansal explains what needs to change across policy, and R&D for the industry to truly thrive.

September 10, 2025
Indian Innovation Icons

Chara Technologies: India’s Rare-Earth-Free Revolution in Electric Mobility

Chara Technologies is harnessing motor design innovation and India’s EV momentum to build scalable, sustainable solutions with global impact.

August 29, 2025
Indian Innovation Icons

Rocket Learning’s Big Bet on Small Kids

Learn how Rocket Learning is building a national movement for joyful early education, using WhatsApp, YouTube, and smart design, to reach 4 million children.

July 30, 2025
A woman farmer stands in a green net-house farm powered by Kheyti, a climate-smart farming solution in India, part of the Scale-Up program by Marico Innovation Foundation.
Scale-Up Program

Kheyti: Building the future of Climate Conscious and Smart Farming

Taking climate resilient solutions to the next level with MIF’s Scale-Up.

July 28, 2025
Photo of Alankrita Khera, Director, ACT Grants, part of Marico Innovation Foundation series on Investor Voices
Plastic Waste Management

Beyond Capital: Alankrita Khera of ACT Grants on What Plastic Waste Startups Need to Thrive

Alankrita Khera, Director at ACT Grants, unpacks the multilayered support required by startups in plastic waste management, from infrastructure and policy reform to mentorship.

July 9, 2025
Illustration depicting Praan's filterless air purifiers, part of Scale-Up program by Marico Innovation Foundation.
Clean Technology

Praan: Making Clean Air Accessible to All

How Praan, a company working on innovative clean air solutions availed greater market access.

June 30, 2025
Photo of Krunal Patel, Co-Founder and COO of Indra Water, who are leading innovation in smart wastewater recycling, as part of Scale-Up startup portfolio company at MIF.
Clean Technology

Indra Water: Leading Smart, Sustainable Wastewater Solutions

Meet the Indian startup reinventing wastewater treatment through cutting-edge electrochemical technology and climate-conscious design.

June 27, 2025
Illustration of workers sorting and processing plastic bottles on a recycling line—representing plastic waste management innovation in India, supported by Marico Innovation Foundation's Scale-Up program.
Plastic Waste Management

Recycling: The First Steps to Plastic Circularity

Practical actions for policymakers, industry, and citizens—plus the startups at Scale-Up, that are already making a mark.

June 18, 2025
Graphic showing six Indian plastic waste startups supported by Marico Innovation Foundation’s Scale-Up accelerator.
Plastic Waste Management

Turning Plastic into Possibility: Six Indian Startups Rethinking Plastic’s Future

Backed by MIF’s Scale-Up, six startups are building a smarter plastic economy—local, innovative and built to last.

June 6, 2025

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