Kamal Kumbhar

Kamal Kumbhar was born in Osmanabad, Maharashtra to a daily-wage labourer.

Kumbhar joined women's self-help groups and started a small business selling bangles from an investment of 500 INR.

She started Kamal Poultry and Ekta Producer Company in 1998 with no knowledge of business or marketing, with an investment of Rs 2,000.

She has mentored more than 5,000 women from her state to set up similar enterprises and become self-sufficient.

She owns six business ventures earning the moniker “serial entrepreneur”.