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A bag and woollens brand from Gurgaon spent May proving it could sell direct to consumers. By the end of June, it was proving something harder: that retailers and marketplaces would carry it too. The Nomination Nishant Pande, founder of Kule Kule Dressing and Decor Pvt Ltd, has filed two rounds of material with Unhu's nominations process this year, in May and again in June. The brand makes handmade cotton jacquard travel bags and pure wool products from rabbit, merino, and ya

Most growth claims get more modest after a strong quarter. Nandini Kakkar's nomination form for Midziyo Interior Design Studio sets the next target higher than the one she just hit. The Nomination Kakkar, founder of the Dehradun-based interiors firm Midziyo Interior Design Studio, submitted her case to Unhu's nominations process on 26 June. The studio works across residential makeovers and commercial transformations, and writes that its goal is to design spaces around "comfor

Most jewellery brands buy their way into a strong quarter. Amita Roy's nomination form for INHANSS argues the opposite: that Q2 2026 grew faster than Q1 while paid advertising stayed flat. The Nomination Roy, founder of the Noida-based jewellery and fashion brand INHANSS, has submitted three rounds of material to Unhu's nominations process this year, most recently on 25 June. INHANSS already appears on Unhu's own nominations sheet under the "Market Capture" category, a list t

A Personality Transformation and Communication Institute in Dehradun closed out the quarter with a state-level education award already in hand, then filed paperwork for a second, separate kind of recognition: a peer nomination inside the Unhu founder community. The two don't usually arrive together, and that's what makes this submission worth reading. Shanu Agarwal's Unhu Nomination Shanu Agarwal, founder of Edge Education Genesis, submitted her entry through Unhu's Q1 2026 N

Garima Sethi spent nearly two decades in finance, including, she says, a stint as the first woman stockbroker in Uttarakhand. These days, she measures a work trip by how many days she can stay in one market, trying to tell genuine handwork from a convincing fake. Twenty years in finance, then a turn Sethi holds an MBA in finance and worked in the financial sector for almost 20 years, she says. Handicrafts were always a private passion running alongside that career: she bought

A nomination form asks what actually happened this quarter. For one Dehradun home kitchen, the answer included a newspaper calling her food the best in its category. Mona's Kitchen's case for recognition Monika Sharma, founder of the Dehradun-based home-catering brand Mona's Kitchen, writes that her biggest achievement this quarter was being recognized by the Times of India, Uttarakhand edition, as Best Home Chef. She describes it as a milestone tied to the passion and care t

A nomination form just asks you to write down what actually happened this quarter. For one Noida menswear label, that meant a sold-out collection and a fashion-show win already on the record. UNHYNGED's case for recognition Kunal Sood, founder of the Noida-based menswear brand UNHYNGED, writes that the brand's Summer '26 Collection sold out in Q2 2026. The drop, premium embroidered Cuban collar shirts and co-ords with natural detailing, was the brand's first collection to pos

Hitesh Sharma at the Unhu Founders Meet. The problem hiding in plain sight Bloating after lunch. Acidity by evening. The heavy, sluggish feeling that trails an irregular eating day. For many urban Indians, this is simply the texture of modern life: managed quietly, rarely fixed. Most people already know the word that is meant to help. Probiotics. The trouble is what comes next. The options on the shelf tend to be expensive supplements, capsules, or foreign drinks like kombuch