Goa, May 18 -- VIDYA RAJA

They say necessity is the mother of all inventions.

This holds true in the case of Goa-based 'accidental entrepreneur' Bayiravi Mani Mangaonkar, who went from being an event management professional to a home-baker, and then a successful entrepreneur with the launch of Kol Kol Baby Carrier in 2014, which has an annual turnover of over a crore.

"Being a home baker was the closest I thought I would come to being my own boss. Little did I imagine that motherhood would change my life in such unexpected ways. In order to continue baking whilst looking after my 45 day old son, I stumbled upon baby wearing, and life was never the same thereafter," Bayiravi tells The Better India.

Baby wearing is the practice of carry...