ASSAGAO, May 25 -- ERWIN FONSECA

"No one is born great, but it is small people who do small things in a great way, think great, and become great. Great thoughts translated into great actions make a person great."

These are the words that 21-year-old Sagar Jankar from Torxem village in Pernem lives by. While many youths today choose the comfort of conventional jobs, Sagar has chosen a path rarely walked - that of a full-time goatherd and entrepreneur. For him, life is about thinking out of the box and creating a model others might follow.

Coming from a humble background and a village on the Goa-Maharashtra border, Sagar's journey began not with a business plan, but with a gift from his grandfather - a single goat.

"I was still in schoo...