India, Sept. 13 -- puneletters@hindustantimes.com

Two tech-savvy graduates are shaking up the leather industry with their vegan startup, 'Avinya', using agricultural waste to create durable, biodegradable leather and attracting major interest before hitting the market

Two young boys, one studying to be a Civil engineer and the other a Computer engineer, are allocated a room in the dorm at Ahmedabad University. As luck would have it, both students were deeply concerned about the stubble burning and the pollution it causes in Punjab, Haryana, and UP. Their daily conversations became increasingly focused on stubble burning and the dangers of leather industry pollution. It got to a point that the two of them, Jenil Gandhi (22) and Manan Vya...