Kanika Talukdar lost her husband in an accident when her daughter was just 4 months old. She learnt to make vermicompost and invested ₹500 to produce 8 quintals in 2014. Today, the rural woman entrepreneur produces 90 tonnes of vermicompost monthly, clocking ₹7 lakh turnover in Nalbari, Assam. She also trains people for free in setting up vermicompost business