 This war coming out of the chimneys has always been a usual sight. Not only this but agricultural waste is also one of the big causes of pollution which is detrimental to human health. But have you ever wondered that this stubble burning that has been causing trouble to our environment can be used for better purposes? Well an innovator named Shaitanya has come up with a great idea to utilize this agricultural waste and hence doing his bit in managing the waste as well as preventing air pollution. The major problem is that thermocols once it is used it is thrown away which ends up in landfills and in our rivers and canals. So to circumvent this problem we are using agricultural waste thus preventing the burning of agricultural waste and roots of mushroom also known as a mycelia which acts as a glue and binds the agricultural waste together and gives it the shape in any shape which we want that can be used as a thermocol packaging. The process we follow we have isolated some wild strains of particular mushrooms and then after isolating the strains we make spawn which is also known as the seed of the mushroom. After the spawn we collect source agricultural waste from the farmers around the city and cut it into a particular size and sterilize the substrate add the grains add the spawn to it and after colonizing in we fill it in the shape of the mold which we want and within 4 to 5 days we take out the mold and bake it that is the thermocol packaging alternative which we use. The uniqueness of our product is that it is biocompostable thermocol is not biocompostable it takes around 500 to 1000 years for a thermocol to decompose and ours is just made from agricultural waste and mycelia which is all natural materials and it decomposes away. Currently there are no industrial production done in within India for bio thermocols. So we are working towards processes so that we can mass produce at an industrial scale bio thermocol. It has a certain significant social impact few pointers that I can share with you is that firstly we can prevent thermocol landing up in landfills thus polluting our soil, our rivers, our water, our groundwater and various other resources. Secondly the parale that is being burned which pollutes our air so it gives an alternative for the farmers to sell on the rice straw. Government has also recognized their efforts and provided them financial support. After getting the basic working prototype ready I came to IT Sidbhi centre here and they guided me with the process of how to secure grants, what is the process and they helped me with the write up for the process also and after getting the grant I am in touch with Indian Institute of Packaging and various other government resources for testing, certification and market outreach. I have got a BIRAC BIG grant of 50 lakhs. Companies like these are using problems as a catalyst for a solution and changing the dynamics of our country. My message for the my fellow entrepreneurs would be first of all build a great team with a great team the sky is the limit, secondly go for fast iteration sometimes going for perfection is not ideal and always be in touch with the market as market knows the best and develop your product accordingly.