Coolest start-ups in India 2011

Attero Recycling founders Rohan Gupta (in Pic) and Nitin Gupta. It came into existence in 2008. It deals in e-waste recycling and has few rivals.

Chai Point was founded in 2010. Its was started by Amuleek Singh Bijral (L). Unlike coffee shops, upscale tea shops are almost unknown.

Founders of Druva inSync Jaspreet Singh (In Pic), Ramani Kothandaraman and Milind Borate. The start-up which deals in portable data vault came into existence in 2007. It succeeded in a short span in a field dominated by heavyweights and built an enviable client list spanning continents.

Flipkart, profiled in 2009 in BT listings, is  Sachin (L) and Binny Bansal's venture, which has remained on the fast track.

Global Talent Track was founded in 2009. Its founders are Uma Ganesh (in Pic) and Ganesh Natarajan. It addresses the urgent problem of making the country's youth employable.

Guruji, profiled in 2007, in BT listings,  a Bangalore-based local search engine, is discovering just how tough life can be on the web. In 2008, Gaurav Mishra (R) quit the firm he founded with Anurag Dod (L).

Ikya Human Capital, profiled in 2008 in earlier BT listings, is serial entrepreneur Ajit Isaac's latest venture which has remained on the fast track.

Inbiopro profiled in 2009 in BT listings is Sohang Chatterjee (L) and Kavitha Rodrigues venture which has remained on the fast track.

Founders of Indian Health Organisation Visham Sikand (lying), Sunando Sen (L), Shailesh Ahluwalia, which focuses on taking affordable health services to the masses. The start-up came into existence in 2008.

Meritnation, profiled in 2010 in BT listings,  once a top site visited by Indians has faded away. In picture Meritnation's Pavan Chauhan.

Founder of Peppermint Hotels Arjun Baljee. Founded in 2009, these hotels are a unique chain with their trendy looks yet reasonable tariffs.

ZipDial founders Valerie Rozycki (L), Sanjay Swami (R)and Amiya Pathak. It is engaged in the business of mining missed calls. Founded in 2010, it is an ingenious idea with great potential for scaling.

StaffOnContract founder Chetan Indap (R). It is the first B2B job portal for deploying IT staff on contract basis. It was founded in 2011.

Founders of Taxspanner Ankur Sharma (in Pic), Sumit Grover, Manoj Yadav and Sudhir Kaushik. Taxspanner was founded in 2007 and makes filing tax returns easy. It has acquired 250,000 clients in just four years.

Founders of EKO India Financial Services Abhishek Sinha (L) and Abhinav Sinha (R). The start-up founded in 2007 enables those without regular bank accounts to save, transfer funds via mobiles.