Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Chandigarh Engineer Builds Rs 1.44 Crore Microgreens Business
Mohit Nijhawan had a high-paying corporate job but decided to try farming.
He left that job in December 2020.
He began growing tiny, young plants called microgreens indoors.
He invested Rs 30,000 and used a small room at his home in Chandigarh.
His farm started with three racks, trays, lights, and seeds.
It later grew into a company called Greenu Microgreens.
The company now reportedly earns about Rs 12 lakh each month.
Nijhawan also teaches farmers and new entrepreneurs how to grow and sell microgreens.
Mohit Nijhawan left a Rs 90 lakh corporate job in December 2020 to pursue indoor farming.
He started Greenu Microgreens with Rs 30,000 in a 100-square-foot space at his Chandigarh home.
The business initially focused on 21 organic, non-GMO, pesticide-free microgreens varieties.
Its current 500-square-foot facility has about 60 racks and can produce 12,000 trays monthly.
Greenu Microgreens reportedly earns around Rs 12 lakh monthly, or Rs 1.44 crore annually, and trains aspiring growers.
- Who
- Mohit Nijhawan, a computer science graduate and entrepreneur.
- What
- He left a corporate job and built Greenu Microgreens, an indoor microgreens farming business.
- When
- He left his corporate job in December 2020; the business now reportedly earns Rs 12 lakh monthly.
- Where
- The venture began in a 100-square-foot space at Nijhawan’s house in Chandigarh and now operates from a 500-square-foot facility.
- Why
- He left corporate work to explore indoor farming and developed a business around microgreens.
- Founder
- Mohit Nijhawan
- Initial investment
- Rs 30,000
- Starting space
- 100 square feet on the second floor of his house in Chandigarh
- Current facility
- 500 square feet with about 60 racks
- Production capacity
- Up to 12,000 trays per month
- Reported monthly revenue
- Around Rs 12 lakh
- Reported annualised revenue
- Approximately Rs 1.44 crore
- Initial varieties
- 21 organic, non-GMO, pesticide-free varieties