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Read My Book — The Mango Seeds

Stories, interviews, and features covering my journey, my work with farmers, and the evolution of PashuBajaar.

Stories, interviews, and features that document my work in rural entrepreneurship, goat value chains, and building Pashubajaar.

Covid-19 slows Bakri Eid goat trade: Online sales struggle as fewer buyers opt for sacrificial goats.

As online livestock sales rise, Pashu Bajaar’s COO Vinay Gautam cautions that unvetted goats could spread zoonotic diseases during Qurbani, urging stricter veterinary checks and safer trading practices.

Through a three‑day immersion in village goat‑farming initiatives, Rang De’s team explored how TGT’s Joint Liability Groups and local Pashusakhis are transforming microfinance into sustainable rural enterprise.

In a strategic collaboration, Gramkalyan will begin sourcing naturally grown goats and chickens across Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. The initiative, led by CEO discussions with Vinay Gautam, COO of The Goat Trust,


Goats have been going for Rs.7000 to 14,000 this time. The prices are not expected to go up  significantly.

I stared my work as an social change fellow in TGT Group and CEO at Nandinandan Breeds & Seeds, with over 10 years of experience in livestock trading and marketing. Dedicated to empowering rural youth and creating sustainable livelihoods.


Gautam's story starts in an unlikely place: 50 goats on a rooftop. His family thought it was a mistake. Looking back, it turned out to be the beginning of something much bigger.

How Ordinary Roots Grow an Extraordinary Future — A New Book on Financial Freedom and Entrepreneurship by Lucknow Author Vinay Gautam The Mango Seeds: 9 Lessons for Every Middle-Class Person — part memoir, part practical guide to financial freedom.



Entrepreneur and livestock-tech Co-founder Vinay Gautam has released his debut book, The Mango Seeds: 9 Lessons for Every Middle-Class Person - part memoir, part practical guide to financial freedom 



India’s first community-based livestock marketplace, now connecting more than 30,000 goat farmers across five states. The real turning point came when a World Bank consultant introduced him to professional livestock networks. 

Among the book’s most moving chapters is a story Gautam has never told publicly before — a quiet moment under a tree near IVRI-Bareilly, a private promise made to Lord Hanuman, and the unexpected way that promise was kept.

The book’s title comes from Gautam’s grandfather, who planted mango seeds every summer — not for himself, but for the generations that would come after him. Decades later, his family still eats fruit from those same trees, and Gautam sees the same idea at work in his own life


Gautam’s story starts in an unlikely place: 50 goats on a rooftop. His family thought it was a mistake. Looking back, it turned out to be the beginning of something much bigger.