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Shilpa has spent over two decades in the textile, craft and lifestyle retail space. In 2010, she quit a full time job to live her entrepreneurial dreams and co-founded
Jaypore, an online retail portal for exquisite indian handmade and high on design craft products. She has recently handed over the baton to a strategic partner and an able team , while she looks to paint a new canvas of growth Shilpa is on the board at AIACA and was appointed on a Leadership Group working on Circular Design Challenges by MIT in January 2019.
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A wealth of experience with the craft sector has enabled many interventions in design at the grassroots level and she participates actively in cluster initiatives committed to women empowerment and livelihood creation opportunities. Her domain expertise finds her empanelled with strategic advisory firms and also actively engaged with the IIM Ahmedabad led CCBP program for young entrepreneurs and the Young India Fellowship (YIF) at Ashoka University ,as a mentor. She continues to engage with various for- and not-for-profit organizations in the craft sector as a pro bono advisor/mentor.
Aside from her work with FMCG, Creative and Lifestyle businesses as a consultant, mentor, and advisor, she manages to carve out time to nurture two other ventures, Breakaway (an outcome of her passion for travel, this venture plans and executes bespoke Beyond the Brochure experiential journeys around India) and Mustard, (a delectable blend of a shared love for fine food and exceptional experiences, it offers Bengali and French cuisine and has a presence in Goa and Mumbai)
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