February 7, 2024
Harita is a seasoned leader who brings simplicity to complexity, with 23 years’ experience in delivering business results through vision, strategy and creative communication that cuts through, social/digital/product innovation. She evolved from being a design graduate to an expert in Buying & Merchandising, Product Development and Brand Management in varied retail formats and lifestyle brands within a few years of her career. Her portfolio showcases a wide range of products from lifestyle to luxury from...
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A former advertising professional and expert in brand strategy, Mala Dhawan founded the non- profit “A Hundred Hands” in 2010 alongside her sister Sonia. “A Hundred Hands” focusses on empowering artisan livelihoods and encouraging people to work with their hands. The idea came to her after she was part of a project helping women farmers market their products in an urban space. She realised that her expertise in branding could be used to benefit groups...
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Sonia Dhawan is a former human geneticist. After retiring from the medical field, she founded the non-profit “A Hundred Hands” alongside her sister Mala in 2010. Since its inception, A Hundred Hands has supported over 13,000 artisans across India and helped them build up their businesses independent from middlemen. It has also played in important part in bringing back handmade in a world of industrial mass production. As part of this mission, Sonia spearheads the...
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