Ishita Das is Founder & Director, The Silk Concept & Indie Silk Project Private Limited. Born and brought up in a family of silk weavers, her mission is to help the weavers of Assam to sustain their life in the future so that the next generations takes pride in the art of handloom. She wishes to make handloom products more effective for the global market.
A graduate from LasalleCollege of the Arts, Singapore, Ishita completed her Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Media & Industries (majoring in Industries), Certificate course in Visual Arts and a year in fashion designing. With an education in fashion industry and passion for social work since childhood, she has well established knowledge on how to make products that will understand the consumer’s need and also revive, preserve and promote Assam silk weaving with a rightful mind for making it an enterprise with a social cause successfully.She is the winner of NERES 1.0 and was awarded Exceptional Woman of Excellence by Women Economic Forum. The achievements are exceptional, given her short career as an entrepreneur.
Ishita is from Cohort 2.0 of Project Her&Now.
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Website: https://www.thesilkconcept.com/
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