At 63 and with 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Shaswati is the co-founder of Mouchaak LLP. Mouchaak LLP is engaged in beekeeping and other allied products. Along with honey, they intend to diversify into bees-wax and other byproducts. Mouchaak also has a non- profit arm Dimoria Gramin Bikash Samitee through which they support the marginalised beekeepers. The idea of Moushak was conceived with the sole objective of providing the requisite exposure to the local honey produced in Assam to the rest of India. They are trying to promote honey as a healthy lifestyle product of everyday use rather than a commodity used for specific purposes. The enterprise has undertaken bottling and test marketing under the brand Moushak and received very good responses/feedbacks, which has motivated them to start the processing unit on a larger scale to meet the demands. And along with honey, they intend to diversify into bees-wax and other byproducts which too have a potential market across the country. Mouchaak also has a non- profit arm in the name of Dimoria Gramin Bikash Samitee through which they support the marginalised beekeepers and also motivate more people in the villages to take beekeeping as a sustainable employment avenue.
Even before becoming an entrepreneur, Shaswati was giving English tutorials to kids. Prior to this venture, she had a bags/suitcase outlet. She keeps shuttling between Kolkata and Guwahati. Her latest product is honey, and she wants to promote it via online channels. She is very strong headed and does not like beating around the bush. Her enterprise was one of the winners of NERES 1.0
Shaswatiis from Cohort 2.0 of Project Her&Now.
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Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/Moushakhoney
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