Vilvah is a beauty brand that was founded in 2017 by Kruthika Kumaran, who was inspired to start the company after experiencing skin issues herself. Kruthika was frustrated with the lack of natural, organic, and sustainable options available in the Indian beauty market, and decided to create her own brand that aligned with her values.
Meet TheGlitz ‘Super Woman’ Khushboo Jain, the co-founder and COO of ImpactGuru who left the glamour, security, and comfort of her high-paying and super-successful job to start her social enterprise. She was inches away from reaching the zenith of the corporate ladder when she co-founded ImpactGuru.com, India's leading medical crowd-funding platform with her husband Piyush Jain. With a passion for making a difference and solving community-based problems, Khushboo used her marketing and creative skills to help critically ill patients in need of medical care by providing crowd-funding solutions in collaboration with NGOs and social sector enterprises.
Meet TheGlitz Super Women... Manjusha Javier and her daughter Najooka who started ‘Tohfa’ when Manjusha lost her job at the age of 50. The Javiers were very clear. They wanted to promote authentic Indian weaves and encourage and empower artisans in India by sourcing fabrics from them. Najooka says, “We have helped in the skill development of local women and employed them who over the years have joined us in our initiative. Today ‘Tohfa’ is a team of 8 women and we are hoping to grow stronger. We are also trying to promote a plastic-free life by providing 100% fabric-based alternatives to plastic products that people use. All in all, we are trying to make a positive impact on people and the planet.” Let’s raise a toast to these two intrepid and courageous women – TheGlitz Super Women - Manjusha and Najooka Javier.
Dipti Tolani used to be the typical woman in finance. She was in New York and her daily routine consisted of client meetings, conferences and a few more meetings. But along with the other crucial changes, the humdrum got to her and she migrated from New York to India. A financial genius, she was also an entrepreneur with a creative mind. So Dipti decided to put her fashion sense to use. In the course of work, she discovered that even though there were so-called options available, there was nothing much that qualified for work wear. And even if you get past that, there was the problem of the correct fit, poor designs, fabrics and of course, the pocket pinch. That's when Dipti started her unique venture Salt Attire.
Kimi and Rica Jain are truly astute and socially aware women entrepreneurs who had the guts to say ‘no’ to harmful chemicals and create the ultimate luxurious experience with safe, effective ingredients that are ethically and sustainably sourced. They co-founded Kimirica along with Mohit Jain, and Rajat Jain - today the Indore-based start-up Kimirica Hunter is India's largest manufacturer of hotel amenities and supplies to over 1500 hotels like Marriott, Hyatt, Westin, Sheraton, Hilton, and Novotel in 22+ countries. The brand's name was coined after co-sisters (sisters turned co-founders) Kimi Jain and Rica Jain. No wonder, they are the ‘TheGlitz Super Women’ segment. Read on to know more about TheGlitz ‘Super Women’ Rica and Kimi Jain.
TheGlitz ‘Super Woman’ - Aakriti Suri is the Founder, and CEO of Happier Skincare. However, before establishing her own skincare line, Aakriti commenced a Sanitary pads business to create awareness about menstrual hygiene and proper usage of sanitary products. After spreading awareness about menstrual hygiene, Aakriti then embarked on an entrepreneurial journey to spread awareness about holistic beauty. Happier Skincare came into being and it became the top preference for clean beauty enthusiasts by delivering highly efficacious products that simultaneously garner happiness for the skin and soul. So why is Aakriti Suri TheGlitz ‘Super Woman’? …because Aakriti isn’t just any other entrepreneur but she’s also a socially aware young woman whose perspective goes beyond skincare. Read on…
Meet TheGlitz ‘Super Woman’ Janice Sequeira who is indeed a super achiever. Not only is she a well-known youtuber, content creator, anchor, ex-broadcast editor and media strategist, she is also the creator and anchor of the YouTube talk-show series, "Social Media Star With Janice" which is hugely popular. Read on to know why Janice Sequeira is TheGitz ‘Super Woman’ and what makes her truly believe that "our failures and low moments will teach us a lot more about ourselves and how we want to shape our future than our successes.”
She is the ‘rain’ing queen in the crazy world of Pr and marketing. Meet the dynamic Shouger Merchant Doshi who founded Rainmaker Consults in 2018, working out of home with just two team members. Today, Rainmaker Consults has completed three years in business, working with over 200 brands, restaurants, hotels, properties etc. And now Shouger has a team strength of 40. Quite a huge feat! Read on to know why “she is mad but she’s magic” Shouger deserves to be TheGlitz Super Woman!
TheGlitz Media ‘Super Woman - Megha Poddar's journey as an astute businesswoman started after she was married into the prestigious business family - the Siyaram Poddar Group. She had the privilege of learning all the nitty-gritty of business from her father-in-law Shri Pawan Poddar and his brother Shri Ramesh Poddar. Siyaram's. At that point, she actively headed the Retail segment of the company and was instrumental in successfully opening 200 EBO's (Exclusive Business Outlets) and Franchise outlets for Siyaram's. Her passion and drive to create something of her own led her to start Purple Wok. Later, she founded White Light Food which aims at catering to the ever-growing Asian cuisine segment pan India. Ask the dynamic Megha: how did she have the guts to leave a cushy family business and start out on her own? ...Not only that, face failure at the very onset, and yet reboot, restart and reinvent herself? Megha smiles and quotes, “The devil whispered in my ear “You can’t withstand the storm” I whispered back in the devil's ear “I am the storm”. Read on…