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Ms. Neelam Chhiber is the Co-founder of Industree. For the past three decades, she has been working on re-generative economic transformation of India’s most vulnerable women by unleashing their abilities to build and scale self-owned collective enterprises, able to leverage economies of scale. A holistic eco system built on digital and financial services, enables them to use design, technical, marketing and management solutions to bridge the urban rural divide. Ms. Neelam and her team have already impacted 500,000 lives and ensured cumulative market access of over USD 58 Mn, with a clear focus on equity, gender and climate. Their work ensures that women in communities have access to work close to their homes, becoming part of mainstream value chains with customers such as IKEA, H&M Home, FabIndia and the Future Group, in climate positive value chains. This gives them greater control over their economic security and also significantly improves social gains such as a stronger voice in their families and communities, access to social security, better health care, improved nutritional and educational outcomes for their children and resilience to crises.

She was awarded Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards, 2021 by NITI Aayog, She Is: 75 Women in STEAM, 2021 by Red Dot Foundation and Inaugural Economic Times Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020. Ms. Neelam is a Board Member of AIACA (All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Association), Committee on Financial Literacy For Women, NITI Aayog, Government of India, Member of the Governing Council of National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad.

Ms. Neelam believes that her biggest challenge and reward has been facilitating and equipping producers to manage themselves in changing scenarios.