Shahwar Shohrat

Shahwar Shohrat is an enterprising woman leader with extensive experience building businesses from the ground up. She has over the years set up and successfully run multiple businesses in India as well as abroad. A NIFT and AMU alumni, she has multiple first to her name which defies social constraints. She started her fashion line - Shayve, and did first and still the largest fashion show her city ever had. She continues to hold fashion close to her heart, as a fashion designer, stylist, and blogger.

She ventured into hospitality with a multicuisine fine-dine restaurant. She continued with her enterprise while being in Africa for 9 years and set up a successful events management company, Nash Events, utilizing her multinational experience in business analytics and training with the world's biggest IT company, IBM. Her most recent entrepreneurial venture, The Luxe Story, which she is the CEO and co-founder of has a vision of reviving the handicrafts and rejuvenate them through use of innovative technology and give them a global marketplace. The juxtaposition of successful business with social benefits for the community drives her day in and day out.

She is a Global Goodwill Ambassador and International Spokesperson for Global Goodwill Foundation. She actively advocates not only the cause of women's empowerment but also women entrepreneurship. Her trust, 'India Talent Treasure' works for the empowerment of artisans across the spectrum through training, marketing, and support to revive the rich handicrafts of India. She is associated with multiple organizations and societies supporting their causes.