Projects

Honors

  • 2004, Received the Young Entrepreneur Award by the Vyashya Bandhu Organization for outstanding entrepreneurial development and potential.
  • 2005, Honored with Young Achiever Award by Jacees Club, Jaipur for contributions to education and entrepreneurial achievement by way of setting up Arch.
  • 2005, Awarded with Indira Gandhi Priydarshini Award for contribution in the field of design education.
  • 2005, Selected as a Group Study Exchange (GSE) Member, by the Rotary International to visit Switzerland in 2005.
  • 2005, Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation which acknowledges individuals who contributed upwards of $1000 to the Rotary Foundation.
  • 2007, Honoured on Teacher’s Day by Lions Club, Jaipur for outstanding contributions as an educator and Director of Arch College of Design and Business.
  • 2007, Received the Marg Drishti Award by the South Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi recognizing her achievements as an alumnus on its 40th Convocation Ceremony.
  • 2007, Received Pt. T. N. Mishra Appreciation of Achievement Award by Central Academy Educational Society, Jaipur.
  • 2007, Selected for Vital Voices Global Partnership, the International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership Program (29 April- 25 May) launched by the U.S. State Department and FORTURNE Magazine at Washington DC & New York, USA.
  • 2007, Sponsored by AVON GLOBAL for the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit 1- 3 October 2007 at Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, California.
  • 2009, Selected for an exchange program between FICCI Ladies Organization and Nyforetagar Centrum, Sweden (Entrepreneur Centre, Sweden) focussed on empowering businesswomen through sharing of experiences and workshops on confidence building.
  • 2010, Named a Multiple Paul Harris Fellow (MPHF) of the Rotary Foundation (2005) for continual financial contributions to the organization.
  • 2010, Awarded with the Vital Voices Exxon Mobile Challenge Grant for Vital Arch Women Leadership Program to develop business and entrepreneurial skills amongst women.
  • 2011, Yuva Icon Award by Former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam YUVA Unstoppable standing out as a youth icon.
  • 2012, Conferred with the Change Maker Award for her community service contributions as President, Rotary Club Jaipur South, Rotary International Distt. 3050 in 2011-12.
  • 2013, Invested as a Vital Voices Global Partnership Inaugural LEAD Fellow Partnership First.
  • 2013, Received the Unstoppable District Officer Award for contributions as Interact Chair for Interact Clubs Distt. 3050 in 2012-13.
  • 2014, Appointed Team Leader for the Rotary Friendship Exchange Program to Rotary International District 6880 Alabama USA.
  • 2016, Received the Zee Rajasthan Women Empowerment Award from then-Chief Minister of Rajasthan Smt. Vasundhara Raje.
  • 2019, Conferred with the Prerna Saman award by Sh. Jain Swetamber Terapanth Mahila Mandal, Jaipur, awarded annually to one inspirational female member from the community.
  • 2019, Appointed as Academic Council Member of India’s first Rajasthan ILD Skills University (RISU) & Chairperson- Committee of Honorary Doctorate Degree Awards of RISU.
  • 2019, Appointed Member of the Scientific Committee Fashion Colloquia 2019 at ROME where she was invited by the London College of Fashion (LCF) to present a project proposal at the Fashion Colloquia 2013 held in London.
  • 2019, Featured in the Economic Times Business Leaders of Rajasthan coffee-table book for distinguished work in entrepreneurship.

Projects

  • Hosting an International Research Conference Fashion Colloquia 2020 in Jaipur, India in Design, Media & Practice centered around Responsible Fashion and Textiles Heritage.
  • Set up a Design Business Incubator – ‘Archive’ at the ARCH Campus to provide the necessary resources, services, coaching, mentoring & networking connections to develop business models based on design innovations and making them scalable to through ‘start- up’ enterprises.
  • Co-authored chapter in book published in 2019 by Palgrave Macmillan “Cultural Governance in Global Context”.
  • Hosted International Cultural Governance workshop in New Delhi as a part of a 9-nation tour in 2017.
  • Invitee Panelist on "Global Conversation in Cultural Management & Policy" at Brussels -Belgium during the 25th ENCATC Congress in October 2017.
  • Keynote speaker at the University of Antwerp, Belgium for the Non-Western Fashion Conference in 2016.
  • Presented a Project proposal at the "Fashion Colloquia" in 2013 at the London College of Fashion (LCF), University of Arts London (UAL).
  • 2014, conceived a Travelling Exhibition- Design Dhaara 2014, the first Design Travel Exhibition of Rajasthan. It was flagged off by Smt. Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Chief Minister of Rajasthan.