Abhishek is a Fashion & Accessory Designer, a Design Educator, a Social Innovator, a Life Coach, a TEDx Speaker, a Startups Mentor and a Motivator with 20+ years of experience in the field of Indian Handicrafts & Lifestyle Accessories, edutech and social impact industries.He is Co-Founder and Director of Aplomb Enlightener, a Startup India recognized Company working in the field of mental health among school children.He has been comprehensively working with tribal and rural artisans of India, with special focus being Tribals of Jharkhand. Having background in both Fashion Designing and Accessory Designing, have been associated with various Central and State agencies, various NGO’s, buyers, exporters and other agencies on different kind of social sector projects in Indian Handicrafts and handlooms. Have been associated with various institutes like National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Pearl Academy, Parul University, inter National Institute of Fashion Design (iNIFD), International Institute of Fashion Technology (IIFT), Women Polytechnic, etc. in the capacity of visiting faculty.He has experience of handling more than 80 Social & Grassroot projects in the field of handicrafts and training more than 3000 rural artisans with organizations like Niti Aayog of India, Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) (Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India) , Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd. (TRIFED) (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India), Regional Design & Technology development Centre (O/o Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles), Ministry of Rural Development (Govt. of India), Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Institute (MSMEDI), various state Governments and their state bodies on Handicrafts, NABARD, various NGO’s, buyers and exporters.He has been mentoring and guiding various Start Ups through incubators like KIIT-TBI or voluntary organizations like Headstart and Shuruaat. Have been guiding start ups in all the processes of ideation to execution, to implementation.He has been guiding and mentoring various individuals and agencies in the capacity of a certified life coach.I would love to meet founders, human resource professionals, mentors and strategy professionals from edutech and social impact industries.

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