About US

Of Indian Origin

Of Indian Origin is a collective of artisan-based cottage industries, providing a platform that promotes hand-crafted products made in India to a global audience. It is an effort to reclaim our extraordinary heritage not just in its traditional form but to re-invent it in unique products and sustainable designs that compliment contemporary lifestyle. It is also an ongoing effort to create a market for these products by educating the audience about the history of these crafts and the need to patronize not just the crafts but the artisan communities that struggle to keep them alive.

 

We currently work with over 100 artisans and as many craft traditions. Our online store showcases a mindfully curated or co-created product line that articulates cultural identity. Shop from over 1000 hand-crafted treasures – Vintage bags, hand-woven sarees and dupattas in natural fabrics, indo-western apparel, hand-made collectibles, antiques, masks, wooden serve ware, block-printed home furnishings, folk paintings, rare nomadic, tribal, and ethnic jewellery, and lots more – each with a story to tell, a story that is waiting to be woven into your life tapestry.

 

It is a social enterprise that provides resources to artisan communities for product development and promotion.  We provide product training and design interventions to artisan clusters and groups. We provide potography, graphic designing, and cataloguing services for our artisan friends. We work with several organisations, who engage people with disabilities, or work with underprivileged women, to produce craft that secures a source of livelihood for them. We believe in promoting organic, eco-friendly products, and encourage sustainable fashion. We have always been committed to paying the artisans a fair price and ensure that upto 70% of what we earn goes back to the artisans.

social Enterprise

Social enterprises are businesses which not only have a commercially sustainable business model but also aim to create social impact.

Empowering

Empowering artisan communities, socially and economically

Preserving

Preserving, reviving and transforming craft traditions

Intuitive

Building intuitive technology enabled sustainable supply-chain channels for the artisans

Inclusive

Working with organisations who engage people with disabilities. Working with underprivileged women, securing a source of livelihood for them

Sustainable

Promoting organic, and eco-friendly products, and encouraging sustainable fashion

Collaborative

Promoting other women entrepreneurs working in the same space

Mapping

Decreasing carbon footprint and increasing geographic indicators for India

Ethical

Ethical sourcing and paying the artisans a fair price

Accessible

Product training and design interventions, photography, graphic designing, and cataloguing services for our artisan partners

OUR Fearless Warriors

Natasha Acharya

Natasha Acharya

Founding Partner

15 years in ITES & Media,
10 years in the craft sector, brining on board skills of working with grassroots artisans, design, research, content writing, photography,
Managing profit centers, start-ups and teams of upto 300.

Veena Hegde

Veena Hegde

Co-Founder

12 years of working in the craft sector with grassroots artisans, B2B marketing experience, and 3 years in international logistics

Tridibesh Sanyal

Tridibesh Sanyal

Mentor & Brand Consultant

25 years of experience as creative director and branding expert

Abhishek Tiwari

Abhishek Tiwari

Technical Consultant

13 years of experience in SAS R&D

Rashmi Samuel

Rashmi Samuel

Content Head

10 years of experience as an editor

Kaushik Mandal

Kaushik Mandal

Head Merchandiser

20 years of experience in craft sector, member of Crafts Council of India, experience as a merchandiser with Novica, Discovered, and UNESCO (Bangla Natak)

Ruchi Ravindran

Ruchi Ravindran

Brand Ambassador

Theatre Artist, Dancer, Yoga Practitioner, Model

Dheeraj Kumar

Dheeraj Kumar

(NIFT Graduate)

Graphic Designer

Shalini Jacob

Shalini Jacob

Brand Ambassador

Senior IT professional, working with People with disabilities, Life Coach, Slow fashion enthusiast

Baisakhi Chanda

Baisakhi Chanda

Studio Manager

15 years in Media and PR

Dev Albert

Dev Albert

CA

Gajanan

Gajanan

Accountant