Niharika Gautam
Business Head, Plastic Dynasty DesignChairperson, All Ladies League Delhi Chapter for Lifestyle, Fashion & Design
India
Niharika Gautam is an Apparel & Fashion industry leader specializing in Asia, Europe, US & Middle East with over 10 years of experience across several domains. She also consults and advocates for United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Fashion industry, focusing on; SDG 12 and 8: Circular Economy and Sustainability in Fashion and SDG 5: Gender Equality in Fashion, Women in Leadership, Gender Pay Gap. She has delivered keynotes at prestigious international conferences/ summits on devising sustainable, eco- solutions, circular economy and women empowerment in fashion industry.
She is leading the circle ‘’Lean In Goddesses’’, a LeanIn.Org initiative by Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation. The circle is for women who want to lead with passion and purpose in their careers. Lean In Circles are a place where women can be unapologetically ambitious. Where they can give voice to their dreams and find the encouragement to start chasing them. They’re a place for sharing ideas, gaining skills, seeking advice, and showing solidarity.
Niharika is also serving as All Ladies League -Delhi Fashion Chapter Chairperson and is also associated with IAMKHADI as ”Advisor, Circular Economy”, an IIFT – FICCI initiative as to contribute in the preparation of Strategic Action Plan for expanding Khadi to international exports.
She is on Advisory Board of Global Academic Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka and on International Board of Love and Care for People, Cork, Ireland, where she is also serving as Country Ambassador. She is also a Mentoring for Fashion as Design by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York.
‘Exceptional Women of Excellence 2018’, ‘Noble Asian of the Year 2018’, ”Face of the Campaign for ‘Mission Oxygen – Plant & Adopt Trees’ are some of the awards earned by her.