Rajshree Bhargava
MD & Co-Founder, Geranos Getaways Pvt Ltd.
India
Rajshree is an educationist and Travel-Entrepreneur (Geranos Getaways), with a passion for developing Responsible Tourism in India, focusing on Punjab. Her company, Geranos Getaways, is a boutique firm specializing in promoting cultural and rural tourism in Punjab. She been appointed as the first state president of Punjab Chapter for WICCI Rural Tourism from July 2021. In March 2022, she was felicitated by Governor of Punjab of for her activities promoting women entrepreneurs who are working at grassroot level and Millet Mission under Aahar Kranti by Nivedita Trust Chandigarh. She is Patent holder for sustainable practices. Her Patent granted in Nov 2021 for the process of “WEAVABLE FIBER MADE FROM DISCARDED CARTONS OF COMPOSITE PACKAGING MATERIAL” to promote sustainable practices. As a senior member of Army Wives Welfare Association and Social Life Coordinator for Spouse Family Association at Indian School of Business. She has been part of organising International conference ISB Hyderabad & Mohali and ACM India. She is Master and Research Scholar in Tourism & Hospitality. She has been working for sustainable Hospitality & Responsible Tourism for rural area of Punjab as her key areas and authored research papers. She was Executive Council Member for Haryana Skill Development Council for Tourism, Hospitality, wellness and Education Sectors. Received special recognition for Cultural Walk in National Heritage Walk Contest organised by IITTM and India City Walk in Jan 2021 for promoting Punjab Heritage and Rural Tourism. As faculty advisor led Team Chandigarh University for Experiential Learning Project P2P Challenging Extremism Spring 2017 won the Podium finish which was organized by EVP & NESA Centre for Strategies, USA. She was awarded the best Teacher’s Award 2018 and the best Researcher’s Award 2019 of Department of Chandigarh University.