Neelam Chhiber

Biography

Neelam Chhiber is the Co-founder of Industree. For the past three decades, she has been working on regenerative economic transformation of India’s most vulnerable women by unleashing their abilities to build and scale self owned collective enterprises, able to leverage economies of scale. A holistic eco system built on digital and financial services, enables them to use design, technical, marketing and management solutions to bridge the urban-rural divide.
Neelam and her team have already impacted 500,000 lives and ensured cumulative market access of over 58 M USD, with a clear focus on Equity, Gender and Climate. Their work ensures that women in communities have access to work close to their homes,
becoming part of mainstream value chains with customers such as IKEA, H&M Home, Fabindia, and the Future Group, in climate positive value chains. This gives them greater control over their economic security and also significantly improves social gains.