Suhani is the co-founder and CEO of Saral Designs, a Mumbai-based start-up providing access to quality affordable menstrual hygiene products to low-income women in India.Taking a systems approach, Saral has developed a low-cost process for manufacturing high quality sanitary napkins at a decentralized level. While decentralization cuts down on distribution costs, Saral is using technology and local partnerships to make last mile distribution efficient and remotely monitoring these low cost manufacturing units possible.
Currently, only 12% of India's 355 million women use sanitary napkins due to lack of affordabilityand poor access to good quality products. Due to growing prosperity of the middle class, increase of women in the workforce and increasing awareness about sanitation, the sanitary pads market is expected to grow 5 times to USD 3 billion in India by 2025.
Suhani is an Acumen India Fellow and recipient of India Africa Young Visionary award from Ministry of External Affairs, India. With three years of investment banking experience at Deutsche Bank, Suhani holds a bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science with a minor in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay and is a CFA (Level I).
Suhani is has been a guest lecturer at Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Management Studies And Research. She has also been a speaker at forum's like Start-up Saturday, Jagriti Yatra, Abhyuday IIT Bombay on topics of social entrepreneurship, women in entrepreneurship and social impact. She has also volunteered for several non-profits like Teach for India, Habitat for Humanity, Project Chirag among others.