Akshya Shree of Tad Udyog Pvt. Ltd. from Tripura is among the 75 women honoured as Women Transforming India by the NITI Aayog.
Women have consistently been playing a key role in transforming India into a ‘Sashakt Aur Samarth Bharat’. In recognition of the remarkable achievements of these women across diverse sectors NITI Aayog has instituted Women Transforming India Awards.
This year, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence, the WTI Awards were conferred on 75 women achievers. Click here to know more about the other awardees.
Akshya Shree has launched two brands, ‘Silpakarman’ and ‘BeYouTea – The bamboo leaves tea’. Silpakarman provides home and kitchen utility products handmade by 250+ artisans across 5 clusters in rural Tripura. Each product is carefully crafted using organic and traditional methods. ‘BeYouTea’, their recently launched flagship product, a patent-pending blend, creates rural employment. It engages community members who have lost their jobs and had to come back to their villages due to the pandemic and have no income opportunities.
Tad Udyog (Silpakarman) is creating a sustainable rural economy value chain system that empowers the communities in bamboo growing regions and provides customers sustainable product alternatives.
