Experience

RARE India

• India
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sustainability Champion & Head of Mumbai

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  RARE India is an advocate of small, private, concept hotels. RARE celebrates a community of lateral thinkers, small, private and intimate non-hotels hosted or created by passionate owners with stories to tell – film makers, wildlife lovers, conservationists, photographers, poets, adventurers, keepers of traditions, artists, architects, writers, river runners . My role for Rare India involves 1. Represent Rare India portfolio of intimate stylish hotels with the travel trade in Mumbai 2. Work with hotel founders in the Sustainability and Don't Plastick initiative of RARE India 3. Provided sustainability solutions to hotel partners to adopt practices such as moving away from single use plastic, creating natural cleaners, reducing waste 4. Creating the Green Manifesto for the first Conscious Luxury Conference in India in April 2020 - The RARE Showcase 5. Driving partnerships with like-minded sustainable products and services for the RARE portfolio 6. Designed the Sustainability Audit Parameters 7. Editorial support for Rare India Publications and Media products 8. Completed the GSTC Sustainable Tourism Course 9. Project Manager for the PinWheel initiative within RARE. - The PinWheel initiative involved showcasing Rare's portfolio with travel agent and influencer community. Organized over 70 sessions over since Mid-2020 10. Provide editorial oversight of digital media content across channels In recent months, Rare India has taken a strong position on sustainability of travel experiences beginning with the properties under its portfolio. In June 2018, we conceived an educational outreach program with travel agents, media professionals bringing together Wildlife experts like Hashim Tyabji, Dr. Latika Nath, Prerna Bindra and Toby Sinclair. Show less



Soulitudes Experiential Travel

• Founder

  • Dec 2003 - Present

  Soulitudes Experiential Travel provided highly personalized and customized travel. From organizing botanical trips and meeting authors from North-East India to musical sojourns in the jungles and mountains of India to creating the right atmosphere for wedding proposals in Kerala, to a retreat with director Shyam Benegal, we've traversed the path of learning about and immersing oneself in the beautifully organized chaos of India. Over the past two years, my core passion is to actuate Sustainable Travel in to the mainstream and establish Eco Travel as the norm, from consumption to designing practices for tourism providers. Show less



HighonTravel

• India
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator

  • Aug 2011 - Mar 2013

  Curated experiential places to stay, unique experiences and all the little things that can make traveling in India authentic, original, creative and special. In a country that is so diverse, the curation process was exciting and full of surprises for me. Curated experiential places to stay, unique experiences and all the little things that can make traveling in India authentic, original, creative and special. In a country that is so diverse, the curation process was exciting and full of surprises for me.


Quantum Market Research
• Australia
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Researcher

  • Jul 1996 - Feb 1998