The people behind it.

A workshop in Jharkhand, a collective of fifty women, and a handful of people carrying it into the global scene.

  • Shikha Jain

    Founder

    Shikha is an ardent believer in women's equality and freedom; and in the relevance of Ayurveda in modern life. She continuously works to make real the two beliefs simultaneously through her brands Neev Soaps in India and The Mahuvaa Co internationally.

  • Aalia Jain

    Brand Strategist & Website Creator

    Wellness doesn't need fixing, only remembering, and the people who hold that knowledge deserve to be seen as its makers, not its footnote. As brand strategist for The Mahuvaa Co., Aalia is building the British side of that belief: making sure the story reaches as far as the products do.

  • K. Divya

    Head Designer

    Divya believes that the right visuals can inspire a feeling in the viewers even before they can read a word. At The Mahuvaa Co., she brings this philosophy to life by introducing nature into the brand through minute detail - from its colour palette and logo to the visual elements that shape its identity.

Fifty women, one workshop, and a supply chain short enough to walk.

Everything Mahuvaa sells is made by hand in the same rooms, from herbs grown on the enterprise's own farms or sourced within the district. What the business earns goes back into the village: a school teaching more than fifty children, a gaushala, and funding that sends girls on to higher education.

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