Nishanth Chopra is the founder of Oshadi, a contemporary womenswear brand and a fashion collective building a seed-to-sew supply chain in rural India. He works with local farmers and artisans within a 10-mile radius to regeneratively grown, spin, weave, dye, and finish bespoke textiles for Ōshadi’s own collections, the first of which debuted at Paris Fashion Week in 2016, and for likeminded brand partners that have included Stella McCartney, Christy Dawn, Story MFG and International Woolmark Prize 2020 winner Richard Malone.

Nishanth aims to carve out a space for India’s traditional, naturally regenerative farming practices and artisan craftsmanship in today’s fashion industry, reinventing them with an innovative design philosophy and modern fabric manipulations. His approach and ethos have seen him named on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and as one of CNN’s Voices for Change.