GramHeet
Industry: Agriculture/Agribusiness
Headquarters: Yavatmal, Maharashtra
Website: www.gramheet.com
Cohort: 2021
GramHeet is a social enterprise that is committed to a ‘farmers first’ approach. They provide a one-stop marketplace to farmers at the village level, where farmers can avail pre- to post-harvest services through their digital platform—GramHeetMandi—thereby transforming farming into a profitable business. GramHeet is committed to building an ecosystem where every farmer cultivates with dignity and feeds the world with pride.
CO-FOUNDER AND COO
Shweta Thakare is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at GramHeet where she leads Operations and Business Development. She is passionate about designing solutions that can improve the wellbeing of farmers. She has over five years of experience working with farmers. She is a Lead Tribe Fellow (a Blume venture), a Caux Scholar (Asia Plateau) and a NIRMAN Fellow. Previously, she co-founded ‘Kastkar’ where she mobilized 5000 farmers in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra to strengthen their livelihoods. She is pursuing her Master’s in Development Studies from IIT Hyderabad and holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from Amravati University.