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Kavita Shukla
Drive innovation and sustainable impact with Kavita Shukla, award-winning food waste innovation speaker and social entrepreneur. Kavita works with organizations to turn simple ideas into scalable solutions and grassroots innovation into global change, delivering insights recognized by Forbes, TIME, and the United Nations.
Kavita Shukla is the founder and CEO of The FRESHGLOW Co. and the inventor of FreshPaper, a biodegradable sheet made from organic spices that keeps produce fresh and reduces food waste worldwide.
Shukla holds four patents and a BA from Harvard University. She is the youngest woman to receive the INDEX Design to Improve Life Award, and has been named to Forbes' "30 under 30," Fast Company's "7 Entrepreneurs Changing the World," and TIME's "Five Most Innovative Women in Food."
Kavita turned a middle-school science project inspired by an Indian home remedy into a product now used by farmers and families across the globe, partnered with some of the world's largest retailers. Her journey offers a blueprint for turning low-tech, low-cost ideas into scalable solutions. She has testified before the United States Congress and spoken at the White House, the United Nations, SXSW, TEDxManhattan, Harvard, and MIT.
Audiences leave Kavita's sessions with a clear framework for transforming simple observations into patented innovations, practical strategies for tackling large-scale problems without relying on complex technology, and renewed confidence that grassroots ideas can achieve global impact.
Book Kavita Shukla to show your audience how one simple idea can take on a worldwide problem and win.
Kavita brings a rare combination of patented innovation and proven retail scale, having turned a home remedy into a global supply chain solution now deployed by major retailers. Her framework shows teams how to identify overlooked problems and build low-cost, high-impact solutions that actually reach market. Particularly valuable for organisations focused on sustainability, product innovation, or finding commercial pathways for purpose-driven ideas.
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Kavita Shukla structures her sessions around the origin story of FreshPaper — tracing the product from a middle-school science project rooted in an Indian home remedy through to global retail distribution — to illustrate a repeatable framework for converting low-cost observations into patented, scalable solutions.
Kavita Shukla speaks on invention and innovation, sustainability and food waste reduction, and entrepreneurship and scaling low-cost ideas for global impact. She is the inventor of FreshPaper and founder of The FRESHGLOW Co., holding four patents and recognised by Forbes 30 Under 30, Fast Company, and TIME, having spoken at the United Nations, the White House, and TEDxManhattan.
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