Honoured to Introduce
Shibani Dasgupta Jain
Founder & CEO Baaya Design
Global Real Estate & Design Community
Mumbai Chapter
Shibani (NID-A) was Head of Design at a Tata company and started the earliest handicrafts dotcom. In 2010, She launched the award-winning Baaya Design. The Convenor & Director for Hand for Handmade, recipient of IICD Global award for Women, Business World winner – Most Exceptional Woman in Art & Culture 2020. President- Association of Designers of India, Mumbai, Co-founder & Trustee- Catalysts for Social Action.
Expertise
Design & Art
Graphic Designer
Design Entrepreneur
Art Direction
Design Thinking
E-commerce
Marketing
Product Designer
Corporate Branding
Indian Folk art
Experience
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Founder & Managing Partner
Baaya Design
2009 – Present . 12 Years 6 Months -
CEO & Director
Craftsbridge India Pvt. Ltd.
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Managing Director
Virtual Wizards
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Head - Visual Design
Tata Interactive Systems
Associations
Academic details
University:
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Degree:
Professional Diploma
Specialization:
Design
Year:
1989
University:
Wilson College, Mumbai
Degree:
Undergraduate Program Dates
Specialization:
Science
Year:
1987
Achievements
- Business World Woman Entrepreneur of the Year (Art & Culture)2020
- Winner of India's Best Spatial Design at India's Best Design Awards 20192019
Products
Services
Clients
Social Cause
Baaya Design Studio Artisans - Empowering people with skills
Baaya Design Studio - artisans hail from the furthest corners of the Indian subcontinent, bringing with them a skill passed down over generations. The Baaya Design Studio works with over 70 different art and craft forms like Terracotta, Thikri, Lippan Kaam, Gond and Kalamkari among others. Amongst contemporary skills, we work with Resin, String Art,…
Read MoreCatalysts for Social Action - Trustee
Catalysts for Social Action is an Indian NGO that works towards creating and ensuring a brighter future for every child under institutional care. We strive to ensure a better future for children in need of care and protection which pays attention to their physical, emotional, personal, spiritual wellbeing and learning. We believe that every child…
Read MoreHand For Handmade - Convenor
Shibani convened this group to help and support the handmade industry, post COVID period. This challenging time has resulted in many artisans losing their income and some crafts may even disappear forever, unless some effort is made to alleviate the challenges, through this collaborative platform.
Projects
Webinar/Events
The Era of Artful spaces has arrived in Andheri
The Baaya Experience Centre is an immersion that evokes magic. Baaya’s decade long legacy and learning has resulted in this artful space. Built with traditional and contemporary Indian crafts, the artisanal experience transports you, connecting you to your roots in surprising ways. Every piece and installation in our Experience Centre has been carefully created and…
Read MoreLippan Workshop with Lalitbhai
We conducted an interactive workshop on a traditional mural craft of Kutch, Gujarat known as Lippan Kaam. Hosted in collaboration with the master artisan Lalitbhai, the three-hour session was filled with knowledge and a lot of creativity. The workshop featured discussions on the evolution and influence of the art form over the years and allowed…
Read MoreThe Copper Enamel Ornament Workshop
The Copper Enamel Ornament Workshop 2021 was nothing short of a master class with master artisan, Sanjayji and his craftsmen. Curiosity and expectations were high as participants tried their hands at copper enamelling, for the very first time! Design resources from Baaya Design handheld the participants through the process of crafting their own ornament. The…
Read MoreGond Painting Workshop with Choti Team
Learning the ropes? We’re learning dots and dashes! Our Gond Workshop was filled with the magic of learning and it was also a lot of fun. We had a lot of laughs, a lot of coffee, and of course, managed to do a lot of painting, sharing a conversation that was as colourful as the…
Read MoreCelebrating Sunita Nair's Indegenious
We chose a unique way to celebrate Women’s Week this year. On March 8, 2019, a group of craft enthusiasts attended a very unique session with author Sunita Nair to celebrate her magnum opus titled, ‘Indigenius Artists – India’. The book is a compilation for her life’s work researching and documenting India’s ethnic styles. Sunita…
Read MoreOpportunities for Indian Designer in Global Landscape
Our commitment to advancing the study of design isn’t restricted to our work in the art and craft space. On the 2 April 2019, Baaya Design was chosen to host a team from New York’s Syracuse University consisting of a few key faculty members from the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University. The…
Read MoreKalighat Painting Workshop
We conducted an interactive session on Kolkata’s native, satirical style of art known as Kalighat paintings. Hosted in collaboration with the Ekibeki Association, the three-hour session was led by the renowned artists Radha and Tagar Chitrakari, from Medinipur district in Bengal. The workshop featured discussions on the evolution and influence of the art form over…
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