This girl has started India's first paper bottles startup Kagzi Bottles - Samiksha Ganeriwal

   Samiksha Ganeriwal is the founder of Kagzi Bottles Pvt. Ltd. It is a paper bottle manufacturing startup. They created India's first paper bottle which is 100% compostable. She is from Uttar Pradesh, India.

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EDUCATION

     Samiksha earned his Bachelor of Electronics from Fergusson College and Nasr School. She completed her Masters in Business Administration from the Nasr School and Vignana Jyothy Institute of Management. 

HONORS

• Samiksha featured in YourStory, The Better India and many more platforms as an entrepreneur

STARTUP JOURNEY

     As per the 2018-19 reports, India generates 3.3 million metric tonnes of plastic waste annually. The idea finds an alternative to single-use plastic first took shape when Samiksha was working on a college project.      

     Samiksha had worked on a project to replace plastic bags and at that time there were no other alternatives. It has always been at the back of her mind to find an alternative to plastic because she has wanted to make a shift in her lifestyle but could not find alternatives. That's when she decided to start working towards this. 

     However, Samiksha's dream of creating an alternative to plastic packaging materialised many years later in 2018. After finishing her MBA in 2006, she went on to work at different multinational companies in Hyderabad and Noida. In 2016, She set up her own packaging solution company and it was during this time that she began to explore alternatives to plastic bottles.

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     In 2020, after more than 2 years of setting up Kagzi Bottles, the prototype of the bottle was launched which contains no plastic and is 100% compostable. This is the first time that an Indian company has been successful in making such a bottle and they are very proud of the work being done. 

    Samiksha started this venture with an initial investment of Rs.12 lakhs. Currently, Kagzi Bottles producing bottles only for shampoos, conditioners and lotions. These bottles are cheaper than plastic and are priced at Rs.19 to Rs.22. Which each bottle at the moment takes 2 days to make, with more orders they now produce 2 lakh bottles per month.

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