Our story
Sanchaari — the one who journeys. It began as fieldwork among artisan and indigenous communities.
The founder
“I didn’t arrive at Sanchaari from a business thesis alone… I started testing the idea in 2020… The more I explored, the bigger the vision became.”
Kanthi Ganapathi, Founder & CEO
The world we see
Techniques refined over generations, held by the communities who carry them.
Intermediaries capture most of the value; the maker is left anonymous and underpaid.
Without connection to opportunity, young hands leave the craft and the lineage thins.
“The challenge is not a lack of talent or culture. It is a lack of connection to opportunity.”
What we mean
Protect endangered craft traditions through verified, valued commerce.
Return economic agency to artisans, tribes and women-led communities.
Connect conscious buyers worldwide to the stories behind every craft.
The team
Founder & CEO
Grassroots access and an enterprise-technology career. Embedded with indigenous tribes and artisan clusters, ran a boutique retail pilot and co-founded a sustainability venture.
Co-Founder & CTO
Founder of SigmaTech, building production LLMs and enterprise AI. At Sanchaari he applies AI to product documentation and to reaching artisan clusters.
Advisor, Africa Expansion
Rooted in Malawi; Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, with community ties across Malawi and Zambia.
Strategic Advisory Network
Advisors across Cultural heritage · Africa expansion · Global commerce.
Get in touch
Address
Prestige Finsbury Park, KIADB Aerospace Park Bengaluru – 562149, India