We want to take the story of Maharashtra's food culture to the world: Devika Kotibhaskar Khadapkar of Kokan Bazaron #foodocracyforher

Radio Finely Chopped by Kalyan Karmakar

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You will get to hear Devika Kotihaskar Khadapkar talk about Kokan Bazar which turned 14 on 9th July 2022. Kokan Bazar was founded by her mother in law, Nayan Khadapkar, who is an alumni of TISS and has been involved in social work through her career. Her aim was to generate sustainable employment for the women in the Konkan region of Maharashtra through her enterprise.

Devika is a B School graduate who left her successful corporate career to join Kokan Bazar. She is trying to take the founder's values ahead by scaling and modernising the business and trying to bring the story of Konkan AND Maharashtra's food to the world through Kokan Bazar while creating wealth for its stakeholders, viz, those who create the produce.

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