Very Much Indian

Slony Gambhir is the founder of Very Much Indian. At the age of 14, she used to sit in her father's textile store, manage clients, and handle accounts. She worked in corporate for 10 years after her BTech and MBA studies. In 2016, she quit her job and started her own saree business from her Pune home. She started the business by taking a loan of 25 sarees from her father and her husband supported her in this business. Slony Baldev Gambhir is Season 2's most textile-heritage-rooted female entrepreneur a woman who grew up inside the fabric business (her father's textile store), earned a BTech and MBA, spent 10 years in the corporate world, and then returned to her family's deep-rooted textile knowledge to build a brand that connected India's most culturally significant handwoven sarees to modern consumers nationwide. Her husband Manish Gambhir works at a bank but fully supported her entrepreneurial journey.

Very Much Indian represents Paithani sarees worldwide. This startup aims at improving the demand and uplifting the culture of Paithani sarees and Paithani weavers. These sarees are 2,000 years old and are considered the "Queen of Silk Sarees." Very Much Indian is India's most mission-driven Paithani saree brand connecting urban consumers directly with handloom weavers from Yeola, Maharashtra, eliminating middlemen, ensuring weavers receive fair prices, and preserving a 2,000-year-old craft tradition. The brand offers sarees in cotton, linen, silk, and blended fabrics with traditional motifs each taking approximately 2.5 months to complete. The direct-from-weaver model benefits both ends: weavers receive better income; consumers receive authentic quality at fair prices.