Saurabh Gupta

Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ KALKI

About

Strategic Thinker - New business developer - Creative - Designer - Stylist - Traveler - Photography I, the founder of KALKI having close to 1 million fashion enthusiast followers, have taken our Indian fashion brand multinational. KALKI has delivered more than 80000 orders internationally, has a customer base of 70000 NRIs globally. Kalki is helping Indians around the world to stay connected to their roots. We have 700 employees working for us today and our business is supporting 100s of skilled karigars and craftsmen in the remote parts of the country. Honoured with the Most trusted brand award in 2021, 2018 Expertise: Building a fashion brand from scratch, Creating a branded organized business in an unorganized segment, Growing business in both online and offline platform -How to build Omnichannel business, Tapping the Non resident Indians in the international market, Collaboration with celebs and influencers, Chief head designer I get high on adventure, new experiences and traveling around the world. Fond of capturing perfect beautiful moments on camera. I love collaborating and associating with energetic enthusiast …if u wish to connect with me.. pls drop a message on my Linkedin.

Country

India

City

Mumbai

Industry

Apparel & Fashion

Skill

Analytical Skills, Business Analysis, Online Advertising, Business Strategy, Global E-Commerce, Fashion Retail, Fashion Design, Brand Development, Collabs, Garment Manufacturing, Fashion Shows, Fashion Styling, Business Development, Strategic Thinking, Influencer Marketing, New Store Development, Online Retail, E-Commerce, Merchandising, Online Merchandising

Experience

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

KALKI

2025-1 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Grateful to step into the role of Founder & CEO at KALKI. This is more than just a title—it’s a commitment to lead with purpose, fuel innovation, and continue building a brand where every customer already feels like a celebrity in their special moments. From a single store in Mumbai to a growing presence across India and beyond, this journey has been driven by creativity, grit, and an unstoppable team. This milestone isn’t mine alone—it belongs to a powerhouse team that shows up with passion every single day, and to my brothers, who’ve been co-creators in every step of this dream. Now, we step into the next chapter: building a global Indian fashion house that sets new benchmarks in design, experience, and delight. 🚀 #FounderCEO #KALKIFashion #TeamKALKI #NextChapter #IndianLuxury #MadeInIndia

Founder & Director

KALKI

2007-2 - Present · 19 yrs 8 mos

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

2007 Identified strategic advantage in our textile business and founded the Fashion retail Brand KALKI, with the first boutique store at Worli Mumbai. In 2008 launched our flagship store at Satacruz. 2009 we launched the e-commerce website kalkifashion.com delivering our offering and experiences globally. Have set up an entire designing house in 2013 and team with inhouse production capacity in Mumbai. In 2016, hit the ramp with our first fashion show showcasing our unique offering to our customers.

Director And Business Development

Kailpar Silken Fabrics (Kalipar Engg Pvt Ltd)

2005 - 2007 · 2 yrs

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Joined family business of textile and made an impact - diversified into Premium international fabrics which were not used in India at that time. In no time became strategic partner for fabrics to Tarun Tahiliani , Satya Paul, Abu Jani and big export houses.

Store Incharge

Gavin Express

2004 - 2005 · 1 yr

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Education

Griffith University

Retail Management, Strategic Management Studies, New Business Development, Franchising

2003 - 2005 · 2 yrs

I spent the best 2 years at this University. It helped me explore my potential, thanks to electives like new business development, strategic management I got to deep dive into how new businesses are built.