About Us

Our why?

PashooPakshee's Khamreeth Craft Center at Pench

Give tourists a meaningful take away by providing socially responsible and destination specific souvenirs which are made by artisans and locals living near the destination.

With the purpose of generating sustainable livelihood and a sense of inclusion in locals

to preserve the destination.

Our Motto

DESIGN

PashooPakshee

designs all its souvenirs in-house

TRAIN

We conducts periodic trainings for the communities on our products

SUSTAIN

We ensure continuous production at our community centres by creating market linkages for the products

Our Communities

KHAMREETH CRAFT CENTRE

Located near Pench National Park

Since January 2017

12 Beneficiaries

5 Skill set deployed

In partnership with,

URVI ASHOK PIRAMAL FOUNDATION

PashooPakshee Founding Team

SAVINI SONAVARIA

Founder

Savini is an avid wildlife enthusiast and a passionate traveler. She is a Masters in Communication Engineering from BITS, Pilani and has worked for corporations like CISCO Systems and Larsen & Toubro Ltd. In her travels, she noticed the lack of quality souvenirs in the Indian tourism space and quit her corporate life and started PashooPakshee in 2016 with a goal to change the souvenir industry in India by creating and supplying socially responsible and destination relevant souvenirs.

NIKHIL DHANUKA

Co-Founder

Nikhil is a Product Designer by profession with a Masters degree in Design from IISc, Bangalore. He has a passion for new product development and is an avid photographer and motorcycling enthusiast. He has worked for more than 15 years as a lead system designer with leading private sector defence sector companies in India.

Accolades

wildlife merchandise, animal and bird souvenirs

wildlife souvenirs India, socially responsible handmade products

skill development, livelihood solutions