Cofounder of Saathi
Amrita is the cofounder of Saathi, a social enterprise that manufactures sanitary pads made from waste banana tree fiber for girls in rural India. Saathi was the winner of the 2014 Harvard Business School New Venture Competition. Previously Amrita worked as a design engineer for Procter & Gamble’s feminine hygiene division working on Whisper and Always pads as well as with the Gillette brand. Amrita graduated with an S.B. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.