Padmavani Karkera
Founder & CEO
Alpalair Wellness is Padmavani’s way of pushing back against nasty chemical laden synthetic food, body care products and fads in wellness and beauty that are not holistic in nature. She has always said and maintains that “compromise is not an option” when it comes to quality of the products. A lot of research and care goes into selecting suppliers of raw materials and formulation of products.
She heads new product development and supervises R&D and Marketing. She supervises the entire production cycle from deciding on the suppliers of raw materials to packaging of the final product. She would like her product packaging to be 100% eco-friendly and uses glass and recycled paper instead of plastic. It has its challenges, but she aims to crack it someday.
Prior to Alpalair Wellness, Padmavani has worked in several roles. She has worked as an independent business consultant for SME’s and in corporates as Business Line Manager and HR Head. She has worked with Companies to design and implement Organisation Development initiative, business restructuring and business processes. She has worked as a journalist and a volunteer, counselling and helping rehabilitate abused street children. When she is so inclined she takes pictures, writes, paints and watches foreign language films.