Ankit is Co-Founder & CEO of Shoegaro a circular fashion social startup based in Agra, which provides a platform to connect artisans making handmade shoes with demand centres across India. His focus is on making environmentally conscious footwear using recycled raw material and preserving the dying art of handmade shoemaking by generating jobs and creating micro-entrepreneurs among the largely unemployed footwear artisans community and engaging both men and women from handmade shoemaking artisan families at various stages of shoe-making.