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American Museum & Gardens · Consultancy
University of Bath · 2025
Strategic consultancy engagement for the American Museum and Gardens, framed by University of Bath coursework.
Ashwika Rathour
A practitioner working at the seam of business, sustainability, and the slow craft of building something that lasts.
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A practitioner at the seam
A short note on what I do, why I do it, and where I'm headed.
Ashwika is a postgraduate sustainability researcher and emerging strategist, currently reading for an MSc in Sustainability and Management at the University of Bath. Her work moves between business strategy classrooms and grassroots impact — between the lecture halls of Bath and the diya-makers of Maharashtra.
She has spent the last three years winning business plan competitions, mentoring student leaders for the Indian Development Foundation, and consulting for the American Museum and Gardens at Bath. She prefers projects that begin in the field and end in something that ships — markets that mobilise, communities that earn, ideas that last.
"Avid reader. Quiet listener. Enthusiastic builder of small, beautiful systems."
Born2005
CurrentlyBath, UK
LanguagesEnglish · Hindi
StatusOpen to roles
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Honour'd moments
Wins, mentions, and stages — collected here briefly. The fuller story belongs to the work itself.
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Rotork Challenge
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Alchemy Business Plan Competition
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Harvard Business Review Competition
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Plot to Promote — Bizzsphere Fest
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In the field
Two internships, both in motion — laboratory analysis virtually, and grassroots social work on the ground.
Pursuing2025 — present
Life Sciences Research Intern
Life Arc · Forage (Virtual)
- Analysis of different protocols for optimization needs
- Summarising findings and surfacing project insights
January 2025India
Akshaya Dhaaga · Social Development
Akshayshakti Welfare Foundation
- Promoting and selling handmade diyas crafted by children of the NGO
- Storytelling, packaging, and channel design for the children-led campaign
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What I've built
Four projects across two universities and two NGOs — most live where business strategy meets craft.
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Student Leadership Program — Mentor
Indian Development Foundation · 2024
Mentor for The Student Leadership Program for Sustainable Practices and Leadership, working with school cohorts on field projects.
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Desi Bazaar
University of Wolverhampton · 2024
International project on rural-area employability and organic clothing — connecting Indian craft-makers with UK markets.
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Aashayein
Indian Development Foundation · 2023
Resource mobilisation project for humanitarian causes — fundraising, awareness, and community partnership work.
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Skills & tools
Three families of skill — soft, technical, and analytical. Useful in roughly that order.
Corporate
- Communication
- Adaptability
- People Skills
- Social Listening
Technical
- Canva
- MS Office
- Google Forms
Hard
- Ideation
- Strategy
- Business Management
- Avid Reader
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Where I studied
Two countries, three concurrent degrees, a school where it all began.
2026
MSc · Sustainability and Management
University of Bath
2026
B.Com
YCMOU
2025
BA (Hons) · Business Management
University of Wolverhampton
2022
HSC · Humanities
R.N. Podar School
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Certifications & positions
Smaller commitments — courses being completed, posts being held.
Certifications
- CRM
- Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Positions of Responsibility
- Water Management
- Creative Team Member & Event Head
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Let's begin something
For collaborations across sustainability, social-enterprise, business strategy, or any quiet idea that needs warmth and rigour.