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AKSHAT AND PRAMITI GOENKA

As a couple, you embody the new-age dynamics of our times even as you retain your rootedness in tradition and culture. Share with us a little about your backgrounds...

Pramiti: “Ours is an interesting story. After getting my undergraduate degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, I completed a GIA course in New York to become a gemologist, before I returned to India. My desire was to spend more time with my family, learn the ropes of the male-dominated jewellery business from my father. We are a family of four siblings – two daughters and two sons – and I’ve always been the one interested in jewellery. I was the lucky one who got to travel with our parents from the age of two-and-a-half. My mother would take me to all the jewellery shows. So, my early years were soaked and immersed in a global culture.”

“I was born in Kolkata and my parents moved to Delhi in 1996. I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and I’m presently pursuing the OPM (Owner/President Management) program at the Harvard University. I’m currently

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