Global Himalayan Entrepreneur Summit (GHES)
Ladakh | April 25th - 30th, 2026
The Sikkim Start-Up Search was Alsisar Impact’s flagship initiative, designed to catalyse Himalayan entrepreneurship and support the next generation of impact-driven enterprises from Sikkim. As a pioneer in catalysing Himalayan entrepreneurship, Alsisar Impact launched this initiative to enable global brands from Sikkim while building a future that is nature-first, Himalaya-first, and indigenous-first. Conducted twice over the past two years, the program focused on identifying startups led by founders of Sikkim origin who were building innovative solutions with strong social, environmental, and economic relevance.
Through The Sikkim Start-Up Search, Alsisar Impact provided mentoring support, enterprise building, and investment readiness support, with a strong emphasis on empowering women founders and locally rooted enterprises. The initiative has resulted in a growing portfolio of Sikkim-based ventures, including Crafted Fibers, Bayul Creations, Sajilo Services, Agapi, NE Origins, and Shimpu Guras, which continue to form part of Alsisar Impact’s active work in the region today.
India–Brazil–USA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program - 2025
To mark a decade of empowering women through education and entrepreneurship, CATERFLY and ALSiSAR IMPACT hosted a global milestone program bringing together women entrepreneurs, policymakers, academicians, ecosystem builders, and funders from India, Brazil, and the USA to amplify a unified voice for women-led enterprise. The 10-day immersion combined global dialogue and on-ground learning, engaging over 1,850 women entrepreneurs and 6,500 students, with a strong focus on Sikkim, the world’s first fully organic state, where participants interacted with indigenous women entrepreneurs, organic producers, natural dye artisans, and wellness enterprises—exploring sustainable value chains, heritage-led innovation, and pathways to building globally relevant, impact-driven businesses.
ALSiSAR IMPACT at UNFCCC Bonn - 2025
ALSiSAR IMPACT was invited to host two special press conferences at the UNFCCC Bonn, recognising over a decade of work supporting local and Indigenous enterprises across the Himalayas and Northeast India. We highlighted the fundamental right of Indigenous and local communities to own their natural resources, build scalable enterprises, and lead climate-resilient economies, calling for a shift from charity-based approaches to sustainable venture-building models. Our message was clear: Indigenous people must be seen as equal economic partners, with fair access to finance, markets, and tools to build their own brands and “lighthouse ventures.” True climate action lies at the intersection of social equity, economic strength, and environmental stewardship—because protecting our planet requires balancing profit with purpose and empowering the real custodians of biodiversity to lead the way.
Sikkim- Ladakh Entrepreneurship Conclave - 2024
The Sikkim–Ladakh Entrepreneurship Conclave was a cross-regional learning and exchange initiative held as part of the Alsisar Impact Himalayan Summit (12–22 December 2024), aligned with Alsisar Impact’s focus on place-based innovation, locally rooted enterprises, and regenerative economic development. Hosted by Alsisar Impact in collaboration with Ahaana Ventures, the conclave brought together founders from Sikkim and Ladakh working in sustainable consumer products, craft-based livelihoods, and indigenous enterprises. Designed as an immersive, on-ground program across multiple locations in Sikkim, it combined field immersions, peer learning, and ecosystem engagement to enable knowledge exchange, strengthen market access and product strategy, and support long-term community-owned, resilient Himalayan entrepreneurship.
Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit -
2024
Alsisar Impact was represented by Anuj Sharma and Anvitaa Rastogi at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit in Singapore, a global forum convening business leaders, investors, policymakers, and entrepreneurs to advance sustainable and responsible business practices. The engagement enabled Alsisar Impact to share perspectives from its work supporting impact-first, investable enterprises rooted in indigenous and frontier ecosystems across India, while strengthening global visibility and expanding international networks. As part of the participation, Alsisar Impact highlighted portfolio venture agapi as an example of sustainability-led, indigenous entrepreneurship, demonstrating how traditional knowledge, ethical sourcing, and modern brand-building can create scalable enterprises with strong environmental and social outcomes.
Nexus Global Summit - 2024
Alsisar Impact enabled the participation of a startup from our portfolio, LOCAL All Natural Soda, founded by Zomawii Khiangte, at the Nexus Global Summit in New York City—amplifying an impact-led enterprise from India’s Northeast on a global platform of next-generation philanthropists, investors, and social entrepreneurs. The engagement showcased the venture’s journey from early conceptual roots in New York to its community-driven implementation across Mizoram, highlighting farmer-first sourcing and local value chains as scalable, globally relevant impact models, while reinforcing Alsisar Impact’s role in enabling portfolio founders from underserved regions to access international platforms and partnerships.
Indian Delegation at Bradley Turner School Immersion - 2024
The Indian Delegation participated in an immersive program at the Bradley Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, engaging with global academic leaders, ecosystem builders, and entrepreneurs to explore pathways for women-led, inclusive, and sustainable entrepreneurship. Facilitated with support from ALSiSAR IMPACT and Empowering Women Globally, the immersion focused on leadership development, cross-border academic and enterprise collaboration, and strengthening innovation-driven ecosystems, with the aim of fostering long-term partnerships and scalable impact across India and beyond.
Ladakh Summit: Himalayan & Climate Change Summit - June 2023
In June 2023, ALSiSAR Impact hosted the Ladakh Summit: Himalayan & Climate Change Summit—the first large-scale convening of climate-resilient and socially relevant enterprises from across the Himalayan region and beyond. The three-day summit brought together entrepreneurs and ecosystem stakeholders to explore the intersections of climate change, gender, migration, and regional resilience, with discussions spanning women’s vulnerability to climate impacts, climate-induced migration and livelihoods, and the implications of glacier melt on food, water, and energy security. Featuring diverse ventures from Ladakh, across India, and Nepal, the summit marked an important step toward building a place-based, transnational movement for climate action and equitable development.
South-Asian Women Entrepreneurs’ Round Table Conference – 2023
ALSiSAR Impact convened the South-Asian Women Entrepreneurs’ Round Table Conference on April 19, 2023, at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai. The event brought together women entrepreneurs from across geographies, ethnicities, religions, and age groups for a focused dialogue on the intersection of gender, entrepreneurship, and systemic exclusion. Designed as a safe and inclusive forum, the round table created space to surface critical barriers faced by women in the startup ecosystem, particularly those from marginalized castes, tribes, and underrepresented regions. Key themes included representation disparities in the entrepreneurial landscape, regional and caste-based investment biases, and the gendered impact of climate change on enterprise and livelihood. Despite the gravity of issues discussed, the session fostered a strong sense of solidarity and optimism, inspiring participants, many of whom are first-generation founders, to challenge entrenched norms, scale their ventures, and emerge as lighthouse entrepreneurs in their respective communities