HAE Founder's Salon - Designed in India. Built for the World.

​Designed in India. Built for the World.

​On 10 October 2026, Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs (HAE) India Chapter invites you to a Founder’s Salon featuring Chaitanya Muppala, Founder, Manam Chocolate, and Naiyya Saggi, Founder, EDT, moderated by Sakshi Vij, Co-Chair, HAE India & MD, Carzonrent.

​From craft chocolate to design-led home appliances, a new generation of Indian founders is reimagining familiar consumer categories through better design, sharper consumer insight and distinctive brand experiences.

​Rather than a traditional founder-journey conversation, this Founder’s Salon will be candid, informal and interactive exploring the real decisions, experiments, mistakes and convictions behind building premium consumer brands from India.

​The conversation will explore questions around design, differentiation, consumer behaviour, premiumisation, product-market fit and what it takes to build brands that can stand out in India while aspiring to compete globally.

​About HAE
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs is a global, founder-first community connecting 20,000+ alumni, students, faculty and friends who are creating companies, shaping industries and pushing ideas forward. The network brings together alumni from all 13 Harvard schools who share a passion for entrepreneurship.