Kaanchi Chopra is an Indian designer, artist and photojournalist creating at the intersection of climate and gender. She is the founder of Kohinoori - a social enterprise empowering rural farmers in India to transform agricultural waste into biodesign solutions. Previously, she led design at Remake, a sustainable fashion nonprofit working across education and policy.
She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Industrial Design and a minor in Nature, Culture and Sustainability Studies. Her work has been featured by the United Nations, Mashable, Buzzfeed, Yahoo News, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Hypebeast, RISD News, Hindustan Times, Adobe etc. She is a TEDx speaker, and a recipient of The One Club’s COLORFUL grant, RISD’s Steven Mendelson Award for Community Service, the Maharam Fellowship, and the BeVisioneers: The Mercedez-Benz Fellowship. You will mostly find her foraging fallen flowers or archiving artworks.
For collaborations or queries, email - kchopra@alumni.risd.edu.
Featured Press, Awards and Talks
Invited by Brown University to deliver a talk about my climate journey.
Invited to deliver a TEDx talk on Artivism.
Awarded the COLORFUL grant by The One Club for Creativity.
Awarded the Steven Mendelson Award for Community Service by the President at RISD Commencement.
