SAKSHI CHHABRA MITTAL

ATTEMPTING TO HEAL THE WORLD THROUGH FOOD, THE YOUNG DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS MITTAL FAMILY OF AIRTEL IS ONE TO WATCH OUT FOR. SHE JOINS HELLO! FOR A CHAT ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM BUSINESS TO BABIES AND HOW ONE REALLY CAN HAVE IT ALL!

- NOOR ANAND CHAWLA

“To look good, you need to feel good. I believe happiness is a big part of health. That’s what I’m working on. Our focus is on health, not just vanity,” proclaims Sakshi Chhabra Mittal.

One look at this svelte, confident and charming entrepreneur — also an investor and founder-CEO of UK-based ‘Food As Medicine’ subscription service FoodHak — is sufficient proof that she practices what she preaches.

As wife of entrepreneur Shravin Mittal and daughter-in-law of the founder of multibillion-dollar Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Sakshi has an illustrious family name to live up to. Yet this intelligent and forward-thinking young woman does it with aplomb.

High school sweethearts, Sakshi and Shravin set up their home and enterprises in London, but their heart still resides in Delhi, where they were born and raised. This is evident when we meet her on a sultry monsoon afternoon at her in-laws’ residence in Central Delhi, where she’s on a short visit with Shravin and the children while schools are shut in the UK.

Even after many hours of shooting, Sakshi is the quintessential queen of cool. She doesn’t bat an eyelid as the conversation shifts from the technical jargon on the nitty-gritties of her food startup to her daily mommy schedule, which includes school drop-offs and bed-and-bath routines. Sakshi truly is an example of someone who has it all — not because of any proverbial silver spoon, but because she believes in her goals and works hard to achieve them.

In 2017, as she juggled her first pregnancy with her role as a successful corporate professional working with Japanese multinational SoftBank, Sakshi was diagnosed with a rare disease, obstetric cholestasis, which leads to the breakdown of the liver.