Name

Chanakya International

Legal name

Chanakya International Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://chanakya.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Bespoke Couture & Haute Couture Services: Custom embroidery and textile craftsmanship services for luxury fashion houses, including couture, prêt-à-porter, and made-to-measure garments. Services encompass surface ornamentation, hand embroidery, and craft techniques for high-end fashion pieces.
2. Fashion House Collaborations: Long-standing partnerships with luxury brands (50+ years with Dior) providing exclusive embroidery services, artistic installations, and craft innovations across various collections and product categories.
3. Art Installations & Exhibition Works: Creation of large-scale artistic installations and exhibition works in collaboration with contemporary artists and fashion houses, displayed at prestigious venues like Venice Biennale, Vatican Library, and fashion weeks.
4. Craft Education & Training: Non-profit school providing craft education with graduates often employed within Chanakya Ateliers or pursuing independent craft careers. Creates skilled workforce pipeline.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Chanakya International is a Mumbai-based textile and embroidery house that designs and produces bespoke hand-embroidery, surface ornamentation, weaving, dyeing, and printing services for the world's leading luxury fashion houses including Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, and Fendi. The company operates three commercial service lines — Couture commissions, Made-to-Measure tailoring, and Prêt-à-Porter ready-to-wear — and is supported by the in-house Chanakya School of Craft and Chanakya Foundation.

Product overview

Chanakya International is a textile and embroidery house with a four-decade history in preserving and elevating India's cultural heritage through craft excellence. The company operates across three main service offerings: Couture (high-end custom embroidery for luxury fashion houses), Made-to-Measure (bespoke tailoring and embroidery), and Prêt-à-Porter (ready-to-wear embroidery services). Supporting these core offerings are the Vintage Archives (a private collection of over 10,000 rare global art antiquities spanning 1000 years), the Chanakya School of Craft (a non-profit educational institution teaching hand embroidery to women), and the Chanakya Foundation (the company's CSR initiative for cultural sustainability). The company houses master-artisans in 13th generation lineages, maintaining ateliers in Mumbai, India and Bologna, Italy, with over 1,400 in-house artisans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Couture (Haute Couture Embroidery Commissions) Bespoke, hand-executed haute couture embroidery and surface ornamentation commissions for global luxury fashion houses such as Dior, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, and Fendi. Each commission is crafted by 1,400+ in-house artisans for runway and capsule collections.
• Made-to-Measure Bespoke made-to-measure embroidery and tailoring service for individual couture clients seeking customized, hand-embroidered garments and personal couture commissions.
• Prêt-à-Porter Ready-to-wear embroidery service line producing embellished prêt-à-porter pieces for luxury fashion brands and individual buyers, leveraging the same in-house artisan craft used for couture commissions.
• Chanakya School of Craft Non-profit educational institution under the Chanakya Foundation that offers craft courses and trains artisans in traditional textile, embroidery, and surface ornamentation techniques.
• Vintage Archives In-house heritage collection of historical textiles, garments, and artifacts maintained by the maison, serving as a craft reference library and cultural asset (referenced as a distinctive division of the business).

Quantifiable outcome

• Production capacity of 10,000 finished garments per month per segment
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers36 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Vatican Apostolic LibraryflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025En Route exhibition at Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City. Collaborative project with Maria Grazia Chiuri and Karishma Swali featuring interdisciplinary artistic exploration honoring pioneering women travelers. Includes crafted abstractions, handcrafted globes, kantha stitch, and partnership with musician Jovanotti for toran installations.
• Rithika MerchantcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025The Flowers We Grew immersive installation for Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025-26 show. 37 monumental panels and 16 circular compositions created by 306 artisans over 144,000 hours. Honors matriarchs of artist's maternal lineage from Kerala.
• Indian Museum, KolkatacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025The Sun Within installation for Indian Museum's 210th anniversary. Three 6-foot black stone sculptures with radiating patterns and thread weaving, exploring cyclical nature of existence.
• JSW Foundation / Sangita JindalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Commission by JSW Foundation and Sangita Jindal, Chairperson, for Citius-Altius-Fortius installation celebrating 100 years of India at the Olympics. Works commemorating Sakshi Malik (2016 Rio bronze) and Neeraj Chopra (2021 Tokyo gold) unveiled at 7th Arrondissement Town Hall, Paris.
• Venice Biennale (Cosmic Garden)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Cosmic Garden collateral event at 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. Curated by Maria Alicata and Paola Ugolini, supported by Dior. Features paintings and sculptures by Madhvi and Manu Parekh, with evolution into hand-embroidery through Chanakya School of Craft works.
• Isabella DucrotcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Big Aura installation for Dior Couture Spring-Summer 2024 show at Musée Rodin. 23 dresses created using hand-weaving, hand block-printing, and basket-weaving techniques by Chanakya artisans.
• Faith RinggoldflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Artworks for Dior Couture Autumn-Winter 2024-2025 show at Musée Rodin in Paris. Interdisciplinary installation addressing issues of gender, race, class, family, and community through needlepoint, appliqué, patchwork, and beadwork.
• Mickalene ThomascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Scenography for Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2023 show. Giant portraits of exceptional female figures embroidered with sequins and diamante. Explores themes of celebrity, femininity, and power.
• Marta RoberticoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Fiber art installation for Dior Fall-Winter 2024 Haute Couture show. Imagery of ancient goddesses and feminine energy created by 360 artisans using over 80 hand-embroidery techniques.
• Asia Society India CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Curatorial partner for Mūḷ Māthī exhibition featuring Madhvi and Manu Parekh works. Also recognized Karishma Swali as Cultural Ambassador.
• MoonrayminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaboration with Moonray and Jai Vakeel Foundation for 'A Seat at the Table' installation celebrating inclusion spirit. Conceptualized by Avantika and Karishma Swali.
• Madhvi & Manu ParekhflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Monumental textile artworks for Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2022 show at Musée Rodin, Paris. 22 textile artworks spanning 340 square meters created by 320 artisans over 3 months. Depicts traditional Indian motifs and spiritual abstractions celebrating dichotomy between male and female.
• Olesia TrofymenkocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Set design for Dior Autumn-Winter 2022-2023 haute couture show. Floral garlands and wheat crowns using cross stitch color layering; tree of life embroidered with satin stitches and jute threads.
• Judy ChicagoflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 202122 immense hand-embroidered panels created for Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2020 show. Themes of freedom through expression, independence, knowledge and empowerment championed by graduating women at Chanakya School of Craft.
• Eva JospinflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Chambre de Soie (Silk Room) - 40-meter-long immersive gallery entirely hand-embroidered by 320 artisans using 150 variations of hand embroidery techniques and over 400 colors. Dior Haute Couture Autumn-Winter 2021-2022 at Rodin Museum.
• Christian Dior (Maria Grazia Chiuri)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 202050+ year collaboration with Dior, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri. Partnership encompasses haute couture runway installations, prêt-à-porter embellishments, artistic exhibitions at Musée Rodin, Gateway of India, and Venice Biennale. Major installations include: Chambre de Soie (2021, 350 sq meters), The Toran at Gateway of India (2023, 46 feet), and multiple runway installations from 2020-2025.
• Jai Vakeel FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership with India's oldest and largest not-for-profit working in Intellectual Disability. Collaboration created inclusion bands and 'A Seat at the Table' multimedia installation celebrating inclusion spirit. Women of Chanakya School of Craft designed and handcrafted works for awareness and fundraising.
• Chanakya School of CraftflagshipOthers · 1 January 2016Non-profit school and foundation dedicated to craft, culture, and creating autonomy for women. Established in 2016, first of its kind institution teaching over 300 hand embroidery techniques through holistic curriculum. Has trained over 1000 women. Graduates often employed at Chanakya Ateliers.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves9 records

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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