Monika Shukla is a passionate social entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Humble Bee, an organization revolutionizing beekeeping as a nature-based solution for sustainable agriculture, rural empowerment, and climate resilience. With over a decade of experience in platform building and systems thinking, Monika has championed micro-entrepreneurship, women empowerment, and eco-sustainability in India.
Before Humble Bee, Monika co-founded LetsEndorse and led a tech-enabled micro-entrepreneurship model in partnership with SIDBI, empowering over 6,200 women, youth, and reverse migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic to launch small businesses and unlock $6 million in credit. Inspired by experiences with beekeepers across 18 Indian states, she co-created Humble Bee’s end-to-end solution for sustainable beekeeping, drawing inspiration from the AMUL cooperative model.
An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and a Young India Fellow at Ashoka University, Monika is also a German Chancellor Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation).