Namrata, International Certified Cheesemaker is also an educator and India’s only Training Partner for the Academy of Cheese, a program through which she is training future cheese professionals for India. Namrata holds various certifications from UK, USA and Italy on cheesemaking & sensory analysis. With a background in business management and 15 years in international trade and investment consulting, it was her love of food that led her to cheesemaking.

Anuradha, Social Entrepreneur is the backbone of Käse, at the helm of operations, compliance and its people and community. She has 2 decades of experience in the social sector and heads Can Do, a skill development initiative for People With Disabilities. She is an alumna of the prestigious Goldman Sachs - ISB10000 Women's program. Anu's quest for providing differently abled girls with skills trainings is what led her to cheesemaking.

India is first among all countries in both production and consumption of milk. India meets 53% of its milk needs from animals reared by pastoralists - free grazing animals in the rural spaces reared naturally with no administration of hormones and antibiotics. There is an abundance of ‘clean milk’ that can be ethically procured.

In 2021 our plans to scale up led us to cross paths with the pastoral communities in Gujarat and Rajasthan. We started making cheese locally in these areas by involving and training the pastoral youth. As we delved deeper we got to understand and appreciate milk better, how grazing practices, feed, terroir are all linked and play an important role in creating cheese, that not only effectively preserved the milk and made it better but reflects its provenance as it matures.