Shelly Shaurya

Shelly Shaurya is a research economist and is the author of three Amazon best-selling books, namely, "Bamboonomics", "Green Line" and "The Silk Saga". He finished his MBA from Esade, Spain, with an exchange semester at Ross, USA, in 2023.

He was working for Amazon in Luxembourg and recently finished a stint in Singapore.

Prior to his MBA, he was engaged as a consultant to the National Productivity Council, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He has also completed a research study with the Central Silk Board of the Ministry of Textiles on bamboo silk and its impending socio-economic impact on India's silk industry. Having advised TRIFED (Ministry of Tribal Affairs) on the implementation of the roll-out plan 'Bamboonomics", he was invited to represent India at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP 14 and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 25. In 2019, he also founded Shelly Shaurya Foundation, a charity (of which he serves as President).

He has written several publications for the Government of India and GIZ India, highlighting tribal upliftment issues. At his alma mater, St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, Shelly was the recipient of 3 'College Blues' and the prestigious L.B. Jain Award for Excellence in Studies & Cricket. In addition, he also has an illustrious past as a professional cricket player for 14 years in which he (a) played for Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2017; (b) represented Delhi & Manipur in the Ranji Trophy; (c) captained the Delhi u-23 cricket team twice.

While balancing the sports career in his life, he also managed his academics and became an NTSE-scholar, which in all probability, is a unique feat in itself. On a side note, this animal-lover also dabbles in wanderlust, photography, reading books and listening to music.