Somdutta Singh Singh

Dr Somdutta Singh is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor currently operating her third entrepreneurial venture, Assiduus Global Inc., an AI-powered cross-border, cross-bordermarketplace E-commerce accelerator that launches and scales D2C brands across global E-commerce marketplaces with 150M+ Revenue.

Her previous two ventures, Unspun Group, an AdTech company, and IRA - House of
Designers, a crowdsourced fashion label on e-commerce and retail, have been successfully
acquired.Living her life on the edge by the adage - Every adversity comes with an opportunity; Dr
Somdutta Singh has a vision of making Assiduus Global the most prominent and desired E-commerce accelerator partner for D2C brands and companies looking to conquer the global E-commerce ecosystem.

Dr Som has been designated as one of Fortune India's 50 Most Powerful Women. She is also a member of the coveted invitation-only Forbes Business Council. Dr Som has served as the youngest and only woman Vice-Chairperson of
NASSCOM Product Council and has been the first woman of Indian origin on the Board of Philip Kotler’s Kotler Impact. She has facilitated the Government of India to form the visionary Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) by NITI Aayog which has helped lakhs of enterprising and revolutionary women across India on their entrepreneurial journeys.

Dr Som is an ardent believer in giving back to society in the form of her not-for-profit organisation that invests in the youth and empowers them with digital skills in a technologically driven era. Her foundation also helps entrepreneurs from Tier I and Tier II cities raise money for their ventures; as an angel investor, she has invested in some of the most promising startups globally. She works with Ketto.org to fund surgeries of young children whose parents cannot afford the costs.

She has authored the best-selling books - Decoding Digital: Unlocking Digital Barriers and Stories From New India: Policies, Hope And Change. She is at present writing her third book. She is a Global Mentor at Google Launchpad and a Mentor of Change at Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), Govt of India. Dr Som has been bestowed with the coveted Time40Under40 honour in 2021, India Achiever Award 2021, Impact Entrepreneur Award for Social Innovation, presented by IEEE in association with UN Women and Amity University, London.

She has also been bestowed with
the 2019 Mentor of the Year by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, 2017 Digital Leadership Award for Social Innovation by Times of India and the 2017 Women Leadership Award by Economic Times.
Dr Som is constantly shuttling between India, New York, and Dubai in her endeavour to take her business across the globe. She is learning to play the piano, is a trained Indian classical singer, a combat training and kickboxing enthusiast, a voracious reader, and an avid traveller.