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​Kanika Tekriwal

The CEO and Founder of JetSetGo, an India-based private jet concierge service.She battled cancer and then tore into aviation sector, traditionally perceived as a male bastion, to establish India’s first and only marketplace for private jet and helicopter charters.​Recently, she was featured in the Forbes magazine list of ‘30under30’ achievers of Asia for making a mark in changing the face of e-commerce and shopping.

Meet Kanika Tekriwal

​A fighter all the way, she claims to have jet fuel running through her veins while breathing and eating planes. A relentless pursuer of hope filled with ever optimism, her focus is on bringing the luxury back into business aviation and the experience back into life. Having started her career with India Bulls Aviation and working for close to a decade in the industry in both India and UK she is determined to revolutionize the private aviation business in India by systematically leveraging technology and partnerships to address deep-rooted bottlenecks that exist in the industry. Her determination to never give in will help JetSetGo charter new territory.

She battled cancer and then tore into aviation sector, traditionally perceived as a male bastion, to establish India’s first and only marketplace for private jet and helicopter charters.

Meet Bhopal’s Kanika Tekriwal. At 27 her JetSetGo has contracts running into $20 million and manages assets worth $70 million. Recently, she was featured in the Forbes magazine list of ‘30under30’ achievers of Asia for making a mark in changing the face of e-commerce and shopping.

An alumna of Jawaharlal Nehru School, BHEL, Tekriwal finished her graduation in Mumbai and MBA in England.

“I was always fascinated by the aviation sector and began working in it at 17. But it was only after my MBA that I finalised my plans of setting up JetSetGo,” said Kanika, who is the CEO and partner in the private jet concierge company.

​At 22 when she was diagnosed with cancer, Tekriwal did not let go off her dreams. After battling the disease, she went back to the drawing board and finally set up her company in 2013.