Sanchita Ajjampur was born in Mumbai and moved to Europe at the age of three. Educated in Vienna and the UK, she studied art in Paris and earned her Fashion degree at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture Parisienne. She went to Milan to specialise in fashion and industry at the Domus Academy, obtaining a Master’s Degree in Fashion and Technology. Sanchita speaks and writes English, German, Italian and French, as well as colloquial Indian languages.

A workshop with Asha Sarabhai and Issey Miyake between her BA and Master’s course enabled Sanchita to take her first steps in the world of fashion and gave her experience in studios in Ahmedabad, India and Tokyo, Japan. She also worked on Indian heritage textiles research projects under the guidance of Martand Singh and Pupul Jayakar.

She started working with Romeo Gigli in the early 1990s, designing Callaghan which was then produced by Zamasport in Novara, Italy.

Sanchita is the Vice President of the Bangalore branch of the Indo-Italian Chamber of Commerce, where she acts as an important link between Italy and India for business and culture.