The Nykaa Story

India’s largest omnichannel beauty destination

Since our launch, we have not only redefined the art of e-retailing beauty and personal care in India, but also have been instrumental in fostering the growth of a previously relatively nascent ecosystem. From bringing you domestic brands, international brands, luxury and prestige brands, premium brands, niche and cult brands and expert advice and videos, coupled with our understanding of the needs and preferences of the consumers,to more than 72 Luxe and On-Trend and Kiosk Stores, an ever growing online community for beauty buffs, and a Beauty Helpline, we go out of our way to give you only the very best. With 2400+, 100% authentic brands Nykaa offers a well curated comprehensive selection of makeup, skincare, haircare, bath and body, fragrance, grooming appliances, personal care, and health and wellness categories. ...Read More

Derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Nayaka’ meaning actress or one in the spotlight, Nykaa is all about celebrating the star in each woman, and being her confidante and companion as she embarks on her own journey to discover her unique identity and personal style. From the widest selection of genuine beauty products from around the world to beauty advice, Nykaa is truly passionate about catering to your every beauty and wellness need. Because after all, Your Beauty is Our Passion.

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NYKAA features in the prestigious annual TIME100 Most Influential Companies List 2022

Ten years after being founded by entrepreneur Falguni Nayar with the goal of inspiring Indian women, Nykaa has evolved into one of India’s largest cosmetics and lifestyle brands.

Our Vision

Bring inspiration and joy to people, everywhere, everyday.

Our Mission

To create a world where our consumers have access to a finely curated, authentic assortment of products and services that delight and elevate the human spirit.

Our Values

A Day In The Life Of Nykaa

Our Leadership Team

Falguni Nayar

Executive Chairperson, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Founding Member

Falguni Nayar is the Founder, Executive Chairperson & Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of our Company. She holds a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She has almost three decades of experience in e-commerce, investment banking and broking. Prior to founding our Company, she was associated with Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited for 18 years where she also served as a managing director. She has also served also the boards of various companies, including Tata Motors and Aviva Life Insurance Company Limited. Presently, she serves as independent director on boards of various companies including Kotak Securities Limited, ACC Limited and Dabur India Limited. She has won many awards including ‘EY Entrepreneur Of the Year 2019 – Start-up’ by Ernst and Young, and ‘Businesswoman of the Year’ at the Economic Times Award for Corporate Excellence, 2019. She was listed as one of the Asia’s Power Businesswomen, 2019 by Forbes Asia and named as ‘Business Person of the Year’, 2019 by Vogue India.

Anchit Nayar

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer – Beauty E-Commerce

Anchit Nayar is an Executive Director of our Company, since July 1, 2021. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Beauty E-Commerce. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Columbia University. Anchit has previously served as the Vice President of the investment banking division at Morgan Stanley, New York. He has more than 10 years of experience in e-commerce, marketing, retail, and banking. He is currently responsible for the beauty business and also serves as a member of the Investor Relations team. He joined FSN Brands in 2018 as the Chief Executive Officer and has overseen the expansion of the Nykaa Physical Stores. He was also the Chief Marketing Officer of the Company for the period from May 31, 2020, to January 12, 2021.

Adwaita Nayar

Executive Director, Chief Executive Officer – Nykaa Fashion

Adwaita Nayar is an Executive Director at our Company since July 1, 2021. She also serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Nykaa Fashion. She co-founded our Company and has been involved in the areas of marketing, operations and product development. She holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from the Yale’s University, where she graduated as Cum Laude and a master’s degree in business administration with distinction from the Harvard Business School. Post her academic pursuits, she re-joined FSN Brands in 2017 as Chief Executive Officer to create and strengthen the offline physical store footprint of Nykaa. Since 2018, she has established Nykaa Fashion business and currently oversees NykaaFashion.com as well as many of our Company’s owned & partner brands. She has more than 10 years of experience in Fashion, Retail and Equity Markets.

Manoj Jaiswal

Chief Officer – Supply Chain

Manoj Jaiswal is the Chief Supply Chain Officer of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since November 1, 2013. He holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in business administration from the All Institute of Engineering & Management. He has over 25 years of experience in supply chain management. Previously, he was associated with Blue Dart Express Ltd, Ibibo Web Pvt. Ltd., and Future Retail Ltd.

Surender Mehta

Chief Human Resource Officer

Surender Mehta is the Chief Human Resource Officer of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since December 23, 2020. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business studies from the University of Delhi and post graduate diploma in business management from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. He has also completed advanced management program from the Harvard Business School. He has 3 decades of HR professional experience spanning across industries. Previously, he was associated with Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd., as the Head of Human Resources business and India centres, and ITC Hotels Ltd. Previously, he has also served as a director on the boards of Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd. He has also been recognized as Diversity & Inclusion HR Leader of the Year.

Rajesh Uppalapati

Chief Technology Officer

Rajesh Uppalapati is the Chief Technology Officer of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Osmania University and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Arizona. Rajesh brings over 2 decades of technology experience, supporting multi-stage businesses ranging from growing to large established as well as new businesses. Previously, he was associated with Amazon for about 20 years across different geographies and most recently he served as a Vice President for Product Engineering at Intuit India.

P. Ganesh

Chief Financial Officer

P Ganesh is the Chief Financial Officer for our Company. He is qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost and Management Account, and Company Secretary. He brings over 27 years of diverse industry experience in financial reporting, business finance, taxation, investor relations, banking, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law. Prior to joining Nykaa, he was serving as a Chief Financial Officer across various companies like TAFE Group, Pidilite Industries Limited, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, and Godrej Group.

Vishal Gupta

Chief Executive Officer – Nykaa Distribution

Vishal Gupta is the Chief Executive Officer for our Nykaa Distribution (Superstore) business. He holds a bachelor’s degree in textile engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a master’s degree in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Vishal comes with a rich career with Unilever spanning over 27 years, where he successfully handled many businesses and brands in India, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and Russia.

Sujeet Jain

Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer

Sujeet Jain is the Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer of our Company. He heads the legal, company secretarial, compliance, and regulatory functions at our Company. He holds a master’s degree in business management from the University of Warwick. He is a seasoned General Counsel with 25 years of experience. Previously, he was serving as a Chief Legal Officer at Ultratech Cement Ltd., and as a Group General Counsel & Company Secretary at Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd.

Are You Keen To Join Our Team?

We’ve tried to transform the way India shops for beauty and that hasn’t been easy. Luckily for us, we have an incredible team that loves a challenge. Our team is constantly growing and evolving and we’re always on the look-out for young, energetic, highly-motivated superheroes to come aboard.

Rockstar team players

eCommerce is all about working in teams

Passionate executors

Drive awesome projects with minimal hierarchy

Big dreamers

Because nothing is impossible in our minds

If you feel you’ve got what it takes, get in touch at careers@nykaa.com

Careers

To Apply, mail us your resume at careers@nykaa.com

Authenticity

We have developed systems and processes to ensure that the products sold on our platform are authentic, and build trust among our consumers and brands. For our beauty and personal care offering, our business is predominantly inventory led. This approach ensures sourcing directly from brands or their authorized distributors in India. It allows us to guarantee authenticity of products bought by our consumers, an important consideration for consumers of such products. We also conduct quality checks at our warehouses periodically on our beauty and personal care products. For our fashion offering, we operate a managed marketplace and ensure that the sellers we onboard are authorized resellers only. We have also developed systems to monitor and address consumer complaints towards our ongoing commitment to authenticity.

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What Our Customers Are Saying About Us

I live in a small city of nagpur and here we don’t get big cosmetic brands , thanks to nykaa for keeping me style and glamour updated ! I have been an avid shopper on your website from the day it was made ‘ the amazing offers , the style tips , the customer friendly options ! Love them a lot ❤️

Neha Rahate

Nykaa you have surpassed many big brands in the liquid matte lipstick category !! Nykaa Matte To Last is a must buy lipstick for every girl and woman.

Shweta Deshpande

Thank you for amazing service...Thank you to the entire team - social media managers, the people working endlessly at the warehouse making sure they ship correct orders and at the fastest time possible. Thank you thank you thank you ❤️

Cassidy

I have shopped like crazy from Nykaa Pink Friday Sale. Everyday I place orders and receive products. Loved shopping. Even purchased the high end brands in this sale which I wouldn't have spent on otherwise.

Ankita Agarwal

Nykaa is so far the best online shopping site I have ever used. Usually the reviews put up look fake when they are just praises...but this website seriously has a five star class...from customer care to timely delivery...everything had a personalized touch to it. Thank you!

Prachi Arya

Your reply and action has been very prompt, and I appreciate your promptness is addressing customer concerns. Keep up the good work!

Aparna

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TIME

Time100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 – Nykaa India’s Beauty Behemoth

March 30, 2022

The Nykaa Story

NYKAA features in the prestigious annual TIME100 Most Influential Companies List 2022

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TIME

Business Today

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When beauty meets business

ECONOMIC TIMES BANGALORE

Nykaa Eyes a Rs. 85 crore Touch-up with this Year's Pink Friday Sale

The New Indian Express

Nykaa opens in namma Chennai

Business Standard_Mumbai

Women should be proud of their beauty, says Janhvi Kapoor

Newsnation.in

Jahnvi Kapoor believes every woman should feel proud of her beauty

Business Standard Mumbai

Nykaa allows viewers to buy while watching tutorial videos

BUSINESS STANDARD

Now, buy Nykaa's beauty products while watching its make-up videos

FORTUNE INDIA

Adding gloss to the beauty business

THE ECONOMICS TIMES

You Need to Believe in the Business to Stay Ahead of Curve

The Hindu Business Line

Beauty retailer Nykaa to ramp up offline distribution to its private-label business

DNA Mumbai

Lighthouse buys stake of TVS Shriram in Nykaa

The Hindu Business Line

Nykaa raises Rs. 165 cr to expand retail footprint

The Financial Express Mumbai

Nykaa hopes to turn profitable in 2018 - 2019

The Times Of India Mumbai

TPG Growth in talks to invest $40m in Nykaa

The Economic Times Mumbai

TPG Cap may Invest Rs.214 cr in Nykaa

Mint Mumbai

UK-govt run CDC pledges $25mn for Lighthouse fund

Mint Mumbai

Cosmetics retailer Nykaa in talks to raise Rs.75 cr in deal valuing firm at Rs.3000 cr

Mint Mumbai

Nykaa in early talks with SoftBank to raise up to $200 mn

Mint

The Estee Lauder and Nykaa announce the winners of Beauty&You Award in India

Campaign India

Nykaa extends association with Janhvi Kapoor, gets her as the face of fashion vertical

The Economic Times

Nykaa appoints Rajesh Uppalapati as CTO

The Economic Times

Nykaa enters into strategic alliance with Apparel Group to expand in the GCC countries

Indian Express

Nykaa and IIMA set up 'Nykaa Chair in Consumer Technology'

The Economic Times

Priyanka Chopra’s haircare brand Anomaly debuts on Nykaa

Miss Malini

Nimya by Nikkie Tutorials Has Found It’s Way To India And Here’s What You Need To Get Your Hands On

ET Brand Equity

Nykaa appoints Vishal Gupta to lead its Consumer Beauty Brands

Mint

Nykaa buys digital lifestyle platform Little Black Book

Moneycontrol

Storyboard18 | Nykaa and Estée Lauder Companies launch incubator for emerging beauty brands in India

The Economic Times

Skincare brand Inde Wild enters India in partnership with Nykaa

ET- Brand Equity

Nykd by Nykaa ropes in Bhumi Pednekar as its brand ambassador

The Hindu

The Ordinary launches in India on Nykaa

Mint

Kay Beauty expands retail footprint

India Retailing