Founder of Eco Far and the Chairman of Leisenzo Tea Society, Lalthamuani

Lalthamuani is the founder of Eco Far, which sells a unique tea from Leisenzo hamlet and is empowering over 300 farmers by helping them survive the pandemic. Eco Far’s core product is a handcrafted ‘jungle red tea’ that is quickly selling in the market, and the company operates on a B2C model through stores outside of the village. The company now hopes to launch white and green teas in the near future. This firm also sells directly through different social media platforms and provides the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, as well as businesses in Assam, Dimapur, and Kolkata.

Lalthamuani was inspired to start her own business by her mother, who used to sell vegetables door to door. So, when her family couldn’t afford to pay for her high school education in Sikkim, she started selling household goods to make ends meet. In order to complete her Bachelor of Business Administration studies in 2018, she launched Eco Far, a company that marketed sustainable everyday utility products such as recycled and decorated bottles, as well as taking on some network marketing activities.

This company would be involved in the development and production of a wide range of items. She has also established the Leisenzo Tea Society, of which she is the chairman, in order to provide sustainable employment for the villagers by supplying wild tea leaves to the Eco Far tea facility. The Ministry is currently financing the Leisenzo Tea Society in order to provide training to its members.

She was a finalist in both the Start-Up India Mizoram Yatra and the Mizoram Kailawn 2019, a business plan competition organized by the Mizoram government as part of its New Economic Development Policy to encourage entrepreneurship in the state. She even won the Pandemic Innovative Challenge organized by the Government of Mizoram’s Planning and Program Implementation Department in 2020.