# Swati Mittal

> Swati Mittal is a Bigship co-founder and former CEO whose background spans engineering, a Cardiff MBA and The Handcraft, a hand-painted shoe business. Her public work centers on simplifying shipping for Indian businesses, building teams in Dehradun and making cross-border logistics approachable for smaller merchants.

- **Role:** Entrepreneur; Bigship co-founder and former CEO
- **Organizations:** Bigship, The Handcraft
- **Education:** Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology, Manav Rachna International University, Master of Business Administration, Cardiff University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Bigship, a shipping aggregation business incorporated in 2021., Cardiff University scholarship recipient, according to her public professional profiles., Lists a silver medal for innovation and research at the Intel Embedded Challenge 2012.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Lists a silver medal for innovation and research in the Intel Embedded Challenge on her LinkedIn profile.
- **2013** — Completed postgraduate study at Cardiff University; subsequently worked in customer service in Hounslow.
- **2014-2020** — Ran The Handcraft, a hand-painted shoe business.
- **2021** — Bigship was incorporated in March; company profiles list Mittal, Ankkit Jain and Amit Jain as founders.
- **2023** — Publicly promoted Bigship’s international courier aggregation expansion.
- **2024** — Discussed team building and logistics accessibility in a January interview; announced an entrepreneurship speaking invitation in Dehradun in September.
- **2025** — Publicly reflected on building Bigship from Dehradun.
- **2026** — Described her final keynote as Bigship founder and CEO in a public LinkedIn post.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Bigship, a shipping aggregation business incorporated in 2021.
- Cardiff University scholarship recipient, according to her public professional profiles.
- Lists a silver medal for innovation and research at the Intel Embedded Challenge 2012.
- Featured in Entrepreneurs Today’s January 2024 profile and award artwork.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — In a LinkedIn post, Mittal described her final Bigship founder-and-CEO keynote and reflected on clients, colleagues and preserving her work. Month derived from the LinkedIn activity identifier timestamp.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/i-swati-mittal

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Last updated: 2026-10-15