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About Kopahi

Rooted In Seven States.
Reaching For The World.

We are an AIBA Agri NE LLP brand. We work where the produce is grown, where the silk is woven, where the tea is rolled — and only there.

A Jorhat tea garden at first light

Who We Are

Northeast India's
GI Heritage, Globally.

AIBA Agri NE LLP is focused on bringing Assam and Northeast India's GI-certified and indigenous agricultural and handloom products to global markets. We work closely with farmers and weavers to create ethical, transparent, and scalable value chains that respect the region's rich heritage while enabling sustainable growth. Our end-to-end model covers production, aggregation, processing, branding, and distribution, ensuring every product meets high standards of authenticity, quality, and responsible sourcing.

Through technology-driven traceability, strategic partnerships, and a strong export vision, we empower local communities with fair market access, better pricing, and long-term development opportunities while serving global demand for sustainable and culturally rich products.

Milestones

A Short Road.
One Promise.

Kopahi is young. Our farmer relationships are older — and that is the order we intend to keep.

  1. 2023

    AIBA Agri NE LLP incorporated

    Founded in Jorhat with a four-person team and a single mandate: protect the geography, pay the people, tell the truth on the label.

  2. 2024

    First farmer onboarded

    Bireswar Hazarika of Karbi Anglong signs on for Keteki Joha — a relationship that becomes the template for every farmer agreement that follows.

  3. 2024

    First GI partnership

    A formal sourcing partnership with the Lakadong Turmeric Cooperative makes Kopahi a verified supply chain for one of Northeast India's most prized GI rhizomes.

  4. 2025

    Processing facility commissioned

    A small, modern processing line in Jorhat brings sorting, drying, packaging and quality testing in-house.

  5. 2025

    First export shipment

    A consignment of Lakadong turmeric and Queen pineapple leaves for a curated retailer in Tokyo — Kopahi's first shipment beyond Indian shores.

  6. 2026

    Seven-state footprint

    Kopahi's farmer network completes its planned footprint — at least one verified cooperative in every Northeast state.

The Landscape

A Real Opportunity.
A Real Solution.

Market Opportunity

  • Global demand is rising for authentic GI-certified products across markets worldwide.
  • Consumers increasingly prefer ethnic, indigenous, organic, and responsibly produced and sourced products.
  • North East India can meet global demand with its GI offerings.
  • Government incentives are driving growth in agri processing and value chains.

Market Gap

  • Limited domestic and global awareness of GI products from North East India.
  • Grassroots producers lack access to structured, reliable market platforms.
  • Absence of end-to-end market linkage between supply, demand, and distribution.
  • Quality standardization, traceability, and branding gaps restrict export readiness.

Our Solution

  • Building domestic and global visibility for North East GI products.
  • Providing an accessible aggregation platform that empowers farmers and weavers economically.
  • Enabling seamless end-to-end domestic and global market connectivity.
  • Enhancing quality, traceability, and value addition for export readiness.

Vision

Build global markets for Northeast GI produce.

Mission

To ethically produce, aggregate, process, brand, and export indigenous agri and weaver products — ensuring quality, traceability, and scalability while empowering farmers and driving regional growth.

Why Choose Us

One Conviction.
Two Perspectives.

Investor Perspective

  • Empowering grassroots communities through ethical value chains.
  • Converting agri waste into value.
  • Innovation drawn from indigenous resources.
  • Technology-driven, AI-enabled agri systems.

Customer Perspective

  • Direct sourcing ensures quality and traceability.
  • Authentic GI indigenous product portfolio.
  • Experienced, promoter-led execution.
  • Mission-driven, agri-passionate team.

Leadership

The Hands Behind
The Harvest.

Portrait of Barsha Prakash Choudhury

Founder

Barsha Prakash Choudhury

Heritage isn't a marketing word. It's a contract with the people who grew this knowledge before us.

Barsha leads brand and partnerships, drawing on a decade in regional sourcing and consumer storytelling. Her aim: make Northeast craftsmanship legible globally — without flattening it.

Portrait of Ashreeta Gogoi

Founder

Ashreeta Gogoi

Every leaf has a name. Every name has a face.

Ashreeta works on the ground with grower cooperatives across Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland. She designs the farmer-first protocols that keep Kopahi traceable end-to-end.

Portrait of Trideep Khanikar

Director · Operations

Trideep Khanikar

Quality is not what we promise on a label — it's what we refuse to ship.

Trideep runs processing, logistics and export readiness. His obsession with the unglamorous middle of the value chain is what lets Kopahi stand behind every shipment.

Portrait of Prakash Natarajan

Director · Sales & Marketing

Prakash Natarajan

We are not here to sell more. We are here to sell better.

Prakash leads B2B and international markets. He chooses partners the way a tea-taster chooses a flush — slowly, carefully, with a long memory.

Our Impact

Creating Sustainable
Farmer-Led Value.

Empowering fair farmer incomes while delivering traceable GI products from Northeast India globally.

Kopahi empowers farmers with fair incomes, reduces post-harvest losses, and formalizes GI value chains — delivering authentic, traceable agri products globally while positioning Northeast India as a trusted, sustainable sourcing destination worldwide.

→ Frequently Asked

The Questions, Answered.
About Kopahi.

Who owns Kopahi?
Kopahi is a brand of AIBA Agri NE LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership registered in India. The leadership team is Barsha Prakash Choudhury and Ashreeta Gogoi (Founders), Trideep Khanikar (Director, Operations) and Prakash Natarajan (Director, Sales & Marketing).
Where is Kopahi based?
Our principal place of business is Bye Lane 2, Suraj Nagar, NA Ali, Jorhat, Assam — 785001. Sourcing, processing and dispatch run from this office; the farmer network spans all seven Northeast states.
Which Northeast states does Kopahi source from?
We source from Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim and Mizoram — the seven sister states. Active partnerships span tea, GI Lakadong turmeric, Keteki Joha rice, Bhoot Jolokia, Karbi Anglong ginger, Tripura Queen pineapple, Muga silk and a curated pantry range.
Is Kopahi an exporter?
Yes. We hold an IEC and currently work with B2B and HoReCa partners across 12 countries. Export-grade documentation (FSSAI, COA, GI authorised-user proof) is provided on request via the /b2b portal.