Elisha
Chauhan
A life dedicated to helping individuals learn beauty with technology.
A life dedicated to helping individuals learn beauty with technology.
Elisha Chauhan
Elisha (born in Delhi, India) is a United States based educator, polymath, medalist & the founder of the EdTech company Hair and Beauty Tour LLC, world’s first blended learning and gamified platform in hair and beauty. Her teaching projects have trained 10.5k+ students internationally & have won more than 40 gold medals in LIVE time-based hair competitions.
The Switch
Educated in India, Elisha is a computer science engineer who graduated with A+ in her class, interned with Microsoft and worked with SAP Labs India. Inspite of a great job and salary, Elisha knew she wanted to do more. She joined her parents business of salons and academies. The idea was to gain some business experience and then do MBA(Masters of Business Administration). However, a crazy idea struck Elisha. She started enjoying working with clients and decided she wanted to run for International hair and beauty competitions. This came as a shock and pleasant surprise to her support system who completely stood with her.
Competition Pathway
Like any competent skill, hairdressing and beauty industry requires high level of skill. Elisha did her first competition in 2013 at Asia Cup, Taiwan followed by Hairworld 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany. Elisha trained herself from 10 different trainers from 10 different countries and has been learning since. The journey hasn't stopped for her. As of now, she has won OMC International Achievement Medal 2019 in Paris and Creative Hairstyling in Asia Cup 2015 at Malaysia. She is licensed Instructor and Cosmetologist and her trained students have won both National and International competitions. Today, Elisha is the Juror for OMC International Competitions and trained other professionals to become efficient Jurors.
Initiatives with Government
Non-Beauty & Non-Tech Activities
Elisha has been pivotal in organizing India’s largest hair & beauty competition known as AIHBA (All India Hair & Beauty Association) India Awards. She is well versed with organizing event size of 10people to 5000 people.
She learnt all this while volunteering & working for a cause with the non-profit organization AIHBA which helps to unite, educate and recognize Indian hair and beauty professionals. After the lockdown in 2020, Elisha’s non-profit programs under Hair and Beauty tour trained certified 4000+ professionals across the globe about Viruses and how they can establish a Virus Free Salon on re-opening.
Moved to US
In 2017, Elisha moved to US and is now a licensed Instructor & Cosmetologist in the state of Washington. After being the customers favorite in beauty school, Elisha won BSOTM(Business Student of the Month) consecutively for 6months.
She became an independent stylist in 2018 and quickly became a client magnet in the Seattle area. She launched her blended learning online education business Hair and Beauty Tour LLC in 2019 which is changing the game in hair & beauty industry.
Family
Married to Indian engineer Digvijay Singh. The couple live with their one child in Seattle,Washington.
Recognitions At-A-Glance
Recognitions At-A-Glance
- Judge for International Competitions for
- OMC(www.omchairworld.com)
- Trainer for Worldskills International competition(www.worldskills.org)
- Trained candidates have won Medallion in Worldskills at Sao Paulo,Brazil
- Trained candidates have won 40+ Gold medals in National and Interanational Competitions
- Received National Honor of India,Guruvey Namah Award in 2019 in Delhi
- Juror Trainer for AIHBA India Awards,one of world’s largest hair & beauty competition.
- Contributor for setting up national syllabus for Hair & Beauty in India which is now being taught in schools and colleges
- Licensed Instructor and Cosmetologist in Washington,USA
- Did a makeover for Playback singer Shreya Ghoshal (instagram following 21.5 million) for her concert in Seattle, attended by 3000+ audience size
She has been part of dramatics club in high school and graduation and hence her stage performances as hair artist or anchor have been appreciated. She has smoothly hosted events with people from 100 to 1000.
Anchor
Competition Trainer
She has trained several candidates for National and International competitions. Back in 2015, she was part of Training Team to train Indian candidate for "World skills 2015 at Sao Paulo, Brazil". Indian candidate won 8th rank.
Recognitions At-A-Glance
- Judge for International Competitions for OMC ( www.omchairworld.com)
- Trainer for Worldskills International competition (www.worldskills.org)
- Trained candidates have won Medallion in Worldskills at Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Trained candidates have won 40+ Gold medals in National and International Competitions
- Received National Honor of India, Guruvey Namah Award in 2019 in Delhi
- Juror Trainer for AIHBA India Awards, one of world’s largest hair & beauty competition
- Contributor for setting up national syllabus for Hair & Beauty in India which is now being taught in schools and colleges
- Licensed Instructor and Cosmetologist in Washington, USA
- Did a makeover for Playback singer Shreya Ghoshal (instagram following 21.5 million) for her concert in Seattle, attended by 3000+ audience size
Action Speaks Louder Than Work.
- Graduate in Computer Science and Engineering (2012) from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology(IGIT). It’s the 5th best Engineering college all over Delhi
- Advanced Diploma in Hair Designing & Beauty Therapy from SCIHB (Sangeeta Chauhan’s Institute of Hair & Beauty)(2013)
- Diploma NVQ 2 in Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy from IHB
- Skill Expert for IndiaSkillCompetition (WorldSkills Indian Leg)
- National Trainer for All India Hair & Beauty Association (AIHBA)
- Advanced certification in Hair Cuts, Styling, Coloring & Designing from OMC Trainer Emma Ekman (3 months)(2013)
- OMC Bronze Diploma - India’s 1st Teacher trainer program (2013)
- Advanced certification in Ladies Creative Hairstyles (Fashion show and Fantasy) from Rose Lee (Asia zone Education Director)
Elisha Chauhan
ELIANNA BRIDAL
- Co-owner of Elianna Bridal Wedding Services
- https://eliannabridal.com/
LA VIVO COSMETICS PVT LTD
- CEO & Founder
- La Vivo Cosmetics manufacturers & distributes India’s best natural and affordable premium salon products
- www.lavivoprofessional.com
ALL INDIA HAIR AND BEAUTY ASSOCIATION (AIHBA)
- Juror Educator of AIHBA and President of Delhi Chapter AIHBA
- AIHBA is India’s largest hair & beauty industry member led organization which stands for Unity, Education and Recognition
- www.aihbaindia.in
CONFIG RUN MANAGEMENT (CRM), MICROSOFT IDC
- Automated Recording & Playback for multiple machine scenario for VSTLM (UI) team
- Average turn-around time of less than an hour for the machines to be configured (manually it is 2-3 hours)
- Ensured that tool can be extended to be used by other teams in future iterations
BEAUTY & WELLNESS SECTOR SKILL COUNCIL
- Designed all major hair and beauty courses for B&WSSC, an organization under Govt. of India
- Worked as Deputy Chief Expert in Hairdressing
- Trained candidates for National and International competitions
- www.bwssc.in
CRM PROMOTION MANAGEMENT NESTLE, SAP LABS
- Designed backend of CRM tool for promotion management run by Nestle
- www.sap.com/india/index.html