Uppma Virdi, the young entrepreneur, was born in 1990 in Chandigarh, India, andraised in Melbourne, Australia. After completing her graduation in Bachelor ofCommerce/Bachelor of Laws from Deakin Burwood and graduating in 2013, she beganpractice as a corporate lawyer in the Australian Supreme Court. Subsequently,the girl specialized skills in employment and commercial law. The lady was fondof making tea for relatives and friends. During her brother's marriage, sheprepared thousands of cups of tea for every guest who attended the function. Itmade her realize that tea is a brilliant idea of bringing individuals to cometogether. Thus, Uppma Virdi decided to invest in the future in selling tea andthen started the tea manufacture in Australia. In 2014, the home cook left herjob as a lawyer to launch Chai Walli company to promote healthy drinks in thecountry, where crowds love coffee and, it began the success story of the woman entrepreneur.
Initially, the family and friendsopposed her idea of making Australians’ taste the delicious tea and that too byleaving a respectable job for an insecure dream. When everyone realised theimportance of the desire in her life, subsequently, all the loved onessupported the budding businesswomanand became the strength. The rising tycoon made even household work of makingtea look stylish and encouraging among her consumers. Slowly, the tea of UppmaVirdi gained popularity among the social circles, and the journey of ‘teafuture’ began steadily. The youngster tasted the success, and thus, the ladybegan experimenting with the tea and its ingredients. She has always thankedher grandfather, Pritam Singh Virdi, who was a Homeopathic and Ayurvedic doctorwho taught a remarkable Ayurvedic tea that used to find a solution to every medicalproblem through his special ayurvedic tea, spreading the Indian culture, servedas an inspiration for the girl. The motivationalstory of the herbal tea supported the adult to carry it out in the specialmixtures.
Uppma Virdi has an online tea store thatsells a different variety of tea, which includes sticky wet chai, 11 specieschai, caffeine-free, turmeric latte and many more. The trader also deliversproducts such as candles, pots, kettles, strainers. The eCommerce site trades noteworthy chocolatesmade from tea, and it has become very popular among her customers. Other thanthe tea, her e-business helps consumers buy organic spices from India. Thetycoon also conducts workshops where she teaches to make the perfect chai. Thewebsite has become an awesome shopping destination for tea lovers.
She won the Businesswoman of the Year Reward from the India Australia BusinessCommunity Awards in October 2016. Also became the winner of the BusinessExcellence Award at Victorian Sikh Association in 2016. The youngster wasselected in Forbes 30 under 30 in theAsia list for retail and e-commerce. The lady has also been featured by CNN intheir 20 Under 40 series in 2017. The NRI Welfare Society of India appreciatedUppma with the Hind Rattan Award for her contribution. The special tea ofChai Walli became the finalist at theBest Health Food and Beverage Awards. Moreover, Uppma Virdi was a semi-finalistfor the Victorian Young Achievers Award and featured as a Woman to Watch by theProject on Channel 10. All these endless achievements have made India proud.
The NRI was invited to the MelbourneTea Festival. At the event, she expressed her desire of promoting the uniquepreparations of Indian tea throughout the world. The young lady has raised thefirm from two signature chai blends to fifteen Ayurvedic mixtures and teas. Allthe ingredients used by the company are imported from the organic farms ofIndia. Apart from making tea, Uppma Virdi has always been there to listen toIndian tea makers and helps in spreading their entrepreneurial success stories around the globe. Uppma Virdi hastaken the delicious tea from the Indian kitchen to the global platform and hasbecome an inspiration to several teasellers and farm owners who make their dream come true with the healthy drink.
People like Uppma Virdi prove thatno wsh is small, it only takes determination and courage to be successful. Being a lawyer, she mighthave achieved more luxury but chasing the dream gave her satisfaction,popularity and love. Her life gives the message of connecting to the roots evenwhen you reach the highest peak and it will show you the path ofaccomplishment.
