Shaina Nana Chudasama, is an Indian fashion designer, politician, and social worker. Daughter of the former Sheriff of Mumbai, her father, Nana Chudasama, Shaina is known in the Indian fashion industry as the 'Queen of Drapes' for draping a saree in fifty-four different ways.
She holds a record in the Guinness Book of World Records for fastest saree drape. She entered politics in 2004 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She holds the positions of national spokesperson for the BJP, member of the national executive council of BJP, and treasurer of the BJP's Maharashtra unit.
Shaina is also involved in social work through her charity fashion shows and two NGOs, 'I Love Mumbai' and 'Giants International'. As a female politician, she is often projected as the young, urbane, and women-friendly face of the BJP in television debates.
Shaina Nana Chudasama Munot — or Shaina NC as she is better known — is one of the more polished, women-friendly faces of the BJP. National Spokesperson for the ruling party, member of the National Executive Council of BJP, and the only woman Treasurer of the BJP’s Maharashtra unit – that too for six years – she handles several responsibilities with apparent ease, fresh-faced and ever-confident. What’s more, she will let you know that while politics is her passion, her profession is fashion. Daughter of the former Sheriff of Bombay, Nana Chudasama, she showed considerable promise from a young age, debuting in the world of fashion design at just 18.Simultaneously gaining invaluable experience in the realm of social work; alongside her jurist-politician father, she would go on to take the plunge into politics in 2004 at the age of 31. She remains committed to her social work through her charity fashion shows and NGOs, I Love Mumbai and Giants International.