Saili Jahagirdar is a young upcoming entrepreneur in the food and hospitality sector in Pune. Saili has studied Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication from Pune University, and worked extensively in IT sector in IBM and Atos for 4 years, before quitting her IT career to pursue her passion for food domain. After a brief stint of working in her family business, Saili went on to start with a franchise of an egg specialty brand in 2015. Gaining popularity quickly for her style of operations and her creativity, Saili became the face of the brand, and had a successful run for 5 years. Meanwhile, she was already working on the concept she had true passion for – starting a casual Chinese café in Pune – a concept non-existent by the time it was incepted. She started Zillionth Bistro in 2019 as a casual Chinese and Oriental Bistro which rose to popularity in a short span of time for its food quality and its sustainable interiors. She also runs a popular burger brand – Billion Burgers – incepted in early 2021. Both the brands have a dine-in outlet in Kothrud and are shortly starting their second store in Baner. In 2021, Saili developed a new vertical of catering business in Chinese cuisine – again, a first of its kind when started. The catering business is a fully blown vertical now, nurtured under her vision and guidance. Besides running these two brands, Saili is actively involved in consultation projects for restaurants and café to manage and start their food businesses; and frequently mentors new comers and beginners to start up in food sector. Saili is a visiting faculty at Symbiosis College of Liberal Arts, and teaches Science & Sustainable Development from the last 7 years. The course revolves around climate change and active sustainability as a lifestyle. Saili is an active zero-waste lifestyle practitioner, a climate change educator, and an active upcycler, and strives to bring the concept of zero-waste and upcycling in her restaurants. She is associated with various environment and climate change related NGOs and insititutes as a volunteer for various projects involving SMART City Planning, Carbon Emission counting, Lifestyle Workshops, Energy Audits, etc. Saili is also a student of Chiranjeev Gurukul - which empowers professionals to develop leadership abilities using Indic wisdom. She studies Yog and Arthashastra under the guidance of enlightened leaders at CG. Saili is a sustainable solo traveller, and has backpacked across Europe and USA several times since 2014.