About Us

Access India provides merchandise-sourcing services for Lifestyle decorative, utility and consumer products. A service oriented company providing supply chain management from India. We currently manage sourcing for Retailers, Wholesalers & Importers in Europe.

We are an intermediary acting on behalf of our principal abroad, we act as their extension here in India in layman terms we are the buyers’ ears, eyes and arms in India. We try to provide value added services for various merchandise categories. The services we offer are:

• Provide Designing & Development assistance, in various mediums
• Identifying of potential suppliers/vendors & factories
• Coordinate with Production Planning, Monitor Manufacturing & Order Tracking
• On site Quality Control & Product testing
• Packaging – Regular or Gift, Labeling
• Coordinate Multi-Material/Medium combination programs
• Supervise merchandise movement, Logistics and Cargo Consolidation
• Provide information & data on International trends & markets
• Regular updates information and communication

The merchandise categories we source for are:

• Decorative Accessories
• Giftware
• House wares
• Handicrafts
• Textile-Made-Ups
• Furniture – Wooden, Wrought & Cast Iron
• Lighting
• Kitchen-Linen
• Fire Fashion
• Bed-Linen
• Silverware
• Table-Line
• EPNS Wares
• Stainless-Steel
• Garden Accessories & Decorative
• Figurines
• Clocks
• Glassware
• Ceramics & Pottery
• Terracotta
• Table Top
• Bath Accessories
• Kitchenware
• Stationery-Products
• Window Treatment
• Hardware
• Carpet & Floor Coverings
• Fashion-Accessories
• Christmas Decor
• Apparel in various fabrics

Materials/Mediums we work with:

• Metal – Iron, Galvanised, Brass, Aluminium, Copper, Silver, casted or sheet material, in various plated, powder coated or painted finishes
• Glass – Blown, Pressed, in various colours, finishes and engraving.
• Wood – Treated & Seasoned wood products in various stains & finishes. Variety of wood species worked with as also MDF, Ply Board.
• Leather – Home Accessories, Table-top, with Metal combination, Furniture etc.
• Stone – Marble, Alabaster, Slate, Sandstone, Soapstone etc.
• Ceramic, Stoneware, Blue Pottery, Terracotta
• Fabrics – Handloom, Powerloom & Mill made, Jacquards, Silk, Cotton, Wool, Viscose, Jute Cashmere, etc.

Rohit Guha Summary

My experience in the trade spans two decades.

Most of my experience is with organisations dealing in garments & lifestyle products.I have worked in Metal factory for brass, copper, aluminium, stainless steel, mild steel, cast iron, wrought iron. I have worked and managed Glass factory producing mouth blown glass items for export. I also have organised & managed a mechanised Wood facility manufacturing furniture & wood accessories, wood is a favourite medium I like to work with. I also work with leather, stone as well as natural products as bone, horn, mother of pearl, coconut etc. Earlier in my career I start with garments and furnishings in various fabrics such as cotton, linen, wool, cashmere, voile, etc. with and without embelishments as sequins, embroideries as chain stitch, crewel etc.

I come from a family of artists and have fair knowledge various design forms in history from avante garde, art deco, and earlier influences of 16th & 17th century. I have had a fair share of working with designers from Europe, USA and have worked on various form, textures, finishes for different articles/items for home. Some of the companies

I have worked with on different home related lifestyle products

USA : Harrods, Bloomingdales, Pottery Barn, Ethan Allen, Anthropology, Pier1 Imports, Bed Bath & Beyond, Bath & Body Works, Hudson Bay Co., Crate & Barrel, Target, JC Penny, Dillards, Walmart, Zellers, Tommy Hilfiger, Daily Planet

Europe : IKEA, Becara, Otto Versand Gmbh, Lambert, Haans, Richard Van Roon, Marco Polo, John Lewis Partnership, Next, Boots, Habitat, Debenhams, Selfridges, Marks & Spencers, ASDA, Carrefour, UPIM, La Rinascente, The Pier, Historical Collections, Blanc D’Ivore. HGC Cocoon.

Rohit Guha Experience

Founder / Owner [Access India]

International Trade and Development industry
May 2004 – Present (7 years 6 months)

Sourcing Services, Supply Chain Management, Design Product Development in various mediums as Metal, Glass, Wood, Leather, Fabrics, etc

Specialising in Lifestyle Products for Home, Living, Office, Outdoor and related areas.

General Manager [C.L. Gupta & Sons]

Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Furniture industry
June 1998 – November 2002 (4 years 6 months)

One of the leading manufacturer exporters from India, I was the General Manager, for business development. My responsibilities were from laying down management sytems for merchandising & production, marketing, putting up international and local trade shows and related activities.

Merchandise Manager – Furniture [Li & Fung India]

Nonprofit; 201-500 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry
November 1996 – May 1998 (1 year 7 months)