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William Nanda Bissell
Indian businessman
William Nanda Bissell (born 10 June ) an Indian businessman and the chairman of Fabindia.
Until , Bissell served as the managing director of the company.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Bissell was born to Bimla Nanda, a Punjabi, and John Bissell, an American from Connecticut, who came to India in the s as part of a programme by Ford Foundation to work with rural craftsmen and develop artisanal clusters in a newly independent nation.[4] In , John Bissell founded Fabindia, a company that connected rural craftsmen, weavers and artists from across India to urban markets.[5]
Bissell grew up in Delhi and later attended Wesleyan University in the United States.
After graduating in , Bissell set up an artisans' co-operative based on the Gandhian model, which involved working with leather workers in Rajasthan.[6] In , Bissell returned to New Delhi to help John run Fabindia.[