AKSHAYA BORKAR, CO-FOUNDER OF THE ART AND CRAFT GALLERY WINS 2 BRONZE STEVIE® AWARDS IN 2015 FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS

New York, New York, November 24, 2015 — /EPR NETWORK/ — Akshaya Borkar, founder of The Art and Craft Gallery has been named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Awards in Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Start-up of the Year categories in the 12th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run. All individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The 2015 awards received entries from 31 nations and territories.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for “crowned,” the awards were presented to winners last night during a dinner event attended by more than 400 people at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The presentations were broadcast live via Livestream.

The Art and Craft Gallery won in the Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Start-up of the Year category for Businesses under 1-11 employees

Akshaya and Sameer Borkar have started unconventional online gallery two years ago in Australia, which now has 100 artists from 10 different countries.

Akshaya thinks being a creative business owner one needs to wear many thinking hats in a day and the constant technology learning curve can steal the creative inspiration. Therefore, they need services which can build their brand online without stealing their creative time from them. This gave rise to the Done-It-For-You Digital Marketing and PR services, which saves up to 90% of Screen Time Akshaya said, “ Winning this award means a lot to us, as it will propel us towards achieving the vision of ‘Abolishing Struggling Artist’ concept. We hope this will bring more opportunities for our creative community.

Stevie Award winners were selected by more than 160 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process this year.

“We are again humbled by the accomplishments of so many high-achieving women in this program,” said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of the Stevie Awards. Their work is an inspiration to girls and women around the world who dream of starting and growing a business, managing a leading company, or improving their community. We congratulate all of this year’s Grand, Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Awards.”

Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

About The Art and Craft Gallery
The Art and Craft Gallery is an unconventional online gallery, providing Done-For-You Services in Digital Marketing and PR to creative businesses worldwide. Services also include One-to-One Business Consultation, Blog articles, Newsletter Promotion, and PR pitch writing for media outlets.

Learn more about us at www.TheArtAndCraftGallery.com
Award Presentation Video:

Interview after the award ceremony:

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in six programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

Contact-Details: Akshaya Borkar
12 Angus Drive, Glen Waverley Victoria 3150, Australia
Website: www.theartandcraftgallery.com
email: admin@theartandcraftgallery.com