Lila Baiju

Lila Baiju is a 33-year-old female artisan from Dhading, and has been part of the Student Handicrafts workshop in Thamel, Kathmandu since 2021. She brings 5 years of craft experience to her role as sewist.

About Lila

Works alongside her husband Umesh on the same workshop floor; the two divide design and finishing between them. Like the rest of our artisan network, Lila is paid above the regional industry rate and receives steady year-round work — a deliberate departure from the piece-work model that dominates much of South Asia’s handicraft export trade.

Craft & specialism

Lila’s focus is Sewing, garments. She is part of a 50-plus-person artisan team that hand-makes every product Student Handicrafts exports to importers, retailers, and private-label brands across 80+ countries. Every piece carries an origin card listing the artisan and the district of Nepal where it was made — buyers who source from us can verify, in writing, who made what they sell.