Shivam Shahi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, India’s fastest-growing speciality coffee brand. Since co-founding the company in 2013, Shivam has been the driving force behind Blue Tokai’s evolution from a small Delhi-based roastery into a nationally recognised speciality coffee powerhouse with 130+ cafés across 10 cities, 4 roasteries, and a growing B2B network of 2,200+ partnerships.
Under his leadership, Blue Tokai has pioneered the speciality coffee movement in India — championing direct trade relationships with Indian estates, building a vertically integrated supply chain from farm to cup, and making high-quality coffee accessible to a broader audience without compromising on craft. The brand today has served 60 million+ cups and roasted 1.2 million+ kgs of coffee.
Shivam brings a rare combination of operational rigour and brand-building instinct to the consumer space. His work at Blue Tokai sits at the intersection of culture, community, and commerce — building a brand that is as rooted in Indian identity as it is ambitious in its global vision. A sought-after voice on D2C brand-building, omnichannel growth, and scaling consumer businesses with purpose, Shivam offers a first-hand perspective on what it takes to build a category-defining brand in India.
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