Gauravi Kumari

Gauravi was born to Diya Kumari and Narendra Singh in 1999.^[1] She has an older brother, Padmanabh Singh, and a younger brother, Lakshraj Prakash.^[2][3] She first studied at Mayo College Girls School in Ajmer.^[4][5] Following that, she went to New York University and graduated with a degree in media and communication.^[4][5] She made her debut at the Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris in 2017.^[6][7] In December 2018, her parents started divorce proceedings, which were finalised that year.^[8][9]

Following her studies at the Mayo, she interned at the New York-based Paper magazine.^[10] Gauravi has been involved in charitable work since 2019, when she joined the Princess Diya Kumari Foundation, an organisation founded by her mother, as its General Secretary.^[11][12] Her charitable work focuses primarily on the empowerment of women and girls in rural Rajasthan.^[12] She co-founded the PDKF Store with French designer Claire Deroo in 2021.^[11][13] In 2023, she collaborated with Anita Dongre and presented a fashion show called “Rewild 23” to raise money for nature and elephant conservation.^[14][15] All profits from it were donated to the Nature Conservation Foundation.^[14] She later founded The Palace Atelier at the City Palace, Jaipur, with Deroo in 2024.^[16][17] She is a brand ambassador for brands such as Jimmy Choo and Kama Ayurveda.^[18][19]

Kumari attended the 2026 Met Gala dressed by designer Prabal Gurung; she wore a gown made from her grandmother Gayatri Devi's old chiffon saree.^[20]

In 2022, Travel + Leisure India & South Asia awarded her its inaugural T+L Champion award for women empowerment.^[21]