Pankhuri Gidwani is an Indian model, actress and the 2nd runner-up of Femina Miss India 2016. She performed in many shows, including Indradhanush at Rashtrapati Bhavan when Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was president. She is a trained Kathak dancer.

Pankhuri Gidwani graduated from Lucknow’s La Martiniere Girls College. She was the school’s “Zest” band’s drummer, and the group frequently played at interschool and state-level competitions.

The epitome of “Beauty with Brains” is Pankhuri. She achieved 97.25 on the 2017 ISC Exams.

At the Khadi Mahotsav-2021 fashion show at Awadh Shilpgram in January 2021, Khadi and MSME Minister Siddharth Nath Singh announced Pankhuri Gidwani as the Uttar Pradesh’s first brand ambassador for khadi.

She was seen in the ‘Ujda Chaman’ movie in 2019.