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The Story Docks · Navi Mumbai

Pause. Gift. Grow.

Digital tools for small businesses. Meaningful pauses for people and teams.

01 · For small businesses

GiftDock

Let customers buy and gift your products or services online. Your branding. Your own payment account. Every gift card tracked.

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02 · For people

The Pause by Saanjiva

Two hours in person in Navi Mumbai, then four days of short activities on WhatsApp. Small circles of six.

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03 · For companies

Corporate Services

The Pause for teams, founder and leadership advisory, and hiring support with our partner team.

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Meet the founder

Portrait of Padmaja Duvvuri

Padmaja Duvvuri

Founder of The Story Docks and Saanjiva · Author · ISB Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women alumna

My work has always brought me back to people: their stories, their choices, and what helps them move forward.

Through The Story Docks, I build simple digital tools for small businesses and work with founders on clarity and decisions. Through Saanjiva, I bring people together to slow down, reflect and reconnect.

26+ years in business Double MBA, HR and IT ISB Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women alumna Certified business coach and meditation trainer

Awards, features and books

International Quality Crown Award

Gold category. Received by Arete Technologies in London, September 2006.

Padmaja Duvvuri pictured in her Forbes India Brand Connect feature Forbes India · Brand Connect

Padmaja Duvvuri: Turning Clarity into a Strategic Advantage for Growing Businesses

Read the feature Hindustan Times Brand Stories graphic featuring Padmaja Duvvuri among women entrepreneurs Hindustan Times · Brand Stories

Unveiling Brilliance: Women Entrepreneurs Leading Change in India

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Padmaja Duvvuri holding the book Unstoppable Women: The Inspiring Stories Featured in the book

Unstoppable Women: The Inspiring Stories

The Blunt Times

From Building Brands to Building Stillness: The Quiet Reinvention of Padmaja Duvvuri

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Published

The Hustler's Heartbeat

by Padmaja Duvvuri

Coming soon

The CEO's Success Prison

Business fiction. Book 1 of a planned 8-book series.

From Arete to Saanjiva, and beyond

  1. 2000 to 2005

    Starting out

    First steps in business, through a partnership.

  2. 2005 to 2022

    Arete Technologies

    Founded and ran the business for 17 years.

  3. 2022

    The Story Docks

    Simple digital tools for small businesses, and clarity work with founders.

  4. 2026

    Saanjiva

    Life. Connected. The Pause: small circles to slow down and reconnect.

Travelling across 38 countries has deepened my curiosity about how people live, connect and find joy.

I created Saanjiva to make room for something we often postpone: time for ourselves and meaningful connection with others.

LinkedIn @padmaza @thestorydocks @saanjiva.life @bst.notes

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