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Anuradha Krishnamoorthy
Anuradha Krishnamoorthy is an Indian social entrepreneur and cheesemaker. She won the 2017 Nari Shakti Puraskar with her colleague Namrata Sundaresan. Career Anuradha Krishnamoorthy set up an organisation working with disabled people, supporting them in finding work. In 2016, Krishnamoorthy then founded Käse Cheese in Chennai with chef Namrata Sundaresan. They had known each other for about ten years and her new business partner's day job was in a strategy consultancy. Their first variety was a type of Quark (dairy product), Quark. They make other natural cheeses following traditional methods whilst adding local ingredients, for example using Milagai Podi to make a cheddar cheese called "Ode to Chennai". Krishnamoorthy's background in social entrepreneurship led her to employ and train disabled women. As of 2020, Käse was producing over 30 cheeses. Krishnamoorthy and Sundaresan both received the 2017 Nari Shakti Puraskar for their entrepreneurship. The awards were made to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nari Shakti Puraskar
The Nari Shakti Puraskar () is an annual award given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India to individual women or to institutions that work towards the cause of women empowerment. It is presented by the president of India on International Women's Day (8 March) at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The award was instituted in 1999 under the title of Stree Shakti Puraskar (), renamed and reorganised in 2015. It is awarded in six institutional and two individual categories, which carry a cash prize of 200,000 and 100,000 Indian rupee, rupees, respectively. Categories The Nari Shakti Puraskar is given in six institutional categories and two categories for individual women. Institutional categories Each of the six institutional categories is named after an eminent woman in Indian history. * Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Award for best private sector organization or public sector undertaking in promoting the well-being and welfare of women. Named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
