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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Mayor R. Priya has inaugurated the grand award ceremony of the 5th season of Sakthi Masala's Homepreneur Awards 2022, an initiative by Brand Avatar which provides a platform to recognize women engaged in home-based ventures in the country.
It is an initiative by Brand Avatar, an integrated marketing communications and brand & event management solutions company. The event also attracted the participation of eminent personalities from industries, academia, government, cinema, television and social service organizations such as follows: The current edition of the Sakthi Masala's Homepreneur Awards/Suyasakthi Viruthugal 2022, an initiative by Brand Avatar also provided college going girls a platform to share their entrepreneurial ideas, and plans to start, execute and scale up their dream ventures through Sakthi Masala's Homepreneur Awards/Suyasakthi Viruthugal Student edition with the support of YI - Young Indians, Chennai Chapter and GRT Mahalakshmi Vidyalaya as special sponsors. This initiative recognised the best ideas presented by the students. The top 3 winners were awarded with Rs 1,00,000 cash prize. This year Sakthi Masala's Homepreneur Awards 2022, an initiative by Brand Avatar had tied-up with StartupTN (TANSIM), an initiative of the Government of Tamil Nadu, nurturing a benevolent entrepreneurial ecosystem in the State. Sakthi Masala's Homepreneur Awards 2022, is unique in the sense that it honors home-based business women, instead of corporate talents. The award was instituted in 2017 and so far four seasons have been held. The first three ceremonies took place at Chennai, while the 4th one went digital. From 2000+ registrations, 500 shortlisted candidates attended the jury interview out of which totally 16 category winners, 9 Inspirational woman awardees, 41 special mention awardees and 3 student teams were awarded on stage. Winners list 2022: Inspirational Women Awardees: Selection Process: The applications were received from June 7th to July 2nd, 2022 These applications were shortlisted and top candidates were interviewed by the esteemed jury during the jury interview on July 23 & 24, 2022. The panel of esteemed Jury members shortlisted nominated women based on: uniqueness of the business, social impact, business challenges, scalability, family impact, and progress & revenue. The selected winners from each category were presented with the award at a grand ceremony on 28 August, 2022. The eminent jury panel for the Sakthi Masala's Homepreneur Awards, comprises women achievers from different fields who include: Aruna Subramaniam, Management Consultant & Trustee, Bhoomika Trust Hema Rukmani, CEO, Thenandal Entertainment Jayasree Vummidi, Managing Director - The Lotus Group Krithika Radhakrishnan, Arkay Production Lakshmi Ravichander, Founder, Event Art Latha Rajan, Founder, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants Dr Madhu Saran, Founder, River NGO Dr Manimekalai Mohan, Founder, SSVM Institutions, Coimbatore Nina Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Savera Hotels Prasanna Vasanadu, founder and CEO, VR Derma Pvt Ltd Poornima Ramaswamy, designer, stylist and entrepreneur Radha Sanjeev, Chief Operations Officer, Glosel Group Rathna Sivaraman, entrepreneur and media personality Ravoofa H.K, Media Mason Rinku Mecheri, social entrepreneur, Founder, Chennai Volunteers Rukmini Thiagarajan, Director - Chennai One IT Sez Dr Saranya T. Jaikumar, educational psychologist Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Founder-President, Avtar Career Creators & Flexi Careers India Shiny Surendran, accredited sports dietitian, IOC & SDA Shylaja Chetlur, actor, entrepreneur, media professional, Shylaar Productions Dr Srinisha Maran, Chairperson, Bharath University & Sree Balaji Medical College Sushila Ravindranath, senior journalist Veena Kumaravel, co-founder, Naturals Salon Dr Vimalarani Britto, entrepreneur, educationalist, and social Jury from YI - Young Indians, Chennai Chapter: Vidya Ragu - a YI Member, Founder Himalaya calling, Skillsgurucool, Womens Bilateral Mastermind - Global Conversations platform on Entrepreneurship Kavya - Co-founder, Advay Capital, associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Below are the prestigious sponsors who have joined hands to successfully execute the event this year. Sakthi Masala, the queen of spices as the household name among the millions today, is the title sponsor of Homepreneur Awards 2022. The event is powered by SSVM Institutions, A school milieu that creates confident, self-assured learners; GRT Jewellers, one of India's foremost jewellery stores; Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, providing excellent medical education. The Associate sponsor being Milky Mist, always extending hands towards better nutrition. Student edition special sponsor being GRT Mahalakshmi Vidyalaya. This Story has been provided by NewsVoir. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content in this article. (ANI/NewsVoir)
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