5th edition of Sakthi Masala Homepreneur Awards 2022 concluded on a high note in Chennai
by EVENTFAQS Bureau Business Events | September 1, 2022 | News
Sakthi Masala' Sakthi Masala's Homepreneur Awards
The 5th edition of Sakthi Masala Homepreneur Awards 2022 was hosted on August 28, 2022, at Lady Andal Auditorium, Chennai. The awards ceremony is an initiative by Brand Avatar, an integrated marketing communications and brand and event management solutions company that provides a platform to recognize women engaged in home-based ventures in the country.
The event also attracted the participation of eminent personalities from industries, academia, government, cinema, television, and social service organisations such as follows:
Ms. Suhasini Maniratnam
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Indian actress
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Mr. K. S. Ravikumar
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Indian film director
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Mr. Aari Arjunan
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Indian film Actor
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Mr. Ravi Muthusamy IPS
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Ex. ADGP & Social Activist
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Ms. Thamizhachi Thangapandian
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Member of Parliament, South Chennai
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Mr. P Vasu
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Indian Director
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Dr. Ishari K Ganesh
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Founder, chairman and Chancellor of Vels University
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Dr. Preethaa Ganesh
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Vice President - Vels Group of Institutions
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Mr. Ganesh Venkatraman
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Indian actor
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Ms. Lakshmy Ramakrishnan
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Indian actress, director and philanthropist.
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Mr. Vaibhav Reddy
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Indian actor
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Ms. Vanathi Srinivasan
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Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Coimbatore South constituency.
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Mr. Manobala
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Indian film director, producer, actor
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Mr. CK Kumaravel
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Co-founder & CEO Naturals
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Ms. Brinda Sivakumar
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Indian Singer
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Ms. Srekala Bharath
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Musical artist
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Mr. Sathish Muthukrishnan
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Indian actor
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Mr. Ravindhranath Kumar - OPS Ravi
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Member of Parliament, Theni
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Ms. Vasuki Bhaskar
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Indian Fashion & costume designer
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Mr. Venkatesh Bhat
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Renowned chef
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Ms. Sivaangi Krishnakumar
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Indian actress, playback singer and television personality.
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Mr. T. J. Gnanavel
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Indian film director
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Ms. Shrutika
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Indian actress
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Mr. Sivarajah Ramanathan
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Mission Director & CEO - Tamil Nadu Startup & Innovation Mission
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Mr. Santhosh Prathap
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Indian actor
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Mr. Blaze Kannan
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Producer & CEO - Dwarka Productions
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Mr. Tharshan Thiyagarajah
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Actor
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The current edition of the Sakthi Masala's Homepreneur Awards/Suyasakthi Viruthugal 2022, 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 had tied up with StartupTN (TANSIM), an initiative of the Government of Tamil Nadu, nurturing a benevolent entrepreneurial ecosystem in the State.
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.
Here is the Winners list for 2022:
Category Name
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City
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Name
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Agriculture
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Ramanathapuram
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Janani Pratha P
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Digital
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Tiruvannamalai
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Mythili Koyam Gopa
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Healthcare
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Trichy
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Dr R sofialaransa Rajarajan
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Education
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Chennai
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Saraswathy Pandiyan
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Beauty & Wellness
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Salem
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Jeevitha K
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Technology
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Coimbatore
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SAJITHA S
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Home Retail
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Salem
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Tamilselvi Thanikachalam
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Arts & Culture
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Kundrathur
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S. Pushpahelen Kanagaraj
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Sports
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Chennai
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Vinolee Ramalingam
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Social
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Tiruppur
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Roopa Selvanayaki
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Home Professional
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Kanyakumari
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Renjini Thanumalay Perumal
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Media & Entertainment
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Namakkal
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Gowthami Eswaran
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NRI
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Coimbatore
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Sandhya D Prakash
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Food & Beverages
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Erode
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Thilakavathi Mani
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Outside TN
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Karnataka
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Saranya Rajendran
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Food & Beverages (Special achiever)
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Chennai
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Uma Krishnaswamy K
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Inspirational Women Awardees:
Name of the Inspirational women Awardees
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Organization or Category or Field
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Meenakshi Arvind
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Industrialist and Social Activist
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Bhageerathy Ramamoorthy
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Anandan trust
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Gopika Verma
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Indian classical dancer and teacher
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G Kala - Dance Master
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Film Dance Master
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Madhavi Latha Prathigudupu
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former national paralympic swimming champion
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Bharathi Baskar
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Public/motivational speaker
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Khushbu Sundar
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Entertainment and Public Life
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Hemalatha Annamalai
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Automobile Entrepreneur
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Sudha Kongara Prasad
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Indian movie Director
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Selection Process:
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The applications were received from June 7th to July 2nd, 2022
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These applications were shortlisted and top candidates were interviewed by the esteemed jury during the jury interview on July 23 & 24, 2022.
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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.
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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 Homepreneur Awards, comprises women achievers from different fields who include:
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Aruna Subramaniam, Management Consultant & Trustee, Bhoomika Trust
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Hema Rukmani, CEO, Thenandal Entertainment
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Jayasree Vummidi, Managing Director - The Lotus Group
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Krithika Radhakrishnan, Arkay Production
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Lakshmi Ravichander, Founder, Event Art
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Latha Rajan, Founder, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants
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Dr. Madhu Saran, Founder, River NGO
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Dr. Manimekalai Mohan, Founder, SSVM Institutions, Coimbatore
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Nina Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Savera Hotels
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Prasanna Vasanadu, founder and CEO, VR Derma Pvt Ltd
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Poornima Ramaswamy, designer, stylist and entrepreneur
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Radha Sanjeev, Chief Operations Officer, Glosel Group
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Rathna Sivaraman, entrepreneur and media personality
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Ravoofa H.K, Media Mason
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Rinku Mecheri, social entrepreneur, Founder, Chennai Volunteers
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Rukmini Thiagarajan, Director - Chennai One IT Sez
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Dr Saranya T. Jaikumar, educational psychologist
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Dr. Saundarya Rajesh, Founder-President, Avtar Career Creators & Flexi Careers India
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Shiny Surendran, accredited sports dietitian, IOC & SDA
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Shylaja Chetlur, actor, entrepreneur, media professional, Shylaar Productions
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Dr. Srinisha Maran, Chairperson, Bharath University & Sree Balaji Medical College
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Sushila Ravindranath, senior journalist
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Veena Kumaravel, co-founder, Naturals Salon
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Dr. Vimalarani Britto, entrepreneur, educationalist, and social
Jury from YI - Young Indians, Chennai Chapter:
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Vidya Ragu - a YI Member, Founder Himalaya calling, Skillsgurucool, Women's Bilateral Mastermind - Global Conversations platform on Entrepreneurship
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Kavya - Co-founder, Advay Capital, an associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
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It is an initiative by Brand Avatar that provides a platform to recognise women engaged in home-based ventures in the country.