5th Season of Sakthi Masala’s Homepreneur Awards 2022, An Initiative by Brand Avatar – Announcement of 2022 Winners

Honorable Mayor Ms. R. Priya has inaugurated the grand award ceremony of the 5th season of Sakthi Masalas 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.

5th Season of Sakthi Masala’s Homepreneur Awards 2022, An Initiative by Brand Avatar – Announcement of 2022 Winners

The event also attracted the participation of eminent personalities from industries, academia, government, cinema, television and social service organizations such as follows:

Ms. Suhasini Maniratnam	Indian actress
Mr. K. S. Ravikumar	Indian film director
Mr. Aari Arjunan	Indian film Actor
Mr. Ravi Muthusamy IPS	Ex. ADGP & Social Activist
Ms. Thamizhachi Thangapandian	Member of Parliament, South Chennai
Mr. P Vasu	Indian Director
Dr. Ishari K Ganesh	Founder, chairman and Chancellor of Vels University
Dr. Preethaa Ganesh	Vice President – Vels Group of Institutions
Mr. Ganesh Venkatraman	Indian actor
Ms. Lakshmy Ramakrishnan	Indian actress, director and philanthropist.
Mr. Vaibhav Reddy	Indian actor
Ms. Vanathi Srinivasan	Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Coimbatore South constituency.
Mr. Manobala	Indian film director, producer, actor
Mr. CK Kumaravel	Co-founder & CEO Naturals
Ms. Brinda Sivakumar	Indian Singer
Ms. Srekala Bharath	Musical artist
Mr. Sathish Muthukrishnan	Indian actor
Mr. Ravindhranath Kumar – OPS Ravi	Member of Parliament, Theni
Ms. Vasuki Bhaskar	Indian Fashion & costume designer
Mr. Venkatesh Bhat	Renowned chef
Ms. Sivaangi Krishnakumar	Indian actress, playback singer and television personality.
Mr. T. J. Gnanavel	Indian film director
Ms. Shrutika	Indian actress
Mr. Sivarajah Ramanathan	Mission Director & CEO – Tamil Nadu Startup & Innovation Mission
Mr. Santhosh Prathap	Indian actor
Mr. Blaze Kannan	Producer & CEO – Dwarka Productions
Mr. Tharshan Thiyagarajah	Actor

The current edition of the Sakthi Masalas 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 Masalas 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 Masalas 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 Masalas 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:

Category Name	City	Name
Agriculture	Ramanathapuram	Janani Pratha P
Digital	Tiruvannamalai	Mythili Koyam Gopa
Healthcare	Trichy	Dr R sofialaransa Rajarajan
Education	Chennai	Saraswathy Pandiyan
Beauty & Wellness	Salem	Jeevitha K
Technology	Coimbatore	SAJITHA S
Home Retail	Salem	Tamilselvi Thanikachalam
Arts & Culture	Kundrathur	S. Pushpahelen Kanagaraj
Sports	Chennai	Vinolee Ramalingam
Social	Tiruppur	Roopa Selvanayaki
Home Professional	Kanyakumari	Renjini Thanumalay Perumal
Media & Entertainment	Namakkal	Gowthami Eswaran
NRI	Coimbatore	Sandhya D Prakash
Food & Beverages	Erode	Thilakavathi Mani
Outside TN	Karnataka	Saranya Rajendran
Food & Beverages (Special achiever)	Chennai	Uma Krishnaswamy K

Inspirational Women Awardees:

Name of the Inspirational women Awardees	Organization or Category or Field
Ms Meenakshi Arvind	Industrialist and Social Activist
Ms Bhageerathy Ramamoorthy	Anandan trust
Ms. Gopika Verma	Indian classical dancer and teacher
Ms. G Kala – Dance Master	Film Dance Master
Ms. Madhavi Latha Prathigudupu	former national paralympic swimming champion
Ms. Bharathi Baskar	Public/motivational speaker
Ms. Khushbu Sundar	Entertainment and Public Life
Ms. Hemalatha Annamalai	Automobile Entrepreneur
Ms. Sudha Kongara Prasad	Indian movie Director

Selection Process:

• The applications were received from June 7th to July 2^nd, 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 Masalas Homepreneur Awards, comprises women achievers from different fields who include:

• Ms. Aruna Subramaniam, Management Consultant & Trustee, Bhoomika Trust

• Ms. Hema Rukmani, CEO, Thenandal Entertainment

• Ms. Jayasree Vummidi, Managing Director – The Lotus Group

• Ms. Krithika Radhakrishnan, Arkay Production

• Ms. Lakshmi Ravichander, Founder, Event Art

• Ms. Latha Rajan, Founder, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants

• Dr. Madhu Saran, Founder, River NGO

• Dr. Manimekalai Mohan, Founder, SSVM Institutions, Coimbatore

• Ms. Nina Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Savera Hotels

• Ms. Prasanna Vasanadu, founder and CEO, VR Derma Pvt Ltd

• Ms. Poornima Ramaswamy, designer, stylist and entrepreneur

• Ms. Radha Sanjeev, Chief Operations Officer, Glosel Group

• Ms. Rathna Sivaraman, entrepreneur and media personality

• Ms. Ravoofa H.K, Media Mason

• Ms. Rinku Mecheri, social entrepreneur, Founder, Chennai Volunteers

• Ms. Rukmini Thiagarajan, Director – Chennai One IT Sez

• Dr Saranya T. Jaikumar, educational psychologist

• Dr. Saundarya Rajesh, Founder-President, Avtar Career Creators & Flexi Careers India

• Ms. Shiny Surendran, accredited sports dietitian, IOC & SDA

• Ms. Shylaja Chetlur, actor, entrepreneur, media professional, Shylaar Productions

• Dr. Srinisha Maran, Chairperson, Bharath University & Sree Balaji Medical College

• Ms. Sushila Ravindranath, senior journalist

• Ms. 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 Indias 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.