Namrata Sundaresan is an Indian social entrepreneur, chef and cheesemaker. She won the 2017 Nari Shakti Puraskar with Anuradha Krishnamoorthy.
Namrata Sundaresan | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | cook and entrepreneur |
| Known for | winning the Nari Shakti Puraskar |
Career
editNamrata Sundaresan was born an Odia and moved to Chennai in Tamil Nadu after getting married.[1] She built her career through founding an international consulting agency.[1] Sundaresan learnt how to make cheese in Coonoor and then discussed with her friend Anuradha Krishnamoorthy becoming cheesemakers and employing disabled women.[2] They set up the artisanal cheese producers Käse and their social entrepreneurship led to winning the Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2017.[1] The awards were made to on International Women's Day in 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Women and Child Development[3] by the President of India. The award is the highest award for women in India.[4]
Sundaresan is a self-taught chef.[5] She began cooking Peruvian food in 2017 for a supper club organised by Arundhati Balachandran and Suneethi Raj of LocalXO.[6] She visited the Gourmet Bazaar in Coimbatore with her cheeses in 2019.[7] By 2020, she had cooked 25 dinners and the group planned a new series with Sundaresan making dishes from her favourite cookbooks.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sharma, Ankit Sharma (10 April 2018). "Meet The Nari Shakti Puruskar Receipents [sic] Who Are Empowering Disabled Women". The Logical Indian. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "A "cheesy" effort to give women wings". The New Indian Express. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery". narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ^ Kuttoor, Radhakrishnan (2018-03-07). "Charity 'home maker' gets her due on women's day". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ a b Akella, Bhavana (25 February 2020). "City's supper club takes inspiration from cookbooks". Daily Thanti Next. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Omen, Jeryn (31 August 2017). "Do you want to join them for a casual supper?". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Srinivasan, Pankaja (5 September 2019). "Cheese-maker Namrata Sundaresan brings her artisanal brand Kase to Coimbatore". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.