Celebrated and felicitated 35 women achievers across 11 categories for their socially responsible ‘work- from- home business ideas
Four ‘special mention awardees’ and Five ‘special mention recognition’ awardees joined the proud recipients of Homepreneur Awards this year
Dr. Kamal Haasan gave away the inspiring awards and rendered the key note address
Chennai, August 2018
Brand Avatar, a branding and event management company in association with Naturals Salon & Spa, as the title sponsor, powered by Udhayam Paruppu Vagaigal organised Suyasakthi Virudhugal Homepreneur Awards 2018 amidst a glitzy evening, celebrating the SHEROES and Role Models at Hotel Savera on August 26, 2018.
The second edition of Homepreneur awarding ceremony saw 35 Homepreneur awardees, four ‘Special Mention and five ‘Special Mention Recognition’ awardees from across 11 categories being honoured for their exemplary business and innovative work-from-home ideas. Brimming with confidence, courage, grit and determination, driven by passion to create, innovate and step into the commercial arena, whilst balancing their family commitments, these proud winners received their awards from Chief Guest Dr. Kamal Haasan, who also rendered the key note address on the occasion. They will be provided with mentorship and investment support for transforming and upgrading their business activities.
Speaking about the successful second edition, Mr. Hemachandran, Founder & CEO of Brand Avatar said, This award has been structured as a social impact initiative as it aims to recognise and award women who have created such an enterprise. Also, it provides a support eco system through funders and mentors for ideas that have the scaling up potential. This annual award hopes to motivate thousands of women aspiring to become Homepreneurs by creating role models from around them and also in the process, sensitise family and the male primary earning members to provide a conducive environment, to identify, motivate and nurture women’s aspiration to become a homepreneur.
In a nutshell, this is a platform for all the women around you who are supporting their homes financially by their home ventures, women who have turned their passions and hobbies to commerce from their home environment added Mr. Hemachandran.
The Title Sponsor, Naturals Salon and Spas CEO & Co-founder, Mr. CK Kumaravel said, These Homepreneurs are now creating a new marketplace on their own terms. They are innovating, burning the midnight oil from home to create an accounted economic value. They are creating a sustainable activity given the demands of their family life. With sensitivity to people and environment they are creating socially responsible ideas. Hence, we at Homepreneur awards deem it a great privilege to recognise, felicitate, nurture and mentor them.
The selection process:
About 150 candidates were shortlisted for a one on one interview from a total of 6500 registrants. The jury members across the board evaluated the nominees based on the following criteria: Uniqueness of idea, Social Impact, Family Impact, Revenue and growth, Potential for scaling up and Passion. The 11 broad categories included Agriculture, Arts & Culture, Beauty & Wellness, Breaking Stereotype, Education & Literature, Food & Beverages, Home Professionals, Healthcare, Home Retail, Media & Entertainment, Sports & Fitness, Social Welfare (See Annexure for Awardees list).
Eminent and Experienced JURY MEMBERS:
The jury comprising eminent women from diverse domains short listed and selected the winners of the awards under each category.
VEENA KUMARAVEL – FOUNDER, NATURALS SALON
ROHINI MANIAN CEO, GLOBAL ADJUSTMENTS SERVICES PVT LTD
ARUNA SUBRAMANIAM – MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT & TRUSTEE, BHOOMIKA TRUST
DR. SAUNDARYA RAJESH – FOUNDER-PRESIDENT, AVTAR CAREER CREATORS & FLEXI CAREEERS INDIA
RINKU MECHERI – SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR & FOUNDER, CHENNAI VOLUNTEERS
LATHA RAJAN FOUNDER, MA FOI STRATEGIC CONSULTANTS
GEETHA NAGU – MANAGING DIRECTOR, VNCT VENTURES
NINA REDDY – MANAGING DIRECTOR, SAVERA HOTELS
PUSHKAR GAYATHRI – DIRECTOR, TAMIL MOVIE INDUSTRY
POORNIMA RAMASWAMY – DESIGNER, STYLIST & ENTREPRENEUR
SUSHILA RAVINDRANATH – SENIOR JOURNALIST/COLUMNIST AND BUSINESS AUTHOR
About Homepreneur Awards:
HOMEPRENEUR Award is a unique effort that acknowledges and celebrates the achievements of women who have overcome great cultural and social barriers to become exemplary role models within their own fields. A platform to recognise home-based businesswomen and freelancers and provide mentorship with an investment opportunity the award aims to promote women, who have defied odds to create their own commercial venture.
About the Organizer:
Brand Avatar represented by its Founder & CEO Mr. Hemachandran, is a branding and event management firm which over the last two years have brought to life unique and magnificent events, the latest being PRIDE OF TAMILNADU AWARDS, FASHION PREMIER WEEK etc. Brand Avatar also delivers a fully integrated marketing communications program and Brand Management solutions for companies and individuals alike. Brand Avatar has undertaken this unique initiative called HOMEPRENEUR AWARDS that will create a platform for awarding women who are doing business from home to earn or augment their earning.
He is also the CEO of Celebrity Badminton League, a new league (Sports + Entertainment) that was launched in Chennai in Jan 2016 and now a PAN-India property with season 1 held in 3 cities and Finals in Malaysia. He is active Angel Investor and member of THE CHENNAI ANGELS and INDIAN ANGELS NETWORK.
