Four women from Telangana were among the 75 women honoured with NITI Aayog’s Fifth Edition of Women Transforming India Awards on Monday. Vijaya Switha of Chitrika; Anu Acharya of Mapmygenome; Roopa Maganti of Greentatva Agri and Tanuja Abburi of Transformation Skills were named as winners of this year’s awards. The awards highlight India’s women leaders and change-makers.
Vijaya Switha initiated Chitrika to work with artisan communities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, incubating women-owned and managed collectives. Anu Acharya’s Mapmygenome provides actionable steps for individuals towards a healthy living by combining genetic report, health history, and genetic counselling. Roopa Maganti’s initative helps rural women entrepreneurs by creating livelihoods at the grassroot level and providing residue-free food to keep consumers healthy through their brand ‘Sudhanya’. Tanuja’ Abburis organisation, backed by NITI Aayog has helped 4,000 women with a tech-enabled mentoring solution which uses Design Thinking to solve the D&I challenge. The 75 awardees have been chosen from a pool of thousands of applicants, according to a NITI Aayog press release.
