Anuradha Krishnamoorthy is an Indian

social entrepreneur Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. This concept may be applied to a wide range of o ...

and

cheesemaker Cheesemaking (or caseiculture) is the craft of making cheese. The production of cheese, like many other food preservation processes, allows the nutritional and economic value of a food material, in this case milk, to be preserved in concentrat ...

. She won the 2017

Nari Shakti Puraskar The Nari Shakti Puraskar is an annual award given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India to individual women or to institutions that work towards the cause of women empowerment. It is the highest civilian hono ...

with her colleague

Namrata Sundaresan Namrata Sundaresan is an Indian social entrepreneur, chef and cheesemaker. She won the 2017 Nari Shakti Puraskar with Anuradha Krishnamoorthy. Career Namrata Sundaresan was born an Odia people, Odia and moved to Chennai in Tamil Nadu after gett ...

Career

Anuradha Krishnamoorthy set up an organisation working with disabled people, supporting them in finding work. In 2016, Krishnamoorthy then founded Käse Cheese in

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with chef

. They had known each other for about ten years and her new business partner's day job was in a strategy consultancy. Their first variety was a type of

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. They make other natural cheeses following traditional methods whilst adding local ingredients, for example using Milagai Podi to make a

cheddar cheese Cheddar cheese (or simply cheddar) is a natural cheese that is relatively hard, off-white (or orange if colourings such as annatto are added), and sometimes sharp-tasting. Cheddar originates from the English village of Cheddar in Somerset. Ched ...

called "Ode to Chennai". Krishnamoorthy's background in

social entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. This concept may be applied to a wide range of o ...

led her to employ and train disabled women. As of 2020, Käse was producing over 30 cheeses. Anuradha Krishnamoorthy

Krishnamoorthy and Sundaresan both received the 2017

for their entrepreneurship. The awards were made to on

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in 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Women and Child Development by the President of India. The award is the highest award for women in India.

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