Name: Kanchan Parulekar

Vote Count: 127

Source of Information: A friend of mine in Mumbai was one of the beneficiaries of the trainingworkshops conducted by Kanchan Parulekar and she used to speak about heroften.

Category: Women's Empowerment

Reason(s) for Nomination: Kanchan Parulekar has spent almost three decades helping women from poor andunderprivileged backgrounds to start their own businesses and earn their ownlivelihoods. Having worked in a bank, Ms Parulkar had handled sustainablelivelihood projects across Maharashtra. She put this knowledge andexperience to good use, empowering over 6,500 women by developingentrepreneurial skills in areas like organic farming, food processing,handicrafts, etc.