Mahalakshmi Saravanan

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
Best Motivational Speaker in India

Mahalakshmi Saravanan - 2X International Award Winner|Honoured with an ISRO PSLV memento 1:200 by ISRO IPRC-Mahendragiri|TEDx speaker|Social Entrepreneur

Mahalakshmi Saravanan is an internationally recognized first-generation social entrepreneur and TEDx speaker. She was born in Ketti, a small village in The Nilgiris, belongs to the indigenous community called Badagas. She became an accidental entrepreneur with no knowledge of business and she started her business from scratch. Today, her brand "Women Entrepreneurs India" has become an internationally recognized brand that supports and encourages women to become entrepreneurs. Her journey started with zero contacts in the industry and has grown into an internationally recognized brand with thousands of women entrepreneurs under this banner – Women Entrepreneurs India. She is a pioneer social entrepreneur who helps women start-up, reinforce their business roots and grow their businesses. Her service-minded nature has helped her impact the lives of women who aspire to start and grow their businesses.

Mahalakshmi Saravanan is passionate about creating better opportunities for women and has been encouraging budding entrepreneurs. With her indomitable optimism and can-do spirit, she has become a role model for thousands of aspiring women entrepreneurs today. She has been invited as a motivational speaker at major National and International conferences, industry events, corporate companies, etc. She is fortunate to have touched more than 1, 50,000 people across the globe including government officials, entrepreneurs, scientists, corporate employees, students, and rural women, through her passion to connect and empower them. Her interviews have been featured on ZEE TV, DD Podhigai TV, Kalaignar TV, Makkal TV, Sun TV etc. She was featured in the Hindu, Economic Times, Financial Express, and other national and regional newspapers.

Mahalakshmi Saravanan has 20+ of total experience(16 years in business and 4 and a half years in academics). She completed her post-graduation in Food Science and Nutrition from Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore. She started her career as a lecturer in the SRM University(IHM) and worked for more than 4 and half years during which she was a teacher and mentor to several batches of students. As an academically inclined person, she has cleared the national and state-level exams namely the Agricultural Research Scientist-National Educational Test (ARS-NET) and SLET. She launched her business in 2013 as she was passionate about women's entrepreneurship and women's empowerment. She has dedicated her time to empowering many entrepreneurs across India and they look up to her as their role model. She takes part in professional chess tournaments as a player.

Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited by the following brands/organizations as the Chief guest/Guest Speaker.

Government Organizations

Reserve bank of India Staff College (RBSC), National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Regional Campus (RC), Chennai, Indian Space Research Organisation-ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri

Mahalakshmi Saravanan shared the stage with Shri. R. Mukundan, Additional Director of Income Tax, DTRTI, Chennai at the outreach program co-hosted by Women Entrepreneurs India and DTRTI.

Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the resource person at Technology based Entrepreneurship Development Programme (TEDP) by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology(May-June 2023)

Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as a representative at The Tamil Nadu Rural Transformation Project(TNRTP)for a State Level Stakeholder Consultation meeting on 10th January 2024 at the SIDCO Corporate office, Guindy.

Corporates
Infosys, Amazon, Accenture, Indian Oil Corporation, Coromandel-Murugappa, Hindustan Unilever, Casagrand, Addison & Co, India Cements(ladies wing), Cognizant(online), Isha Homes(Chennai), Lakshmi Machine works(Coimbatore), Eastman Exports(Tiruppur), International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), ZoloStays Property Solutions Pvt.Ltd, ACMA-Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India's AWE SUM, Chennai, Komatsu India Pvt Ltd. which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. Japan, Tata Bluescope Steel, etc.

Colleges
Stanley Medical College, Amity Global Business School, VIT(Vellore & Chennai), NIT- Trichy, MIT Chennai, Acropolis Institutions, Madhyapradesh, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology, Chapra, Bihar(webinar), Anna University, MOP vaishnav, Stella Maris,Ethiraj college, Madras University, Women's Christian College(WCC), Pondicherry University, SRM, PSG Tech, SIET, Avinashilingam University, Saveetha Engineering, Gurunanak, AM Jain, Nazareth, Agni College of technology,Jawaharlal Nehru College for women, PKR Arts & Science College, Sri Sankara College,Prathyusha Engineering College, MMES, Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering, Sri Ramakrishna college of arts and science, Erode Sengunthar Engineering College, Kongu Nadu Arts & Science College, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, HHMSPB NSS College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala IEDC (Innovation Entrepreneurship Development centre), LBS Institute of Technology for Women, Kerala, Bharathi Women’s College, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Nehru Group of Institutions, VVM's Shree Damodar College of Commerce & Economics Margao, Goa, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science,Indore, Dr. SNS Rajalakshmi College of Arts and Science,Vivekanandha College of Technology for Women, Dharmamurthi Rao Bhahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty's Hindu College, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi, Hindusthan College of Arts & Science, Chennai Institute of Technology, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, Global Arts & Science College for Women, Global Business School, Loganatha Narayanasamy Government College through RUSA – Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan,Shrimati Indira Gandhi College, IIAT - Imayam Institute of Agriculture & Technology, Kumararani Meena Muthiah College - Chettinad group of Institutions, St.Peter’s Institute of Higher Education and Research, etc.

Schools
Vels Vidyashram, KSR Akshara, Bala Vidya Mandir, Hindu Chellamal Vidyalaya, Sri Shankara School, Global Public School-Vellore, National model school, Abhijay Matriculation School, Edison G Agoram Memorial School,etc.

International Webinars
She was a guest speaker at the 2nd International Women CA conference hosted by the Bahrain Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(BCICAI) on 25th March,2022
Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a speaker at an International Event organized by the Tamilnadu Engineers Forum in Kuwait.
Mahalakshmi Saravanan shared her views on the "Role of Women in Entrepreneurship" at the International Webinar Lecture Series - Commemorating the Birth Anniversary of Sister Nivedita by Kongunadu Arts & Science College and Swami Vivekananda Study Circle.
She has delivered a webinar at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (The Coimbatore branch of SIRC)

Conferences
She was a guest speaker at the Theosophical Society, Adyar on 13th Jan, 2024 and delivered a talk on "Hybrid Leadership: Embracing the AI revolution."
She was a guest speaker at the Andhra Chamber of Commerce during the conference on “Advantage Women Entrepreneurs – New CARE Entrepreneurship Programs” event on September 17, 2024 at Taj Club house, Chennai. She delivered a talk on "Role of mentors in Women's Entrepreneurship" to more than 100+ women in business.

Experience
She is also an SEO specialist and digital marketing strategist and has been instrumental in guiding several businesses to acquire high rankings online. She has taught this technique to more than hundred women entrepreneurs and aspiring students.

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01  HER VISION

Her vision is to empower women in business to their business success. Mission - To create a sustainable ecosystem for women in business.

02  Achievements & Recognitions

Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief Guest by the Indian Space Research Organisation-ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri during their women's day celebrations on 30th March,2022. She was honoured with a PSLV memento, scale 1:200. She interacted with 150+ engineers directly and addressed 500+ employees of ISRO through a live stream at the same time.


Women Entrepreneurs India, her social initiative was featured on the 2019 Asia Pacific journal, an initiative of the Cabinet Office of Japan. She was featured along with the global leaders and companies across the Asia-Pacific region.


Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the "Women Icon of the year award 2023-2024" from Kumararani Meena Muthiah College - Chettinad group of Institutions on 27th March, 2024.


Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the "Women Achiever Award 2023" from Chennai Institute of Technology on 18th March,2023.


Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the "NEHRU WOMEN EXCELLENCE AWARD 2022" for the category Entrepreneurship and making a difference at the International Women's Day event organized by the Nehru Arts & Science College & Nehru Centre for Women Excellence.


She was conferred with the "Outstanding achievement award for Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship" during the international women’s day celebrations - March 2021 by Rajalakshmi Group of Institutions.


She was a TEDx Speaker during the TEDx Veltech event-March , 2019


She is the recipient of the Inspiring women Award-2019-2020 by Casagrand


She is the recipient of Business Acharya award-2020 for the entrepreneur category by Karpaga Vinayaga college of Engineering and technology during the Maathare T20


She is the recipient of the Yuvasakthi Award by NIA institutions-Dr.Mahalingam Engg. College, Pollachi


She received the AIMED Spirited Woman Entrepreneur Award by Aachi Foods, March 2019


She has been featured on the economic times newspaper on the Women's Entrepreneurship Day,Nov-19th, 2016


She has been featured on the Financial express epaper -Delhi edition on the Women's Entrepreneurship Day,Nov-19th, 2021


She has been conferred the Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship,an award instituted by iCongo and the United Nations at “iCONGO’s REX Conclive, NewDelhi.


Applauding her enterprising feat, Mahalakshmi Saravanan, has been conferred with the “BEST WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR AWARD'by SSM Educational Institutions, Komarapalayam.


She was one of the panelists and shared the stage with the celebrity actress Gautami tadimalla in the road to Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 presented by NITI Aayog in association with FICCI and GES at IIT Madras.


She was a panelist at the International Women’s Day Celebration(March,2015) at World Trade Centre,Mumbai.


Mahalakshmi Saravanan was honoured as an exemplary women achiever and was awarded with a special title, "Mani Thilagam" by Sri Sankara group of Schools


Mahalakshmi Saravanan facilitated the National level Faculty Development Program hosted by PKR arts & Science College in Collaboration with EDC,Anna University, Coimbatore on May 19th,2020 She presented a session on "Digital marketing for entrepreneurs".


Mahalakshmi Saravanan presented a webinar for faculty members across India on “Digital Communication during & post COVID” organized by Stella Maris College on May 22nd ,2020.


Mahalakshmi Saravanan facilitated the Faculty Development Program(Entrepreneurship) for a group of experienced faculty members of Vellore Institute of Technology-VIT vellore

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  • 14 Awards

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Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief Guest by the Indian Space Research Organisation-ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri during their women's day celebrations on 30th March,2022. She was honoured with a PSLV memento, scale 1:200

Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the "Women Icon of the year award 2023-2024" from Kumararani Meena Muthiah College - Chettinad group of Institutions on 27th March, 2024 during the 24th College day celebrations & Valediction 2023-24.

    Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Guest Speaker at the Komatsu India Pvt Ltd., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. Japan. on 8th March, 2024 as a part of their "International Women's Day Celebration" at their excavator assembling plant in Oragadam where employees from across India participated.

    Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as a guest speaker by "Lakshmi Machine Works" 3000+ Crore - Total revenue as per an online resource) as a part of their Women's day celebration on 8th March 2023.

      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the panelist by ACMA's - AWE SUM summit on 23rd January, 2024. The theme of the event was Embrace Equality:Inclusive Practices & Promoting Fairness.

      Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the Women Achiever Award 2023 from Chennai Institute of Technology during the International Women's Day celebration conducted on 18th March 2023.

        Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a Guest Speaker at the Scott Christian College that has 130+ years of legacy on 18th April, 2023 as a part of their "Leadership Programme 2023 for Student leaders"

        Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief guest at the Indian Institute of Agriculture and Technology,Trichy during the International women's day celebration on 7th March,2024.

          Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief Guest by SRM Trichy for their Freshers’ Inauguration Day. Dr.R.Shivakumar,MD.,Ph.D, Chairman, SRM Group of Institutions, Ramapuram & Trichy, VP-SRM-IST honoured her with a memento. She delivered a motivatinal session for the college students.

          Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief guest at Edison G Agoram Memorial School , Chidambaram. She delivered a motivational session for the school students.

            Women Entrepreneurs India signed MoUs with Global Arts & Science College for Women, Global Engineering College, and Global Business School on 11th September,2023. It was a prestigious moment for Mahalakshmi Saravanan to be honoured by Mrs. Hema Prasad, Chairperson-Global Group of Institutions, Vellore.

            Mahalakshmi Saravanan was selected by ZEE Tv as a guest for the Pudhiya Indhiya show and she also shared the stage with RJ Vijay, a celebrity anchor. It was recorded at Filmistan studios,Mumbai. The show was telecasted on 28th January, 2024 .

              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief Guest by the Eastman Exports Tiruppur during their women's day celebrations on 8th March,2023.

              Mahalakshmi Saravanan invited by the National Academy of Direct Taxes,Chennai to deliver the keynote address online to the Income tax officers on the occasion of International Women's Day-2022.

                Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a TEDx Speaker during the TEDx Veltech event-March , 2019

                Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the "NEHRU WOMEN EXCELLENCE AWARD 2022" for the category Entrepreneurship and making a difference.

                  Mahalakshmi Saravanan was featured on the Economic Times on Women's Entrepreneurship Day,Nov,19th, 2016

                  Mahalakshmi Saravanan was conferred the Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship Award instituted by iCongo and the United Nations

                  Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Chief Guest at the International Conference on Innovative Practices in Commerce organized by Vels School of Management Studies & Commerce.

                  Mahalakshmi Saravanan was conferred with the "Business Acharya Award" by Karpaga Vinayaga Engineering College.

                    She was invited as a speaker at the National seminar on Women Entrepreneurs : Untapped reservoirs of talent hosted by VVM’s Shree Damodar college of commerce and economics, Goa and Goa state commission for women on 17th April 2021.

                    She was the guest of honour during the inaugural event of Nehru Group of Institutions-technology business incubator on 24th March, 2021. She interacted with the incubatees of the NGI-TBI.

                    As part of the International Women's Day celebration, IEEE Student Branch of LBS Institute of Technology for Women organised a session on "Women in Entrepreneurship" and invited Mahalakshmi Saravanan as a speaker.

                    Mahalakshmi Saravanan was conferred with the "Outstanding achievement award for Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship" during the international women’s day celebrations - March 2021 by Rajalakshmi Institutions.

                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the inspiring women award 2019-2020 from Casagrand

                      She is the recipient of the Yuvasakthi Award by NIA institutions- Dr.Mahalingam Engg. College, Pollachi-March 2019.

                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief guest at the women's day event organized by Indian Oil Corporation.

                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief guest at the annual day event organized by the National Model School.She inspired the audience with her motivating words.

                        Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a panelist at the Acropolis Institutions, Indore, Madhyapradesh

                        Mahalakshmi Saravanan was invited as the Chief Guest for the Women's day celebrations at the India Cements Ladies Club(ICLC) event at Ariyalur.

                        Mahalakshmi Saravanan was conferred with the BEST WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR AWARD by SSM Educational Institutions

                        Mahalakshmi Saravanan was one of the panelists in the road to Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 presented by NITI Aayog in association with FICCI and GES at IIT Madras on Nov 7th, 2017.

                          Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the guest speaker at the Reserve Bank Staff College (RBSC) - a premier training establishment of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) associated with training and capacity building for its officers. She delivered a talk on “Women – Managing Work-Life balance” on 24th, April 2017

                            Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a panelist at the International Women’s Day Celebration (March,2015) at World Trade Centre,Mumbai. She said it was time women optimized their online presence to tap international markets.

                            Mahalakshmi Saravanan was with Shibulal, Cofounder Infosys and Mrs.Kumari Shibulal. She was a panelist at the Mentor's Meet, an event jointly Organized by the Hindu and the Samhita Academy, Coimbatore on 19th August,2017.

                            Mahalakshmi Saravanan shared the stage with MaFoi Pandiarajan, Minister of Archaeology, Tamil language and culture during the book launch of Ms.Shobha Warrier at IITM research Park,Chennai on Oct 13th, 2018.

                            Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a panelist at the “ Education-Expectations Vs Reality" jointly organised by the Hindu and FIIT JEE at GR Damodaran college, Coimbatore.She shared her thoughts on introducing entrepreneurship in schools.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the chief guest at the inauguration of the women’s wing and the Women development cell at AM Jain College.. She had the privilege to address more than 2000 students at AM Jain college.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the chief guest at Vinayaga Polytechnic College.. She delivered a motivational talk to the 11th batch students.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a guest speaker at the AID India and Trimble Inc's Women Empowerment program launch.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan shared the stage with the district judge of Poonamallee and received the memento from the Dean and VP of the Stanley Medical College during the Aval 2019 event on 25th April, 2019.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the AIMED Spirited Woman Entrepreneur Award by Aachi Foods, March 2019

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Guest Speaker at Hindustan Unilever Chennai during the women's day celebration on 6th March,2019.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Chief guest at the Global public School,Vellore during the Toddlers Graduation & Achievers Day on 13th April 2019

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the chief guest at the KSR Akshara's Annual Parent's day meet,Tiruchengodu on 19th, January,2018

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a panelist during the International Women's Day celebration at the CII-IWN’s event. held on 8th March 2018 at Coimbatore.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Guest Speaker at the Conclave 2018 organized by the Rotaract club of CEG,Anna University,Chennai on 29th January,2018.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the keynote speaker at the global festival of learning organised by the Bournemouth University,UK, at the Leela palace on 12th feb,2018

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the chief guest at the Bala Vidya Mandir's Young Entrepeneurs Bazaar -2019 on 12th, January,2019

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Chief-guest during the event organized by the Department of International Business, School of Management, Pondicherry University, held on 26th OCtober 2018 at Pondicherry.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Guest Speaker at the Kickstart Summit organised by the Climbers on 4th Nov,2018 in Chennai.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a speaker at AIESEC- a great forum for Youth., at Chinmaya Heritage Center on 20th of October.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Chief-Guest at SRM Valliammai Engineering College during the Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp sponsored by EDI,Ahmedabad on 27th Sep,2018.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was honoured as an exemplary women achiever and was awarded with a special title, "Mani Thilagam" by Sri Sankara group of Schools held on 10th October 2018 in Chennai.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Chief-guest during the "MARKETING CONCLAVE" at Gurunanak College on October 1st 2018. She presented a talk on latest trends in Digital Marketing and honoured the student committee members.

                              Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the speaker at the 5th edition of "VRYiKSHA - Celebrating Indian Womanhood" , Women's Conference on Wednesday, 13 December 2017 at Mangayarkarasi College of Arts and Science in Madurai. There were around 2000 students during the event.

                              She was invited as the Chief Guest at the Adhiban Fin corp’s “Year of Women Entrepreneurs 2018” inaugural event which was held during the Tamil Nadu International Balloon festival 2018 at Pollachi on 14th,January 2018.

                                Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the guest speaker at Jeppiar Institute of Technology, Sriperumbudur, on 12th September. She interacted with 100+ aspiring entrepreneurs.

                                  Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the guest speaker at Stella Maris College on 19th July,2017. She interacted with 500+ enterprising students.

                                    Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a panelist at an E-Summit on the theme Breaking the Glass Ceiling:Empowering leaders of tomorrow on Feb 18th at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan received the MASS Mahila Seva Award on 4th March,2017 at Coimbatore and was the chief guest of the event

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan recently inaugurated the MOP Bazaar- Silver Jubilee celebration organized by MOP Vaishnav College.

                                      She was honoured to be a speaker at the Global learning conference organized by SSM College, Mymobile University, LTT global, Malaysia and ACTECH(Anna Univeristy)on 10th February,2017. She shared her views on "POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA : Mobile & Social Strategies That Work"

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the guest of honour at the Madras Institute of technology,Anna University on 17th Feb, 2017. As a digital marketing expert, she shared her insights on digital marketing trends 2017 with the students.

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a speaker at the Anna Adarsh College for Women on 2nd July 2018. 1000+ aspiring entrepreneurs from various departments participated.

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was honoured and privileged to be the chief guest at the Fresher's orientation programme at Kamban Art's & Science College for Women Around 2000+ students were present.

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Chief-guest at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts & Science,Coimbatore and was honoured on the International Women's Day 2018.

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was honoured with a thicket of 5 trees at the periphery of Sundarbans National Park South 24 Parganas,West Bengal, India for creating and empowering women in entrepreneurship at the Road to Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 by FICCI

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan has been featured on the dtNEXT - daily thanthi on the occasion of International Women's Day- 2017

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was honoured to be the chief guest at the International Women's Day - 2017 event organised by the Department of Management Studies, Madras University

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was the Guest Speaker at a One-day workshop on digital marketing strategy for food industry at Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore.

                                      Mahalakshmi Saravanan was a speaker at the UGC Sponsored National Conference on "Digital India:Power to Empower" held on 22nd September 2017" at the Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore.