Madhura Chatrapathy

Madhura, as she would like to be called, wears two caps - as a Social Entrepreneur and a Business Entrepreneur.

She is a food technologist by training with Post Graduate Diplomas in Marketing & Advertising and Journalism to her credit, both with distinction.

As a businessperson she set up her business of a de-hydration plant in 1981 with know-how from CFTRI for Tamarind Powder. After two years of struggle she diversified into a range of de-hydrated food ingredients that today meet international standards and caters to international markets like North America, Europe, Australia and Japan and also domestic market that includes multinationals. Today, Food Associates Bangalore, is a leading customized food ingredients producer and a sourcing agent for a range of ingredients for its very discerning customers. FAB’s B2B operations mean - processing against order, no inventory pile up and no major problems with marketing.

As a Social Entrepreneur, she has initiated and built up many institutions including Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (AFST), Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE) of which she was the Founder President and also Asian Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives (ASCENT).

Her work in the field of Entrepreneurship Development has earned her a special place in the International Agencies and Development Organisations globally. She is an Internationally sought after resource person. She continues to work with UNDP, ILO, UNIDO, World Bank, Economic Commission for Africa.

She has co-authored a number of books in entrepreneurship, which includes Trainers’ Manuals and Facilitators Handbook. She has presented a number of papers on entrepreneurship, appropriate technology, and micro enterprise.

One of the cherished recognitions is her being invited to United States by the Government of USA on a study visit on entrepreneurship in 1987. In 1999 she received US State Department's "Distinguished International Visitor Alumni Award". Globally she is one out of 150000 people to be chosen for the honour.

She serves on the Governing Bodies of Institute of Social and Economic Change, and the Centre of Entrepreneurship Development, Madurai; and has served on the Boards of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI) and the State Bank of Mysore.

Of the several first to her credit, it must be mentioned that she is the first woman Rotary District Governor (1998-99) in South Asia.

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