Gowri Visvanathan

Gowri Visvanathan studied at Sydenham in Bombay and at the Delhi School of Social Work. She is a student and teacher of yoga philosophy and is active in Women’s groups in Chennai. Gowri and her husband: Ravi channeled their passion for organic food and women’s empowerment into their kitchen table business – Organic Depot. They worked with an organic coffee grower in Wayanad and a women’s self-help group in Ranikhet, bringing their products to consumers in Chennai. Their wholesale operation started small and in time grew to forty plus retail outlets who served a growing base of consumers. In time this grew to a significant revenue for the Mahila Umang Producers Company.