Rashmitha Reddy | Co-founder
“Since childhood, exploring and trying different foods would never go out of my bucket list. I come from one of the heritage cities in India, Warangal which is the epicenter of cultural pluralism. Cultural pluralism taught me about food diversity and millets are one of such foods which I have been consuming in different forms like Jowar Roti, Ambali, Ragi Mudha etc..
I completed my post graduation in women’s studies from TISS Hyderabad. Later moved to London to pursue Business Administration from Bedfordshire university. However, my heart is always close to India and I decided to come back to India and practice entrepreneurial career.
And Covid pandemic!! As everyone knows, nationwide lockdown pulled thousands of people into hunger and poverty. Mostly, everyone started realizing the importance of quality nutrition and natural immunity boosters. Millets are one of such boosters which again came into limelight. During the covid time, I wrote and published a book titled Being Me: Positivity Towards Body Shaming.
In 2021, along with my two farmer friends, we started formulating ice cream and other natural beverages out of millets. And yes! Today, creamy millet is the result of quality R & D which we put for consumers and farmers.”
Lakshman Borugadda | Co-founder
B. Lakshman is a farmer & social entrepreneur from Andhra Pradesh. For a year, he worked as a fundraising executive at HOME FUNDRAISING INDIA which partnered with UNICEF India. He also worked as a field investigator for the National level monitoring team regarding central schemes in Adilabad district of Telangana,India. As a farmer, he hasn’t seen proper awareness and skill regarding sustainable farming and suitable market linkages. Such incidents triggered him to contribute for the betterment of the farming community through expert advisory and support.
Lingala Naresh | Co-founder
Lingala Naresh is an Electrical Engineer by education; and expertise in nonprofit management, behavioral science, curriculum development and research. He is a founder at tharunam which is working on a mission to use food as a medium for social change and make it universally accessible and affordable through food literacy intervention. Through non-profit organization, tharunam, Naresh and team developed 15 food literacy training frameworks; and implementing agroforestry plantation and millet farming by collaborating with farmers.