Mini Vasudevan

Indian animal rights activist

Mini Vasudevan

Mini Vasudevan receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2019.

Born| c. 1965
Nationality| Indian
Education| Graduate engineer
Known for| Animal rights in Coimbatore
Spouse| Madhu Ganesh

Mini Vasudevan (born c. 1965) is an Indian animal rights activist based in Coimbatore. She was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2019.

## Life

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Vasudevan was born in about 1965. She was bought up without pets but at the age of eleven she saw a chicken being killed and decided that she would become a vegetarian. She graduated from the College of Engineering.[1] She is an engineer[2] and she and her husband worked in America for thirteen years.[1]

Mini Vasudevan is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kazhakootam 1982 batch.[3]

In 2004 Vasudevan, now a vegan, and her husband, Madhu Ganesh,[1] returned from America to live in Coimbatore. She was appalled to see wounded and diseased street dogs wandering through the town. She had owned animals before and she felt sure that something could and should be done. She would pay veterinarians to help some of the wounded, and sometimes pregnant, animals, but some vets wouldn't treat street dogs and even when they were treated then there was nowhere for the animals to recuperate. In response, she and her husband started the Humane Animal Society[4] in 2006. She had corresponded with Maneka Gandhi about the treatment of street dogs and Gandhi had initially dismissed her as an ex-pat trying to impose her views on a country she no longer lived in. When Gandhi realised that Vasudevan was based in Coimbatore then she advised that Vasudevan should create the solution.[1]

She became involved in capturing and then sterilising street dogs in Coimbatore.[4] In 2019 she had three dogs of her own and the Humane Animal Society employed seventeen people.[1]

In 2019 she was chosen by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to receive the Nari Shakti Puraskar[4] which is the highest award in India for women. She was surprised by the phone call the month before[1] and she had to go to New Delhi for the ceremony.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f Philip, Susan Joe (8 March 2019). "For all creatures great and small". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
2. ^ admin. "HAS - Management Team". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
3. ^ "Sainik School Old Boys Association". sskzmoba.org. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
4. ^ a b c Ramkumar, Pratiksha (27 February 2019). "Coimbatore-based animal rights activist Mini Vasudevan selected for Nari Shakti Puraskar". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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Nari Shakti Puraskar recipients

1999|

* K. V. Rabiya
* Chinna Pillai
* Kinkri Devi

2013|

* Manasi Pradhan
* M. Venkaiah
* Bina Sheth Lashkari
* T. Radha K. Prashanti
* Vartika Nanda
* Seema Sakhare

2014|

* Rashmi Anand
* Nanditha Krishna
* Laxmi Gautam
* Neha Kirpal
* Latika Thukral
* Sai Balijepally
* P. Kausalya
* Swaraj Vidwan

2015|

* Lucy Kurien
* Saurabh Suman
* Basanti Devi
* Suparna Baksi Ganguly
* Meena Sharma
* Priti Patkar
* Uttara Padwar
* Polumati Vijaya Nirmala
* Vasu Primlani
* Sujata Sahu
* Jyoti Mhapsekar
* Sumita Ghosh
* Anjali Sharma
* Krishna Yadav
* Shakuntala Majumdar

2016|

* State of Rajasthan
* Chhanv Foundation
* Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP)
* Sadhana Mahila Sangha
* Shikshit Rojgar Kendra Prabandhak Samiti
* Tripunithura Kathakali Kendram Ladies Troupe
* Amruta Patil
* Amala Akkineni
* Anatta Sonney
* Anoyara Khatun
* B. Codanayaguy
* Bano Haralu
* Deepa Mathur
* Divya Rawat
* Ilse Köhler Rollefson
* Janki Vasant
* Kalpana Sankar
* Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan
* Mumtaz M. Kazi
* Nandita Shah
* Pallavi Fauzdar
* Pamela Malhotra
* Qamar Dagar
* Reema Sathe
* Ringyuichon Vashum
* Sangita Iyer
* Smita Tandi
* Sumitra Hazarika
* Sunita Singh Choken
* Subha Varier
* Tiasa Adhya
* V. Nanammal
* Zuboni Hümtsoe

2017|

* Gargi Gupta
* Sindhutai Sapkal
* Gauri Maulekhi
* Navika Sagar Parikrama
* Malvika Iyer
* R Umadevi Nagaraj
* Thinlas Chorol
* S. Siva Sathya
* Bharti Kashyap
* Beti Zindabad Bakery
* Mittal Patel
* Sabarmatee Tiki
* Jayamma Bandari
* K. Syamalakumari
* Vanastree
* Lizymol Philipose Pamadykandathil
* Chirom Indira
* Urmila Balawant Apte
* Deepika Kundaji
* Purnima Devi Barman
* Anita Bharadwaj
* Ambica Beri
* Pushpa Girimaji
* Avani (organization)
* Shrujan
* C. K. Durga
* Rekha Mishra
* Mehvish Mushtaq
* Karuna Society for Animals and Nature
* One Stop Centre, Raipur
* Millet Network of India
* State of Punjab
* Madhu Jain
* Jetsun Pema
* M.S. Sunil
* Sheela Balaji
* Anuradha Krishnamoorthy and Namrata Sundaresan
* Gita Mittal

2018|

* A. Seema
* Anshu Khanna
* Anu Malhotra
* Anuradha N. Naik
* Chetna Gala Sinha
* Darshana Gupta
* Devaki Amma
* Didi Contractor
* Gowri Kamakashi
* Hekani Jakhalu
* Ipsita Biswas
* Iti Tyagi
* Kagganapalli Radha Devi
* Kalpana Saroj
* Lalita Vakil
* Madhuri Barthwal
* Manju Manikuttan
* Meenakshi Pahuja
* Mini Vasudevan
* Munuswamy Shanthi
* Neelum Sharma
* Nomita Kamdar
* Pamela Chatterjee
* Pragya Prasun
* Priyamvada Singh
* Pushpa N. M.
* Rahibai Soma Popere
* Rajani Rajak
* Reshma Nilofer Naha
* Rhea Mazumdar Singhal
* Ruma Devi
* Seema Mehta
* Seema Rao
* Sister Shivani
* Smriti Morarka
* Snehlata Nath
* Sonia Jabbar
* Sujatha Mohan
* Sunita Devi
* Twinkle Kalia
* Urmi Basu
* One Stop Centre, Lucknow
* Millet Network of India
* Qasab-Kutch Craftswomen Producer Co. Ltd.
* Social Welfare & Nutritional Meal Programme Dept, Tamil Nadu

2019|

* Arifa Jan
* Avani Chaturvedi
* Bhageerathi Amma
* Bhawana Kanth
* Bina Devi
* Chami Murmu
* Kalavati Devi
* Karthyayani Amma
* Kaushiki Chakroborty
* Mohana Singh
* Nilza Wangmo
* Padala Bhudevi
* Rashmi Urdhwareshe
* Sardarni Mann Kaur
* Tashi and Nungshi Malik

2020|

* Anita Gupta
* Ushaben Dineshbhai Vasava
* Nasira Akhter
* Sandhya Dhar
* Nivruti Rai
* Tiffany Brar
* Padma Yangchan
* Jodhaiya Bai Baiga
* Saylee Nandkishor Agavane
* Vanita Jagdeo Borade
* Meera Thakur
* Jaya Muthu, Tejamma (joint)
* Ela Lodh
* Arti Rana

2021|

* Sathupati Prasanna Sree
* Tage Rita Takhe
* Madhulika Ramteke
* Niranjanaben Mukulbhai Kalarthi
* Pooja Sharma
* Anshul Malhotra
* Shobha Gasti
* Radhika Menon
* Kamal Kumbhar
* Sruti Mohapatra
* Batool Begam
* Thara Rangaswamy
* Neerja Madhav
* Neena Gupta

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