Difficult times have dawned upon businesses all around the world, but we’re here to make sure yours is up and running. Startup Grind joins forces with Kerala Startup Mission during the time of #Corona. Tune in to our Fireside chat with Lakshmi Menon.
A designer by profession, Lakshmi Menon runs the organisation ‘Pure Living’ in Cochin.
It is dedicated to finding sustainable livelihood solutions and also in propagating awareness in society about
the importance of green living. Engaging and thus empowering the underprivileged is the DNA of the organisation.
The ideas are really simple and workable with great impact.
Lakshmi conceptualised Ammommathiri / Wicksdom, a project designed to provide livelihood for the
underprivileged elderly through crowdsourcing. Women living in old age homes and orphanages across the state make Wicks commonly used for lighting lamps, ensuring them a livelihood and purposeful engagement with dignity.
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Pure Living
Designer
Designer by profession & a serial social entrepreneur.
MAJOR WORKS
• Designed & showcased jewelry for New York Fashion Week in 2008.
• Featured artist in Artizmo, Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
• Helped set up Sargalaya Craft Village as craft consultant of Kerala Tourism Department in Calicut district in 2012.
• Designed corporate offices of DC Book…
Designer by profession & a serial social entrepreneur.
MAJOR WORKS
• Designed & showcased jewelry for New York Fashion Week in 2008.
• Featured artist in Artizmo, Art Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
• Helped set up Sargalaya Craft Village as craft consultant of Kerala Tourism Department in Calicut district in 2012.
• Designed corporate offices of DC Books in 1999 and the DC Kizhakemuri Museum in 2015.
• Designed and executed cover design of famous book, Pravasam of M.Mukundan with team of traditional artisans, where 10,000 handmade copies were produced using hay as a medium. This was an attempt to revive the dying hay art. 2008
• Provided Consulting to Kudumbasree, Asia’s largest women’s cooperative.
• Founded ‘Pure Living’, a company specializing in upcycling and recycling to produce green products like pens and pencils made out of paper.
• Devised a pen rolling equipment to make paper pens (patent pending) and set up a pen rolling unit for women in villages of Varanasi as a joint venture with Reliance and International Institute of Waste Management (IIWM).
• Conceptualized and facilitated ‘Varadakshina Cultural fashion show’ - a tribute to the life & works of Artist Namboodiri with reputed fashion designers. An exclusive collection featuring Namboodiri’s art was also designed with my partner under the brand ‘Anaaya’. 2015.
• Co-founded Good Karma Foundation - a charitable trust to promote culture, skill development, healthcare and educational related activities.
Kerala Startup Mission
Evangelist
