11 Facts About Mini Vasudevan

Mini Vasudevan was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2019.

Mini Vasudevan 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.

Mini Vasudevan is an engineer and she and her husband worked in America for thirteen years.

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

Mini Vasudevan was appalled to see wounded and diseased street dogs wandering through the town.

Mini Vasudevan had owned animals before and she felt sure that something could and should be done.

Mini Vasudevan 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.

Mini Vasudevan had corresponded with Maneka Gandhi about the treatment of street dogs and Gandhi initially dismissed her as an ex-pat trying to impose her views on a country she no longer lived in.

When Gandhi realised that Mini Vasudevan was based in Coimbatore then she advised that Mini Vasudevan should create the solution.

Mini Vasudevan became involved in capturing and then sterilising street dogs in Coimbatore.

Mini Vasudevan was surprised by the phone call the month before and she had to go to New Delhi for the ceremony.