Nanditha Krishna

Prof. Nanditha Krishna (born 1951) is an Indian author and activist. She was recognised by the government of India who gave her a Nari Shakti Award in 2015. This is the highest award for women in India and eight awards were made that year. She leads the C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation in Chennai.
Life.
She was born in 1951 and was known as Nanditha Jagannathan. She was the great grand-daughter of Dr C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar.
She took her doctorate at the University of Bombay in ancient Indian culture. Her thesis concerned the "Iconography of Vishnunarayana".
She appeared as herself in the Bombay based "Magic Lamp" TV series.
She was awarded one of the first eight Nari Shakti Awards for her leadership and achievement in 2015. The award was made on International Women's Day from the then Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.
She became a Professor at the University of Madras. She was elected the President of the C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation in 2013. That foundation founded the C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Institute of Indological Studies in 1981. The foundation is headquartered in Chennai, India (also known as C. P. Ramaswami Road) at "The Grove" which belongs to the C. P. Ramaswami Iyer family.
Awards.
Her awards include the Nari Shakti Puraskar, Stree Ratna and an Outstanding Woman of Asia. She has an honorary doctorate from Vidyasagar University.
Private life.
She is married to Chinny Krishna who has led the animal rights charity Blue Cross of India. She is also an ambassador for that society.