Meet the woman who is reinventing India's ancient grains through OGMO Foods
A Chennai woman is on a quest to revitalize ancient grains. Sanjeeta KK's startup, OGMO Foods, makes ready-to-eat breakfast and snack mixes from minor millets and mappillai samba red rice. Everyone wishes to have a corporate career with a large salary and a good work-life balance. However, some, such as Sanjeeta KK, founder of Chennai-based OGMO Foods, believe otherwise. Sanjeeta, 52, had to leave her well-paying corporate career due to a medical issue and was compelled to take a 10-year hiatus. During the vacation, she decided to turn her passion for cuisine into a full-time job. Sanjeeta explains, "I started my new path with a food blog called 'Lite Bite,' which provided me a lot of options going ahead. I experimented with innovative food styling while developing new recipes for my blog. Since then, I've worked on various prominent companies and television ads." Her route to a new job as a food stylist was not simple, as Sanjeeta says she ...