Sushmita Krishnan

Tamil Nadu Ecologist Turns Lake Weed into Biodegradable Paper & Transforms Lives of Rural Women

25-YO Trains 150 Women to Turn a Harmful Lake Weed Into Sustainable Handmade Paper

By Mervin Preethi09 Nov 2025 09:00 IST

What do you do with a weed that grows back in 14 days and kills everything in its path? In Trichy, 25-year-old ecologist Sushmita Krishnan found an answer — she turned it into handmade paper and trained 150 women to do the same.