Lakshmi Mini, a Senior Research Associate of DRaS is a Global Shaper from Coimbatore hub, an initiative of World Economic Forum. She is an engineer by profession, passionate writer and start-up mentor who had worked for corporates like Infosys, SocialPulsar, Hashtag Inc, Sourcegain, Altaire innovations and has mentored many startups. She is an active volunteer who focusses on women empowerment, Skill up India, Education of underprivileged, farmer welfare, Go Green initiatives, Animal welfare etc. Her creative writing works were published at Australian times and other platforms. She is also into scriptwriting, ideation, lyrics writing for movies. She is currently associated with various NGOs/NPOs.