Place: Chennai

Involved in: Crab Exporter

Women crab exporter

• Mrs. S. Vijaya is a manager of Madras Sea Food Exports at Chennai.
• She is supported by her husband.
• She is having 5-6 years of experience in crab exports.
• She purchases both water and hardened crabs from Orissa, Andhra Pradhesh, Tamil Nadu Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Andaman.
• 1 -2 t (600 kg crabs) of crabs are exported to different places from her company daily.
• Fattened crabs are sold to domestic markets in Mumbai and New Delhi and to international markets at Singapore, Taiwan and Bangkok.
• Despite being only primary school educated, her innovativeness, self confidence, keen interest has led her to thrive in this business