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{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur}}
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| occupation = [[South Asian pickle|pickle]] manufacturer
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'''Krishna Yadav''' is an [[India]]n entrepreneur.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-31|title=Turning students ‘job-givers’|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/turning-students-job-givers/story-9mzSoJkLygtiHcMhUIXroI.html|access-date=2021-03-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> She is known for her successful [[South Asian pickle|pickle]] business venture, which she started after receiving training from [[Krishi Vigyan Kendra]] in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Delhi Government launches Entrepreneurship Curriculum|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/delhi-government-launches-entrepreneurship-curriculum/1478364|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-21|website=Outlook India}}</ref> Over several years she sold pickles at the roadside and gradually turned her venture into four different entities with a turnover of 40 million INR. She was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] in 2016.

==Life==
Yadav did not attend school and lacks any formal education.<ref name=wcd>{{Cite web|date=8 March 2018|title=Ms. Krishna Yadav - #NariShakti Puraskar 2015 Awardee in Individual category|url=https://twitter.com/ministrywcd/status/1235956303832334336?lang=en|url-status=live|access-date=19 February 2021|website=Ministry of WCD on Twitter}}</ref> She grew up picking crops and when her husband's car business failed, they had to sell their house in [[Bulandshahr]].<ref name=story/> She decided that they should move to Delhi and borrowed money so her husband could travel ahead and find work. After spending three months, her husband did not find a luck. In such a situation, Yadav decided to join her husband in Delhi and she moved with their three children. After settling at Delhi, they did some vegetable farming but found it difficult to sell. Then she heard about [[South Asian pickle|pickle]]s and its prospect as a business but she knew that she would need training for undertaking a pickle business.<ref name=story>{{Cite web|last=Kapoor|first=Shivani|title=inspiring story of Krishna Yadav who became a millionaire by selling pickles on the road {{!}} How Krishna Yadav became a millionaire by selling pickles on the road, today the mistress of four companies, turnover more than 4 crores - NewsBust.in|url=https://newsbust.in/inspiring-story-of-krishna-yadav-who-became-a-millionaire-by-selling-pickles-on-the-road-how-krishna-yadav-became-a-millionaire-by-selling-pickles-on-the-road-today-the-mistress-of-four-companies/|access-date=19 February 2021|website=NewsBust India|language=en-US}}</ref> She attended training at the [[Krishi Vigyan Kendra]] in Ujwa village, Delhi.

In 2002 Yadav started to produce pickles.<ref name=icar>{{Cite web|date=8 March 2016|title=President honored ex-trainee of KVK with Nari Shakti Puraskar- 2015|url=https://icar.gov.in/node/4051|url-status=live|access-date=16 February 2021|website=Indian Council of Agricultural Research (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)}}</ref> Initially for not being a known brand, she could not arrange to sell them in grocery shops, so her husband sold them at the side of the road, while she used to produce them along with her children.<ref name=story/> By 2013, she was selling over 150 varieties of pickles and in 2016 she was reported to be selling 200 tonnes of food products.<ref name=icar/> Her efforts have generated jobs in rural areas.<ref name=wcd/> She and her husband GS Yadav have opened a shop in [[Najafgarh]].<ref name=getty>{{Cite web|title=Antyodaya Krishi Puraskar awardee Krishna Yadav and her husband GS...|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/antyodaya-krishi-puraskar-awardee-krishna-yadav-and-her-news-photo/610934966|access-date=19 February 2021|website=Getty Images|language=en-gb}}</ref> She reportedly have four different business ventures and her annual turnover was reported to be 40 million INR.<ref name=story/>

In 2016, Yadav was nominated to receive the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] on [[International Women's Day]] by the [[Ministry of Women and Child Development]].<ref name=icar/> The award was handed over by President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan|Presidential palace]] in New Delhi. Another fourteen women and seven institutions were also honored for their achievements and contributions on the same day.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 March 2016|title=Give women freedom to exercise choices at home, workplace: President Pranab Mukherjee|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/give-women-freedom-to-exercise-choices-at-home-workplace-president-pranab-mukherjee/articleshow/51312597.cms?from=mdr|access-date=9 July 2020}}</ref>

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