Yashoda Naidoo

Yashoda Naidoo is the president and founder of Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Café in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM. She is also a former DreamSpring client. Since the café’s founding in 2002, Yashoda and the restaurant have received numerous awards, including the 2003 Phoenix Award (sponsored by New York Life and awarded to a new business that overcame significant obstacle), the New Mexico Business Weekly’s Top 50 Women-Owned Businesses, and the Santa Fe Reporter’s Best Vegetarian Award for 10 consecutive years. Albuquerque Business First named Yashoda the Top Performing CEO in 2010, listed her among Women of Influence in 2011, and placed Annapurna’s as a Top 100 Privately-Owned Business. Yashoda received her bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Natal in South Africa and received her CPA qualification from the University of South Africa.