Uthara is also co-founder and  Chief Changemaker of Buzz Women, a mobile academy providing doorstep training in finance, entrepreneurship and personal leadership skills to low-income women. Since its inception in 2012, Buzz Women’s work has changed the lives of lakhs of women across Karnataka and their work has spread internationally to Georgia and The Gambia as well. Buzz has also pioneered innovative programs such as their Inspiration fellowship (Spoorthi) that trains and provides volunteer community anchors with lessons on courage, confidence and taking ownership and their Buzz Beehive program that encompasses Buzz trained women to form collectives that aims to become a force for collective good. A cost accountant by profession,  Uthara has dedicated her life to bettering the lives of women. She was even awarded the Acumen fellowship early on in her journey with Buzz. Prior to founding Buzz, Uthara has had quite a bit of experience in the development sector having worked at  Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy. She  has also co authored the following publications among others,  “Paisa For Panchayats- Tracking Fiscal Devolution To Local Governments”  which was a case study from  Kolar district, Karnataka 2016 and “Rural Local Body Core Functions And Finances”  which was a study conducted for the Fourteenth Finance Commission 2014.  A lifelong feminist, Uthara is a firm believer in the possibilities and goodness of the world which in turn has inspired  Buzz to form a close-knit community of change makers that holds true the phrase “Empowered women, empower women”.