Manju Manikuttan

Manju Manikuttan (born ) is an Indian beautician and social worker. She rescued lot of expatriate workers, who faced legal, health and work related issues in Saudi Arabia. She was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar, the highest award for women in India, in 2019.

Life Manikuttan was born and raised in the Ernakulam district in Kerala. After marrying Padmanabhan Manikuttan and having two kids (Abhinav and Abhirami), she moved to Khobar city of Saudi Arabia in 2011, along with her expatriate husband, and started working in a beauty parlor as beautician. It is an Indian "national award in recognition for exceptional work for women's empowerment". She met the minister Maneka Gandhi and afterwards she met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She was the only expatriate woman who received the award that year.

Her work as a volunteer is part of the work of the Navayugam Samskarika Vedi organization. Presently she is the Central Committee vice president of Navayugam. Over the years she has worked for hundreds of expatriates who are generally housemaids recruited from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. She is supported in her work by the Indian Embassy in Riyadh, and Saudi authorities including the Deportation Centre in Dammam and Navayugam. She has won many awards from various organizations, establishments and NGOs for her social work. She still continues her social work in Saudi Arabia.