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{{short description|Indian business woman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Beena Kannan
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| occupation = [[Business]]
| known_for = Seematti
| spouse = Kannan
| children = 3
| website = {{URL|http://www.beenakannan.com/}}
}}

'''Beena Kannan''' is an Indian business woman, who is the CEO and lead designer of Seematti textiles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seematti.com/beenakannan|title=Beena Kannan|work=Seematti Website|access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>

After university, she joined the family textile retailing business 'Seematti' in 1980, working with her father and husband. Seematti was started by her pioneering grandfather, the famous textile king Veeriah Reddiar.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Karnik|first=Neeta|url=https://www.femina.in/fashion/the-one-stop-destination-for-fashion-shopping-149125.html|title=The Silk Route - The One-Stop Destination For All Your Fashion Shopping|date=20 February 2020|work=Femina|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> She became one of the most noticed wedding silk sari designers in south India. Her unique contribution appears<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/tv/Programs/Episode/25301/beena-kannan-ladies-first-episode-157/E|title=Beena Kannan @ Ladies First|date=24 April 2016|work=Mathrubhumi}}</ref> to be her efforts to retain the pride of place for saris even in the face of onslaught from Western and North Indian fashions. Beena Kannan attracted attention when the longest ever silk sari created by her (half a km long) entered the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of Records]] and [[Limca Book of Records]] in 2007.<ref>
{{Cite news|title=Beena Kannan, MD of See with skill and a silky-smooth style, finds Prema Manmadhan |date=13 September 2008|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/09/13/stories/2008091353580800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211100013/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/09/13/stories/2008091353580800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2010|work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2010-09-22}}</ref> She has launched her sari designs in UAE (2007) and the United States (2009). Her rapport with the weaving communities earned for her a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from [[Coimbatore]] Erode Weaving community in 2009. In September 2011, Beena Kannan-designed saris walked the "Swarovski Elements 2011″ Ramp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemango.com/entertainment/beena-kannan-designed-saris-walk-swarovski-elements-2011-ramp |title=Beena Kannan Designed Saris walk the "Swarovski Elements 2011″ Ramp. |date=September 13, 2011 | location = Kochi, Kerala, India |work=LiveMango |access-date=2011-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419004610/http://www.livemango.com/entertainment/beena-kannan-designed-saris-walk-swarovski-elements-2011-ramp/ |archive-date=2012-04-19 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moneylife.in/business-wire-news/beena-kannan-designed-saris-walk-the-swarovski-elements-2011-r/28206.html |title=Beena Kannan Designed Saris walk the "Swarovski Elements 2011" Ramp. |work=moneylife |date=2011-09-13|access-date=2011-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221123414/http://www.moneylife.in/business-wire-news/beena-kannan-designed-saris-walk-the-swarovski-elements-2011-r/28206.html |archive-date=2013-12-21 }}</ref>

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