Svatantra Microfinance (Hindustani: स्वतंत्र) is an Indian microfinance organisation founded by Ananya Birla, the daughter of Indian industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla. Launched in 2012, it is India's youngest microfinance firm. Svatantra, which means independent in Hindi, received a licence for the microfinance business (made popular by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus), from the Reserve Bank of India in February, 2013.