ONE HUNDRED STEREOTYPE SHATTERING STORIES
Inspiring Muslim Women of Maharashtra
This publication will shine a spotlight on one hundred Indian Muslim women from Maharashtra who have who have contributed in nation building in a range of fields - From politicians, academics, lawyers, doctors, creative artists, administrators, police women, entrepreneurs, social workers, authors, journalists, media and other fields.
The hundred women in the spotlight on this publication are only a small sliver of the Muslim women in Maharashtra. There are many others working in districts, communities, government and non-government organizations and in independent enterprises who are making tremendous inspirational contributions in many ways and in various ways.
RBTC continues to invite nominations of inspiring Muslim women of the state which can be sent to Ms. Rushda Patel, Researcher RBTC Maharashtra at rushdapatel07@gmail.com
Celebrating Achievements, Changing Stereotypes, Creating Leadership Capacities
Celebrating Achievements, Changing Stereotypes, Creating Leadership Capacities
Rising Beyond The Ceiling (RBTC) was born out of the need to change the stereotypical narrative about Muslim women in India. The hundred million Indian women, who identify themselves as Muslim, reach across a spectrum of ethnicities and languages, states, and union territories, do not look the same or sound the same, and contribute to nation building in a wide variety of ways.
RBTC celebrates the achievements, endeavor, and diversity of Muslim women in India aiming to drive a new narrative. We believe we ourselves must also work to put forward and build our own narrative. Through sharing the inspiring stories of the lived reality of Muslim women’s lives, in all their diversity, RBTC aims to dismantle their negative societal stereotypes. The hundreds of profiles of courage and excellence of Muslim women from states across India demonstrate how they have overcome and addressed the hierarchies of gender, class, and regional location. The stories also extrapolate conditions that facilitate success and can be overcome, making the path easier for the next generation of women. Through shining a light on the untold stories and celebrating the achievements of Muslim women in India, this initiative proposes to make them more visible and drive a new narrative. Chapters of this unique collective from several states of India are in the process of being identified and listed. Uttar Pradesh was the first chapter which was launched in December 2021. A global initiative, RBTC also has a ‘global inspirations’ compendium of Muslim women from India who are making their mark in countries across the world.
While the focus of Rising Beyond The Ceiling is on the journeys that were travelled by Muslim women achievers, the stories are envisaged to nurture confidence and ambition among all women and girls in India, and around the world, at every stage of their lives, in all areas of endeavor and open a door to new ambitions. The RBTC honorees also serve as mentors for the RBTC women’s mentorship programme which is open to young women 18 to 25 years of age from all faiths. For young women, seeing many other women of dramatically different backgrounds, achieving in a range of professions, is a strong signal that success and service come in many forms, and everyone gets to pick their own icons.
Changing Stereotypes in Uniform [5]
Changing Stereotypes in Uniform [5]
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. SARAH RIZVI. Indian Police Service (2008). Gujarat Cadre. Home town: Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sarah Rizvi, Indian Police Service (2008), belongs to Gujarat Cadre. She is the only Muslim woman IPS officer in Gujarat Police. Among her various postings with the Government of Gujrat and Government of India include as Superintendent Police of Jamnagar, Assistant Superintendent Police Gondal, Rajkot. Assistant Director in the Central Intelligence Department, SP Bureau of Police Research and Development at Delhi.
Born and brought up in Mumbai, Sarah is a commerce graduate who dreamt of becoming a chartered accountant but opted for the civil services, motivated by an inspirational lecture she attended.
Ms. Rizvi earned her bachelor’s degree in commerce from MMK College, Mumbai and qualified for the civil services in her third attempt. She was recognized and awarded by Aligarh Muslim University when she cleared UPSC exam in 2008. She also I topped in XII exam, and was appreciated and felicitated by her neighborhood in Andheri (w), Mumbai.
Sarah continues to make the case for woman officers being accorded the same respect as their male counterparts. She objected when reporters in Jamnagar called her "ben“, and not “madam” during a press conference while they would never dare to call any male officer “bhai”.
Referenceshttps://twocircles.net/2012mar08/sarah_rizvi_born_moradabad_brought_mumbai_became_ips_gujarat.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Adam-im-not-Madam/articleshow/18765664.cms
Born and brought up in Mumbai, Sarah is a commerce graduate who dreamt of becoming a chartered accountant but opted for the civil services, motivated by an inspirational lecture she attended.
Ms. Rizvi earned her bachelor’s degree in commerce from MMK College, Mumbai and qualified for the civil services in her third attempt. She was recognized and awarded by Aligarh Muslim University when she cleared UPSC exam in 2008. She also I topped in XII exam, and was appreciated and felicitated by her neighborhood in Andheri (w), Mumbai.
Sarah continues to make the case for woman officers being accorded the same respect as their male counterparts. She objected when reporters in Jamnagar called her "ben“, and not “madam” during a press conference while they would never dare to call any male officer “bhai”.
Referenceshttps://twocircles.net/2012mar08/sarah_rizvi_born_moradabad_brought_mumbai_became_ips_gujarat.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Adam-im-not-Madam/articleshow/18765664.cms
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHABANA SHEIKH, Maharashtra Police Service (1992), Hometown: Ahmednagar, Maharashtra.
She has broken the stereotypes and her success has been an inspiration to women across the board. Shabana Shaikh is now the in-charge officer at Dongri Police Station. The 1992 Maharashtra police joinee is the first woman in-charge officer in the history of the station she had joined as a senior police inspector. She was also the first Muslim woman to become a police officer from her district, Ahmednagar. Two of her sisters have followed in her footsteps to join the police force in 1995.
She has served in the SB-I i.e. the special branch of the Mumbai Police as an inspector until now. This mother of two wants her daughters to join the IPS. She recalls that, though her father wasn’t highly educated, he ensured that Shaikh and her siblings went to school.
“I was born into a large joint family in Akole Taluka of Ahmednagar district,” Shaikh said in an interview with national daily, “We were seven sisters and two brothers. Educating girls was almost a taboo in my village.” Her eldest sister joined a college to pursue her graduation, becoming the first girl from the village to enrol into college, despite the family facing much condemnation and resistance. Shaikh herself went to college in Sangamner.
She then went to Pune to do her Masters. That was when she decided to join the police force. While she did not qualify for the direct MPSC examination for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police, she went on to crack the sub-inspector exam. That too, in her first attempt! And she did not let her higher education take a backseat during the preparations for the exams and during training; she finished her MA during her training for the sub-inspector post and pursued and achieved an LLB after that.
Links/Referenceshttps://www.mpositive.in/2021/04/26/shabana-shaikh-dongri-police-stations-first-woman-in-charge/
She has served in the SB-I i.e. the special branch of the Mumbai Police as an inspector until now. This mother of two wants her daughters to join the IPS. She recalls that, though her father wasn’t highly educated, he ensured that Shaikh and her siblings went to school.
“I was born into a large joint family in Akole Taluka of Ahmednagar district,” Shaikh said in an interview with national daily, “We were seven sisters and two brothers. Educating girls was almost a taboo in my village.” Her eldest sister joined a college to pursue her graduation, becoming the first girl from the village to enrol into college, despite the family facing much condemnation and resistance. Shaikh herself went to college in Sangamner.
She then went to Pune to do her Masters. That was when she decided to join the police force. While she did not qualify for the direct MPSC examination for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police, she went on to crack the sub-inspector exam. That too, in her first attempt! And she did not let her higher education take a backseat during the preparations for the exams and during training; she finished her MA during her training for the sub-inspector post and pursued and achieved an LLB after that.
Links/Referenceshttps://www.mpositive.in/2021/04/26/shabana-shaikh-dongri-police-stations-first-woman-in-charge/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARAH KHAN PETHE. Captain, Commercial Airline Pilot, Trainer, Life Coach, Author. Mumbai. Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Captain Farah Khan Pethe has worked as an airline pilot with India’s leading commercial airline, Jet Airways India Limited as a Check-Pilot( Trainer) on Boeing 737 for more than 23 years. Captain Pethe has flown to around 45 destinations including 14 international countries, having flown several million people across the globe and interacted with as many as possible.
Ms Pethe is also a Life Coach and Pilot Mentor who helps people achieve their dream jobs and a stress-free life by making them discover their inner self as a Certified Life Transformation Coach Motivational Speaker and Author. She has been working relentlessly to reduce stress in aviation for flight crew and all working couples, to become more resilient and enjoy work as well as personal life thoroughly.
“A strong woman builds her own world. Love yourself, be yourself and shine amongst those who never believed you could”- Captain Farah Khan Pethe
References/Sourceshttps://www.captainfarahkhanpethe.in/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrrLhKdYjxlhlH27aWzKaghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/capt-farah-khan-pethe-04a414a2/?originalSubdomain=in
Ms Pethe is also a Life Coach and Pilot Mentor who helps people achieve their dream jobs and a stress-free life by making them discover their inner self as a Certified Life Transformation Coach Motivational Speaker and Author. She has been working relentlessly to reduce stress in aviation for flight crew and all working couples, to become more resilient and enjoy work as well as personal life thoroughly.
“A strong woman builds her own world. Love yourself, be yourself and shine amongst those who never believed you could”- Captain Farah Khan Pethe
References/Sourceshttps://www.captainfarahkhanpethe.in/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXrrLhKdYjxlhlH27aWzKaghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/capt-farah-khan-pethe-04a414a2/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. MUMTAZ M. KAZI. First Asian woman locomotive train driver. Mumbai Maharashtra. Nari Shakti Puraskar Awardee (2017). Click side arrow for profile details.
Mumtaz M. Kazi, is the first Indian woman to drive a diesel engine train. She is also Asia's first woman locomotive driver. Mumtaz was born and raised up in Mumbai and hails from an orthodox Muslim family. She wanted to follow the footsteps of her father, Allarakhu Ismail Kathwala, who served as an employee in the Indian Railways and pursue a career as a full time train driver. After initial disapprovals Ms. Kazi’s family encouraged her and she applied for a job at the Railways following her graduation from Seth Anandilal Podar High School in Santacruz in 1989.
Mumtaz Kazi was selected for the post of engine driver and in 1991, at the age of 20, started driving a train. Mumtaz has been driving the engines of various types of trains and is currently spearheading local trains along the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminal and Thane route, one of the most congested railway route.
Ms. Kazi has received several awards and recognitions. In 1995 she was recognized by the Limca Book of Records as the first Asian female locomotive driver in 1995. She received Railway General Manager Award in 2015 from the Indian Railways. Ms. Kazi also received the national Nari Shakti Puraskar award from the President of India in 2017.
References/Linkshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_M._Kazihttps://yourstory.com/2017/03/mumtaz-kazi-locomotive-driver?utm_pageloadtype=scroll
Mumtaz Kazi was selected for the post of engine driver and in 1991, at the age of 20, started driving a train. Mumtaz has been driving the engines of various types of trains and is currently spearheading local trains along the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminal and Thane route, one of the most congested railway route.
Ms. Kazi has received several awards and recognitions. In 1995 she was recognized by the Limca Book of Records as the first Asian female locomotive driver in 1995. She received Railway General Manager Award in 2015 from the Indian Railways. Ms. Kazi also received the national Nari Shakti Puraskar award from the President of India in 2017.
References/Linkshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_M._Kazihttps://yourstory.com/2017/03/mumtaz-kazi-locomotive-driver?utm_pageloadtype=scroll
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. RABIA FUTEHALLY. India's first female pilot in 1962. Lifetime achievement award for excellence in the field of aviation and aerospace. Mumbai Maharashtra.
The journey for Rabia Futehally, India’s first female pilot to receive a private pilot license — a certification that allows pilots to fly privately for non-commercial purposes — started in 1962.
Rabia Futehally lifetime achievement award for excellence in the field of aviation and aerospace, given by the Indian Women Pilots’ Association in 2011.
FOR RABIA Futehally (82) and Mohini Shroff (81), co-founders of the Indian Women’s Pilots Association (IWPA), learning to fly in the early sixties was a challenge in itself in comparison to convincing her critics that they could fly. From being ridiculed about their interest in this field to managing time between home and attending classes, they are some of the earliest female fliers from the Bombay Flying Club, the oldest flying club in India.
References/Sources
https://www.thelily.com/how-aviation-became-a-leader-in-indias-fight-for-gender-parity/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/50-years-of-flying-women-pilots-from-mumbai-look-back-at-the-glass-ceiling-4533676/
Rabia Futehally lifetime achievement award for excellence in the field of aviation and aerospace, given by the Indian Women Pilots’ Association in 2011.
FOR RABIA Futehally (82) and Mohini Shroff (81), co-founders of the Indian Women’s Pilots Association (IWPA), learning to fly in the early sixties was a challenge in itself in comparison to convincing her critics that they could fly. From being ridiculed about their interest in this field to managing time between home and attending classes, they are some of the earliest female fliers from the Bombay Flying Club, the oldest flying club in India.
References/Sources
https://www.thelily.com/how-aviation-became-a-leader-in-indias-fight-for-gender-parity/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/50-years-of-flying-women-pilots-from-mumbai-look-back-at-the-glass-ceiling-4533676/
Leadership in Governance [4]
Leadership in Governance [4]
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. AINUL CHAND ATTAR. ex- Joint Secretary, Minorities Department, Government of Maharashtra. Mumbai.
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RBTC Maharashtra nominee. HUMERA AHMED, Indian Postal Service (1979). Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
Humera Ahmed joined the civil services (Indian Postal Service) in 1979 after a brief stint in journalism and teaching. She has the distinction of working as Chief Postmaster General of 4 Postal circles: Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat. Maharashtra and West Bengal. She also worked on deputation in the Ministry of Finance as Deputy Secretary (Establishment) and as Director in charge of Museums and Libraries in the Department of Culture, Government of India.
Besides excelling as an administrator, Humera Ahmed is a writer whose short stories, Travel articles, Book reviews have been published in several magazines. Her collections of short stories Checkmate and Other Stories was published in 1992 and in 2016 her Travel memoir – A Year in Himachal: Memories of an Incredible State. Story Mirror published her serialized novel Jamila on their digital platform. She has also published two novels as e Books on Amazon – namely The Role Model and Living on Her Terms.
She contributed an article on Postal Service in the book Governance in South Asia: The State of the Civil Service -A sage Publication and an essay on the Urdu Poet Jamila Nishat in the book Interrogating Patriarchy: Essays on Contemporary Women Poets of India
After retirement she is associated with NGOs working for women from economically backward classes. She has started an e- magazine titled Ehsas -for Women which aim to give voice to women from underprivileged sections of society and provide a platform for their stories.
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. WASEEMA SHEIKH , Deputy Collector, Mahashtra Public Service Commission (2020). Nanded Maharashtra.
Born and brought up in a small village called Joshi Sanghvi in Loha Taluka of Nanded District of Maharashtra, Waseema Shaikh struggled at every step and braved the odds to be where she is today.
In the recently announced results for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) exam, Waseema secured 3rd rank. She is now undertaking training for the post of Deputy Collector.
Joshi Sanghvi is a small village with a population of about 3000 people and there are no opportunities for girls to study because they are married off as soon as they reach puberty. After class 7, the girls are forced to drop out of school. The maximum a girl can study in Joshi Sanghvi is till class 10. There is no college in the village, just a Zilla Parishad school in Marathi medium.
Waseema, the 4th child of her parents who are poor farm labourers, was passionate about studies. Despite having no electricity in their hut, she topped in the SSC board in her Taluka in 2012. And for college, she had to walk at least 6 kilometres every day as there was no transport available. However, when the exams for XII of junior college approached, she stayed at a relatives’ house and wrote the exams.
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. SYEDA ASMA , Assistant Sales Tax Commissioner. Maharashtra Public Service Commission (2019) Nanded, Maharashtra.
Syeda Asma, daughter of Syed Zaheer Ahmed, a police driver in Nanded, cracked Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) Main Examination – 2019. She was ranked 10th for the position of Assistant Commissioner of State Tax, Group A position.She has been appointed as Assistant Sales Tax Commissioner on June 2020.
Asma narrates her journey in an exclusive conversation with MahaScholar.com. [source: http://www.youtube.com / www. mahascholar.com]
https://www.mpositive.in/tag/syeda-asma-nanded-maharashtra/
https://twitter.com/anildeshmukhncp/status/1275314724758945792?lang=en
Change Makers in Social Development [16] In alphabetical order
Change Makers in Social Development [16] In alphabetical order
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ABIDA INAMDAR, Educationist, Pune
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RBTC Maharashtra nominee. AZIZ TYBAJI, Director at AURED -Aural Education for Children with Hearing Impairment. Mumbai. To add profile details
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- https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/mega-hall-of-fame/speech-therapist-aziza-tyabji-hydari/
- https://aured.org/team/
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. FARIDAY LAMBAY, Co-founder Pratham. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
With 25 years of experience as an education and social activist, Farida Lambay co-founded Pratham in 1995 with Dr. Madhav Chavan. She heads the Pratham Council for Vulnerable Children and is also responsible for Pratham’s direct programs in Mumbai and Gujarat. Ms. Lambay was recently appointed a member of the Maharashtra State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights and currently serves on the Government of India Committee on Child Labour & Research in Education where she has initiated national level policy changes.
A former vice principal of the Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work in Mumbai, Ms. Lambay has spearheaded initiatives such as Prerana (working for the rights of sex workers in Kamatipura, Mumbai) and YUVA (working on various social issues taking strength from the youth) as well as multiple disaster relief efforts.
In 2015, she received the Indira Gandhi Memorial Award for her contributions to education and child rights.
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A former vice principal of the Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work in Mumbai, Ms. Lambay has spearheaded initiatives such as Prerana (working for the rights of sex workers in Kamatipura, Mumbai) and YUVA (working on various social issues taking strength from the youth) as well as multiple disaster relief efforts.
In 2015, she received the Indira Gandhi Memorial Award for her contributions to education and child rights.
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARRUKH S. WARIS. Co-founder SEED Foundation, ex-Principal Burhani College, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
My earliest memory from my childhood is my father's booming voice ' use your own brains ' ( apne Dimag ka istēmal kijiye ) so that's exactly what me Farrukh Saiyyeda Waris (nee Rizvi) has done my entire life. I accepted the Chairpersonship of my own life & decisions rather early in years whatever they may have been good, bad or ugly and have never regretted them. .I was born in a middle class traditional Muslim family some seven decades back to highly enlightened parents who believed in saving their meager resources for the education of their daughters & not for their dowry. Academics was my forte after finishing my studies from AMU. Got married shifted to Bombay (now Mumbai)& was immediately absorbed in a Degree college: Burhani College from where I retired as the Principal in 2014. My husband Perwaiz Waris was my choice but much appreciated by my parents & family. Allahmdullah we enjoyed a blissful marriage for 41 years. Grief struck in 2017 when I lost my husband and best friend. .We complimented each other in our togetherness. Independence should be the hallmark of every woman, every girl. It is good to be an asset for your spouse and not a liability. I have 2 daughters and a son. Both my daughters are successful Media Professionals & my son is in the Corporate sector.. All 3 are happily married. I am involved with a couple of NGO's working on 2-3 main causes I strongly feel for like gender issues , communal harmony and for the inclusive growth and development of the marginalized communities :
**Center for study of society & Secularism (CSSS) founded by Asghar Ali Engineer Saheb.**Majlis founded by Flavia Agnes**Dhai Akshar founded by N.Masood
**SEED Foundation ( acronym for skills, education, employment and development ) founded by Farrukh S Waris & 4 other founder members.
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RBTC Maharashtra nominee. ILMAS FUTEHALLY, Founder and Executive Director of Strategic Foresight Group, Mumbai. Click side arrow for profile details
Ms Ilmas Futehally is Co-founder and Executive Director of Strategic Foresight Group, an international think tank based in Mumbai. Founded in 2002, the think-tank has worked with governments and national institutions of 65 countries from four continents on analysing and responding to key global challenges. The reports of the organisation have been discussed in the United Nations Security Council, World Bank, UK House of Lords, House of Commons, European Parliament, Indian Parliament, World Economic Forum at Davos, among other institutions.
Ilmas is the co-author of ten internationally acclaimed research reports, including the Cost of Conflict in the Middle East and Big Questions of Our Time. She has contributed chapters to numerous books on regional cooperation, peace, conflict, and water security.
Ilmas has been a non-residential fellow (2001-2002) at the Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, New York, and a Visiting Fellow (1998) in regional security at the Henry L. Stimson Center in Washington, DC. She is the recipient of Young Achievers Award of Indo-American Society for 2001 for her work on issues of relevance to the relationship between the two countries. She was profiled by timesofindia.com among India's ten upcoming young leaders on the 60th anniversary of India's independence.
Ilmas obtained her Master of Science degree from Bombay University. She has undertaken advanced courses in Security, Technology and Arms Control conducted by King's College, London. She earlier worked as a research scientist in Excel Industries and as Assistant Director at the International Centre for Peace Initiatives.
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. LALEH BUSHERI, CEO Prashanti Cancer Care Mission. Pune. Click side arrow for profile details
Laleh Busheri, is the CEO of a Prashanti Cancer Care Mission (PCCM), a non-profit NGO working in Pune, India since 1996.
PCCM began because there were patients who quit treatment midway or didn’t start at all simply because they couldn’t afford it. Irony of the fact was that a number of these patients could have been successfully treated. Prashanti was born due to the unfulfilled needs of departed Cancer patients, care givers, survivors, volunteers and doctors touched by cancer!
Laleh hails from the royal family of Persia (presently Iran), a direct descendant of the Qajar dynasty and a great-grandniece of Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III, 48th Imam of Ismaih Shias. Her educational background includes a Bachelor in Law (L.L.B) followed by a Master’s degree (L.L.M) at University of Mumbai for which she was awarded a training fellowship.
To pursue her true passion and acumen for social work, Laleh started counseling and helping needy cancer patients and families at PCCM. With the help of like-minded kind souls, she has been able to expand the outreach of Prashanti Mission activities to a much larger and wider scale. Today, Laleh is friend-in-chief of this well-established and reputed NGO that provides free or affordable diagnosis, medical treatment (surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy), patient support and rehabilitation to cancer patients and their families from various social and financial strata. PCCM touches the lives of over 30,000 cancer affected families in Pune and its surroundings every year.
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PCCM began because there were patients who quit treatment midway or didn’t start at all simply because they couldn’t afford it. Irony of the fact was that a number of these patients could have been successfully treated. Prashanti was born due to the unfulfilled needs of departed Cancer patients, care givers, survivors, volunteers and doctors touched by cancer!
Laleh hails from the royal family of Persia (presently Iran), a direct descendant of the Qajar dynasty and a great-grandniece of Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III, 48th Imam of Ismaih Shias. Her educational background includes a Bachelor in Law (L.L.B) followed by a Master’s degree (L.L.M) at University of Mumbai for which she was awarded a training fellowship.
To pursue her true passion and acumen for social work, Laleh started counseling and helping needy cancer patients and families at PCCM. With the help of like-minded kind souls, she has been able to expand the outreach of Prashanti Mission activities to a much larger and wider scale. Today, Laleh is friend-in-chief of this well-established and reputed NGO that provides free or affordable diagnosis, medical treatment (surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy), patient support and rehabilitation to cancer patients and their families from various social and financial strata. PCCM touches the lives of over 30,000 cancer affected families in Pune and its surroundings every year.
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. MUMTAZ SHEIKH, Social Worker & Activist. Executive President of the Mahila Mandal Federation. Lead of Women's Empowerment Programme at Committee of Resource Organizations. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Mumtaz Shaikh, 38, is an elected executive President of the Mahila Mandal Federation (Womens Group Federation, working for women’s rights and Violence against women and girls in Mumbai since 1995) and Key member of CORO India (Committee of Resource Organization) For Literacy Mumbai which is working on building Grassroots Leadership to facilitate social change in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi along with two flagship programme namely Women Empowerment Programme and Gender Sensitization Programme In Maharashtra. She is currently leading Mahila Mandal Federation (Women’s Group Federation) and Coordinating a Research- intervention program on “Gender and social norms” on the backdrop of Domestic Violence in slums of North-east Mumbai. She also leads ‘Right to Pee’ movement in Mumbai and Maharashtra for Free, safe, clean and public urinals for Women since 2011. Her aim is to Working towards for women empowerment through right based perspective to deepening democracy.
Mumtaz is a member of CORO India’s core team and currently working as the program coordinator in a program for challenging and changing social norms to combat violence against women’ in communities in Mumbai, Nasik and Nagar from Maharashtra ; Lead team member of Right to Pee campaign advocating for clean, safe, free urinals for women in public spaces; Secretary of ‘Mahila Mandal Federation’ an organisation of 10000 community based women working for women empowerment and gender equality; Representing CORO India in various state and National level networks and alliance.
Mumtaaz was featured in BBC’s list of 100 Influential Women Globally in year 2015 for her contribution in ‘Right to Pee’ campaign and her work on combating violence against women. She is the Recipient of Quest Fellowship. Recipient of “ Daughter Of Maharashtra Award” in 2014. Recipient of Award of Recognition from PVR+ USAID 2016 Mumbai
When Mumtaz Shaikh looks back on her life, she sees only the good stuff. The stuff that made her stronger, taught her compassion, taught her to love, laugh, cry, bond. To form such a strong community that nothing fazes her – because she knows there’s always someone beside her. Yet, if you hear her story, you will wonder at this woman’s courage.
Committee of Resource Organizations (CORO) is an NGO that works with women in Mumtaz’s basti. Curious, one day Mumtaz slipped out and listened in. They were discussing sanitation, health, and water issues. Something made her ask the activist, ‘This is not your home, and so why are you interested in solving its problems?’ The CORO activist replied, ‘You are from here. So why don’t you join us?’
That changed Mumtaz’s life. She started taking adult literacy classes. Her students discussed everything – including the abuse in their lives. ‘Suddenly I knew I wasn’t alone,’ she says. Her first brush with solidarity propelled Mumtaz to training with CORO. She became aware of her rights, and realized that if she wanted to fulfill her dream of helping other women, she first had to fix her own life. So, for the sake of her daughter’s future and her work, Mumtaz divorced her husband, even though the resulting backlash from family and society was savage. Mumtaz plunged into her work with the CORO Mahila Mandal Federation, and began getting more responsibility in the organization. She now works against domestic violence, helps rape victims follow up police cases, and handles civic issues, advocacy, and mentoring.
Mumtaz has been awarded the Daughter of Maharashtra award in 2014 and has been listed among the BBC’s 100 most inspirational women of 2015. She is also recipient of a two year leadership development fellowship from Leaders Quest UK. Currently Mumtaz leads CORO’s Women Empowerment Programme and is associated with various peoples.
She is an elected executive President of the Mahila Mandal Federation (Womens Group Federation, working for women’s rights and Violence against women and girls in Mumbai since 1995) and Key member of CORO India (Committee of Resource Organization) For Literacy Mumbai which is working on building Grassroots Leadership to facilitate social change in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi along with two flagship programme namely Women Empowerment Programme and Gender Sensitization Programme In Maharashtra. She is currently leading Mahila Mandal Federation (Women’s Group Federation) and Coordinating a Research- intervention program on “Gender and social norms” on the backdrop of Domestic Violence in slums of North-east Mumbai. She has also led the ‘Right to Pee’ movement in Mumbai and Maharashtra for Free, safe, clean and public urinals for Women since 2011. Her aim is to work towards women empowerment through a right based perspective to deepening democracy.
Mumtaz is a member of CORO India’s core team and currently working as the program coordinator in a program for challenging and changing social norms to combat violence against women’ in communities in Mumbai, Nasik and Nagar from Maharashtra ; Lead team member of Right to Pee campaign advocating for clean, safe, free urinals for women in public spaces; Secretary of ‘Mahila Mandal Federation’ an organisation of 10000 community based women working for women empowerment and gender equality; Representing CORO India in various state and National level networks and alliance.
Mumtaaz was featured in BBC’s list of 100 Influential Women Globally in year 2015 for her contribution in ‘Right to Pee’ campaign and her work on combating violence against women. She is the Recipient of Quest Fellowship. Recipient of “ Daughter Of Maharashtra Award” in 2014. Recipient of Award of Recognition from PVR+ USAID 2016 Mumbai
When Mumtaz Shaikh looks back on her life, she sees only the good stuff. The stuff that made her stronger, taught her compassion, taught her to love, laugh, cry, bond. To form such a strong community that nothing fazes her – because she knows there’s always someone beside her. Yet, if you hear her story, you will wonder at this woman’s courage.
Committee of Resource Organizations (CORO) is an NGO that works with women in Mumtaz’s basti. Curious, one day Mumtaz slipped out and listened in. They were discussing sanitation, health, and water issues. Something made her ask the activist, ‘This is not your home, and so why are you interested in solving its problems?’ The CORO activist replied, ‘You are from here. So why don’t you join us?’
That changed Mumtaz’s life. She started taking adult literacy classes. Her students discussed everything – including the abuse in their lives. ‘Suddenly I knew I wasn’t alone,’ she says. Her first brush with solidarity propelled Mumtaz to training with CORO. She became aware of her rights, and realized that if she wanted to fulfill her dream of helping other women, she first had to fix her own life. So, for the sake of her daughter’s future and her work, Mumtaz divorced her husband, even though the resulting backlash from family and society was savage. Mumtaz plunged into her work with the CORO Mahila Mandal Federation, and began getting more responsibility in the organization. She now works against domestic violence, helps rape victims follow up police cases, and handles civic issues, advocacy, and mentoring.
Mumtaz has been awarded the Daughter of Maharashtra award in 2014 and has been listed among the BBC’s 100 most inspirational women of 2015. She is also recipient of a two year leadership development fellowship from Leaders Quest UK. Currently Mumtaz leads CORO’s Women Empowerment Programme and is associated with various peoples.
She is an elected executive President of the Mahila Mandal Federation (Womens Group Federation, working for women’s rights and Violence against women and girls in Mumbai since 1995) and Key member of CORO India (Committee of Resource Organization) For Literacy Mumbai which is working on building Grassroots Leadership to facilitate social change in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Delhi along with two flagship programme namely Women Empowerment Programme and Gender Sensitization Programme In Maharashtra. She is currently leading Mahila Mandal Federation (Women’s Group Federation) and Coordinating a Research- intervention program on “Gender and social norms” on the backdrop of Domestic Violence in slums of North-east Mumbai. She has also led the ‘Right to Pee’ movement in Mumbai and Maharashtra for Free, safe, clean and public urinals for Women since 2011. Her aim is to work towards women empowerment through a right based perspective to deepening democracy.
RBTC Maharashtra nominee NASEEMA HURZUCK. Founder-president of the Helpers of the Handicapped, Kolhapur.. To add profile details
References/Sources
- https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/dr-naseema-hurzuk/228878
- https://www.siasat.com/paraplegics-stand-their-feet-thanks-naseema-hurzuk-1692178/
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. NOOR JAHAN SAFIA NAZ. Co-founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan [BMMA]. Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Noorjehan Safia Niaz is a Ph.D in Sociology from the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University and an MASW from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, graduated in 1992.She is the co-founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan [BMMA], a secular, autonomous mass based national movement of Muslim women. She is also the Founder member and Managing Trustee of Ashana Trust which works towards supporting initiatives of women from marginalized communities for justice, peace and development. Through the years she has concentrated on developing the capacities of marginalized Muslim women, locally and nationally. She has developed many educational and awareness materials on Muslim family law.
She has done an Advanced Diploma in Management Programmes for Executives with specialization in Management of Voluntary Service Organisations from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. She has completed the 6-month long Common Purpose Leadership Development Programme, called Meridian. She has graduated from the 7th Cohort of the Dasra Social Impact, an executive education program, which provides successful nonprofits and social businesses with transformational skills necessary to build sustainable and scalable organizations to accelerate their impact. She is also an Ashoka Fellow working towards codification of Muslim family law. She is also associated with Musawah – an international Muslim women’s forum striving for reforms in Muslim family law. She is also an Aspire Fellow and a trained personal counselor and hypnotherapist, student of classical singing, You-Tuber and blogger, active on Facebook and Twitter.
As part of BMMA’s work with Muslim women she has been the co-petitioner in the Haji Ali Dargah PIL in the Mumbai High Court. BMMA won the case both at the Mumbai High Court as well as at the Supreme Court. She was also a co-petitioner in a PIL in Supreme Court demanding a legal ban on the practice of unilateral divorce and halala. She has also steered the process of preparing a draft of Muslim Family Law through nationwide consultations.She has coordinated a study, ‘Health Status of Muslim Women-A Short Study’ in collaboration with Maharashtra State Women’s Commission and Ashana Trust. She has also co-authored, ‘Reclaiming Sacred Spaces-Muslim Women’s Struggle for entry into Haji Ali Dargah and ‘Indian Muslim Women’s Movement – For Gender Justice and Equal Citizenship’, published by Notion Press, 2017 and 2020 respectively.
She has published her Ph.D. thesis ‘Women’s Shariah Court-Muslim Women’s Quest for Justice’, published by Notion Press, 2016. She has also authored five booklets on women’s rights in Islam which were later translated in Hindi, Urdu and Bengali. She has co-authored ‘Seeking Justice Within Family-Muslim Women’s Demand for Reforms in the Muslim Family Law’, published by Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, 2015, ‘Moklya Shwashacha Shodhat’ with J.S Apte – A study on status of Muslim women in Mumbai, published in Marathi by Y.D Phadke Advanced Research Centre, 2014 and ‘From Seclusion and Exclusion to Inclusion-Indian Muslim Women and Their Initiative’, published by Observer Research Foundation, 2013.
She has co-authored article titled ‘Muslim Women and Law Reforms: Concerns and Initiatives of the Excluded within the Excluded’ in ‘Lives of Muslims in India – Politics, Exclusion and Violence’ – Edited by Abdul Shaban and published by RoutledgeShe has written an article in Indian Journal of Secularism on ‘Origins, Structures, Functions and Alliances of Mahila Mandals Managed by Muslim Women’. Another article, ‘Analyzing Legal Concerns of Muslim women and Alternative Justice Forums in the Muslim Community’ in the Critical Enquiry Journal published by IKE.
She has been a Course Writer and Academic Counselor with the Distance Education Department, SNDT Women’s University. She has been a Visiting Faculty and Field Work Coordinator with the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, SNDT Women’s University. She has been making presentations on Muslim women’s issues in various universities across the country on issues, concerns and challenges of Muslim women.
She has received many awards, notable amongst them is the Justice Sunanda Bhandare Award, Samaj Prabhodhan Puraskar, Mumbai Hero Award-Mumbai Mirror, Rashtrashahir Amar Shaikh Award, Dr. Narendra Dabholkar Vigyannisht Award, Hukook-e-Niswaan Award and Achyut Apte Award.She has presented papers and given lectures in Mumbai University, Kolkata University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and various other forums focusing on aspirations, demands and an alternative voice of Muslim women. Notable amongst them are presentation on Muslim women’s perspective at a seminar ‘Conflict And Resistances: Challenges Before The Women’s Movement, at the X111 Indian Association of Women’s Studies National Conference, Wardha, Maharashtra, presentation on ‘Efforts at Law Reform and Involvement in Family Planning in Maharashtra’ in a national seminar titled ‘Socio-Economic and Educational Status of Muslims in Maharashtra’, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She has presented, ‘Concerns of Muslim Women’ at a seminar on LifeLong Learning For Livelihood Development of Excluded Communities organized by Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai and also presentation on ‘Concerns of Muslim Women’ in the Indian Social Science Congress where the focal theme was Peoples’ Struggles and Movements
She has done an Advanced Diploma in Management Programmes for Executives with specialization in Management of Voluntary Service Organisations from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. She has completed the 6-month long Common Purpose Leadership Development Programme, called Meridian. She has graduated from the 7th Cohort of the Dasra Social Impact, an executive education program, which provides successful nonprofits and social businesses with transformational skills necessary to build sustainable and scalable organizations to accelerate their impact. She is also an Ashoka Fellow working towards codification of Muslim family law. She is also associated with Musawah – an international Muslim women’s forum striving for reforms in Muslim family law. She is also an Aspire Fellow and a trained personal counselor and hypnotherapist, student of classical singing, You-Tuber and blogger, active on Facebook and Twitter.
As part of BMMA’s work with Muslim women she has been the co-petitioner in the Haji Ali Dargah PIL in the Mumbai High Court. BMMA won the case both at the Mumbai High Court as well as at the Supreme Court. She was also a co-petitioner in a PIL in Supreme Court demanding a legal ban on the practice of unilateral divorce and halala. She has also steered the process of preparing a draft of Muslim Family Law through nationwide consultations.She has coordinated a study, ‘Health Status of Muslim Women-A Short Study’ in collaboration with Maharashtra State Women’s Commission and Ashana Trust. She has also co-authored, ‘Reclaiming Sacred Spaces-Muslim Women’s Struggle for entry into Haji Ali Dargah and ‘Indian Muslim Women’s Movement – For Gender Justice and Equal Citizenship’, published by Notion Press, 2017 and 2020 respectively.
She has published her Ph.D. thesis ‘Women’s Shariah Court-Muslim Women’s Quest for Justice’, published by Notion Press, 2016. She has also authored five booklets on women’s rights in Islam which were later translated in Hindi, Urdu and Bengali. She has co-authored ‘Seeking Justice Within Family-Muslim Women’s Demand for Reforms in the Muslim Family Law’, published by Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, 2015, ‘Moklya Shwashacha Shodhat’ with J.S Apte – A study on status of Muslim women in Mumbai, published in Marathi by Y.D Phadke Advanced Research Centre, 2014 and ‘From Seclusion and Exclusion to Inclusion-Indian Muslim Women and Their Initiative’, published by Observer Research Foundation, 2013.
She has co-authored article titled ‘Muslim Women and Law Reforms: Concerns and Initiatives of the Excluded within the Excluded’ in ‘Lives of Muslims in India – Politics, Exclusion and Violence’ – Edited by Abdul Shaban and published by RoutledgeShe has written an article in Indian Journal of Secularism on ‘Origins, Structures, Functions and Alliances of Mahila Mandals Managed by Muslim Women’. Another article, ‘Analyzing Legal Concerns of Muslim women and Alternative Justice Forums in the Muslim Community’ in the Critical Enquiry Journal published by IKE.
She has been a Course Writer and Academic Counselor with the Distance Education Department, SNDT Women’s University. She has been a Visiting Faculty and Field Work Coordinator with the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, SNDT Women’s University. She has been making presentations on Muslim women’s issues in various universities across the country on issues, concerns and challenges of Muslim women.
She has received many awards, notable amongst them is the Justice Sunanda Bhandare Award, Samaj Prabhodhan Puraskar, Mumbai Hero Award-Mumbai Mirror, Rashtrashahir Amar Shaikh Award, Dr. Narendra Dabholkar Vigyannisht Award, Hukook-e-Niswaan Award and Achyut Apte Award.She has presented papers and given lectures in Mumbai University, Kolkata University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and various other forums focusing on aspirations, demands and an alternative voice of Muslim women. Notable amongst them are presentation on Muslim women’s perspective at a seminar ‘Conflict And Resistances: Challenges Before The Women’s Movement, at the X111 Indian Association of Women’s Studies National Conference, Wardha, Maharashtra, presentation on ‘Efforts at Law Reform and Involvement in Family Planning in Maharashtra’ in a national seminar titled ‘Socio-Economic and Educational Status of Muslims in Maharashtra’, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. She has presented, ‘Concerns of Muslim Women’ at a seminar on LifeLong Learning For Livelihood Development of Excluded Communities organized by Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai and also presentation on ‘Concerns of Muslim Women’ in the Indian Social Science Congress where the focal theme was Peoples’ Struggles and Movements
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. QUTUB JAHAN KIDWAI. Deputy Secretary General, Regional Head, United Religions Initiative, Mumbai Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
REGIONAL HEAD/ DEP.SEC.GEN.URI ASIA EXECUTIVE COUNCILUNITED RELIGIONS INITIATIVE ECOSOC, USALOCATION: MUMBAI, INDIA AND SAN FRANCISCO, USA
Qutub has been working for interfaith harmony since her university days. "In India, we often experienced violence in the name of religion," she says. "Therefore, I was actively involved in youth and peacebuilding programs. At present, I am involved in women's empowerment and other related issues, irrespective of caste, creed and religion. Humanity -- not any community identity -- counts. I believe in tolerance and propagating the gems of values present in all faiths and beliefs, as well as sensitivity toward human needs and sufferings." What Qutub says she finds most compelling about URI is that it represents hope in this war and conflict-prone world. "URI is a world of love, peace and humanity in itself," she says.
ENGAGED IN RESEARCH BASED ACTION PROJECTS ADDRESSING ISSUES OF PEACE, JUSTICE, GENDER RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING MAINLY WITH THE MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES. WITH OVER 17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING THOROUGH AND SKILLFULL SUPPORT TO THE TEAM AND TO THE ORGANSIATIONS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNAL HARMONY, COMPOSITE CULTURE, WOMAN & THEOLOGY AND TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC VALUES. MOTTO IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK MORE RELIGIOUSLY FOR INCLUSIVENESS, PEACE, JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ONENESS OF ALL.
References/Sourceshttps://www.uri.org/qutub-jehan-kidwai
Qutub has been working for interfaith harmony since her university days. "In India, we often experienced violence in the name of religion," she says. "Therefore, I was actively involved in youth and peacebuilding programs. At present, I am involved in women's empowerment and other related issues, irrespective of caste, creed and religion. Humanity -- not any community identity -- counts. I believe in tolerance and propagating the gems of values present in all faiths and beliefs, as well as sensitivity toward human needs and sufferings." What Qutub says she finds most compelling about URI is that it represents hope in this war and conflict-prone world. "URI is a world of love, peace and humanity in itself," she says.
ENGAGED IN RESEARCH BASED ACTION PROJECTS ADDRESSING ISSUES OF PEACE, JUSTICE, GENDER RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING MAINLY WITH THE MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES. WITH OVER 17 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING THOROUGH AND SKILLFULL SUPPORT TO THE TEAM AND TO THE ORGANSIATIONS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNAL HARMONY, COMPOSITE CULTURE, WOMAN & THEOLOGY AND TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC VALUES. MOTTO IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK MORE RELIGIOUSLY FOR INCLUSIVENESS, PEACE, JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ONENESS OF ALL.
Publication- Codification of Muslim Personal Law- Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer and Qutub Jahan Kidwai (2019)
References/Sourceshttps://www.uri.org/qutub-jehan-kidwai
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. RUBINA PATEL, Founder Rubi Welfare Society, Nagpur. Survivor of Domestic Violence. To add profile details
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. SABAH KHAN, Co-Founder Parcham, Project Coordinator, Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai.
Sabah Khan is the founder member of Parcham, a group dedicated to a breaking stereotypes based on religion, class, caste, gender and other marginalization to create a society respectful of diversity. Member of the ‘Muslim Women’s Rights’ Network’, a group advocating the Rights of Muslim since its inception in 1999. As its member I was responsible for the formulation of the Progressive Nikahnama. I have edited a book of poems ‘bebaak qalam’ (Unrestrained Pen) a collection of poems in Urdu on the theme of identity. I am a member of an autonomous feminist collective, Forum Against Oppression of Women. post graduate degree in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
CO-FOUNDER, MANAGING TRUSTEE OF PARCHAM (VOLUNTARY) 2013 – TO DATEParcham is an NGO working with the objective of breaking stereotypes, specifically religion and gender. In Mumbra, we attempt to create dialogue between Muslims and non Muslims through sports and other activities. Some achievements include: Formation of a football team of adolescent girls in a Muslim ghetto, documented in a movie ‘Under the Open Sky’ by School of Media and Cultural Studies, TISS; Successful advocacy resulting in reservation of a sports ground for girls in Mumbra by the Thane Municipal Corporation, the first such in Maharashtra; Introduction of Sports program in Public Schools in Mumbra; Founded the first and only children’s library in Mumbra
Sabah is a feminist activist whose interests are minority rights with a focus on women. She follows this passion through her voluntary engagements. She co-founded Parcham, a group dedicated to breaking stereotypes based on religion, class, caste, gender and other markers of difference to create a society respectful of diversity. Parcham is best known for introducing the football initiative for adolescent girls in Muslim ghettos.
She has been a member of the ‘Muslim Women’s Rights’ Network’, a group advocating the rights of Muslim women and Gender Just laws since 1999. As a member, Sabah was responsible for the formulation of the Progressive Nikahnama. She has edited a book of poems ‘bebaak qalam’ (Unrestrained Pen) a collection of poems in Urdu on the theme of identity.
She is a member of an autonomous feminist collective, Forum Against Oppression of Women. She is currently working as a Consultant to the Transforming M East Ward Project, an action research project of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) that seeks to create a model of inclusive urban development in M East Ward, the poorest municipal ward in Mumbai. Sabah is member of the core group of the people’s campaign ‘Hamara Shehar Mumbai’ on the Development Plan of Mumbai 2014-2034. Prior to TISS, Sabah has worked for more than a decade with developmental organizations on issues of urban poverty and women’s rights. She has a postgraduate degree in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Muslim girls are always portrayed as victims and deemed to wear the burqa. We wanted to change that”, she argues.
.The COVID-19 pandemic forced Parcham to take classes online and conduct mental health sessions simultaneously for girls to remain positive and emotionally stable under lockdown.
Ever since Parcham has taken flight, they have not looked back. The team now plans to start an academy to train girls from impoverished backgrounds.
The organisation illuminated how society has often generalized the perception of Muslim women being oppressed and various stereotypes that are widely held.
Links/References
http://twocircles.net/2020aug08/438504.html
https://riseuptogether.org/sabah-khan/
CO-FOUNDER, MANAGING TRUSTEE OF PARCHAM (VOLUNTARY) 2013 – TO DATEParcham is an NGO working with the objective of breaking stereotypes, specifically religion and gender. In Mumbra, we attempt to create dialogue between Muslims and non Muslims through sports and other activities. Some achievements include: Formation of a football team of adolescent girls in a Muslim ghetto, documented in a movie ‘Under the Open Sky’ by School of Media and Cultural Studies, TISS; Successful advocacy resulting in reservation of a sports ground for girls in Mumbra by the Thane Municipal Corporation, the first such in Maharashtra; Introduction of Sports program in Public Schools in Mumbra; Founded the first and only children’s library in Mumbra
Sabah is a feminist activist whose interests are minority rights with a focus on women. She follows this passion through her voluntary engagements. She co-founded Parcham, a group dedicated to breaking stereotypes based on religion, class, caste, gender and other markers of difference to create a society respectful of diversity. Parcham is best known for introducing the football initiative for adolescent girls in Muslim ghettos.
She has been a member of the ‘Muslim Women’s Rights’ Network’, a group advocating the rights of Muslim women and Gender Just laws since 1999. As a member, Sabah was responsible for the formulation of the Progressive Nikahnama. She has edited a book of poems ‘bebaak qalam’ (Unrestrained Pen) a collection of poems in Urdu on the theme of identity.
She is a member of an autonomous feminist collective, Forum Against Oppression of Women. She is currently working as a Consultant to the Transforming M East Ward Project, an action research project of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) that seeks to create a model of inclusive urban development in M East Ward, the poorest municipal ward in Mumbai. Sabah is member of the core group of the people’s campaign ‘Hamara Shehar Mumbai’ on the Development Plan of Mumbai 2014-2034. Prior to TISS, Sabah has worked for more than a decade with developmental organizations on issues of urban poverty and women’s rights. She has a postgraduate degree in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
Muslim girls are always portrayed as victims and deemed to wear the burqa. We wanted to change that”, she argues.
.The COVID-19 pandemic forced Parcham to take classes online and conduct mental health sessions simultaneously for girls to remain positive and emotionally stable under lockdown.
Ever since Parcham has taken flight, they have not looked back. The team now plans to start an academy to train girls from impoverished backgrounds.
The organisation illuminated how society has often generalized the perception of Muslim women being oppressed and various stereotypes that are widely held.
Links/References
http://twocircles.net/2020aug08/438504.html
https://riseuptogether.org/sabah-khan/
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. SAFEENA HUSSAIN, Founder Educate Girls. Mumbai, Click side arrow for profile details.
Safeena Husain is a social worker and founder of Educate Girls – a non-profit organisation that is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It focusses on mobilising communities for girls’ education in India’s rural and educationally backward areas.[1] Under her leadership, Educate Girls’ launched world’s first Development Impact Bond in education which on its completion in 2018 surpassed both its target outcomes.
In 2011, she was elected one of the Asia 21 Young Leaders by the Asia Society.[5] She is a Rainer Arnhold Fellow [6] and was featured as a speaker at a TEDxASB event on the subject of "Rejuvenating Government Schools in India for Girls' Education".[7] She was also featured as a Times Now "Amazing Indian" [8]
ET Prime Women Leadership Award 2019[9]Winner NITI Aayog Women Transforming India Award 2017[10]Winner NDTV-L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Award 2016[11]Winner 2015 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship - April 2015[12]Winner of The WISE Award - September 2014[13]Rainer Arnhold Fellow - September 2013[14]
Referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeena_Husain
In 2011, she was elected one of the Asia 21 Young Leaders by the Asia Society.[5] She is a Rainer Arnhold Fellow [6] and was featured as a speaker at a TEDxASB event on the subject of "Rejuvenating Government Schools in India for Girls' Education".[7] She was also featured as a Times Now "Amazing Indian" [8]
ET Prime Women Leadership Award 2019[9]Winner NITI Aayog Women Transforming India Award 2017[10]Winner NDTV-L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Award 2016[11]Winner 2015 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship - April 2015[12]Winner of The WISE Award - September 2014[13]Rainer Arnhold Fellow - September 2013[14]
Referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeena_Husain
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SUMAIRA ABDULALI, Environmentalist. Founder, Awaaz Foundation. Convenor of the Movement against Intimidation, Threat, and Revenge against Activists (MITRA). Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Sumaira Abdulali is also Ex. Co-Chairman of the Conservation Sub Committee and Honorary Secretary of Asia's oldest and largest environmental NGO, the Bombay Natural History Society, and is currently a Governing Council Member.
Sumaira hails from a family legacy of stalwarts and leaders who have participated and led social and environmental struggles. She admits that her personal learning journey owes much to their experiences and the motivation she drew from them. Sumaira is from a well respected Muslim family that have always been involved in progressive social issues. Her maternal grandmother was part of the Indian freedom struggle and her paternal grandfather was a stalwart on the issue of women’s emancipation and gender equality.
Preferring to learn from life experiences rather than formal education, Sumaira chose to let go of a college education and got involved with environmental issues, such as the movement against sand mining. Taking her cue from her familial mentors, Sumaira was a passive participant, but actively opposed the lobby of sand miners (who had immense political and economic power). A turning point was when she put a stop to an illegal sand mining operation by standing in front of and blocking their trucks. This event put the illegal sand mining operations around Mumbai on the map of not only the media and general public, but the State administration, and it culminated in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Sumaira and other citizens.
From these experiences, Sumaira realised the need to provide a support network for those working for progress on various social, environmental, and cultural issues. In 2002, she began an organisation, Movement against Intimidation Threat and Revenge against Activists and with tireless efforts, it has been successful in persuading the Mumbai Police to create a special cell for to protect those undertaking legitimate activism.
At this time she joined her uncle Saad Ali, a pioneer in noise pollution, and filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court. The court order to the PIL and the subsequent reaction was a turning point in Sumaira’s journey as an environmental activist, and she was convinced her ‘life calling’ was to be a crusader against noise regulation. Two factors convinced her of the need to organise against it. First, the calls from those being victimised by this hazard, but didn’t know whom to turn to. And secondly, in spite of a favourable court order, the belief of much of society, including several persons of authority in the government and society, that the order was redundant due to the lack of an implementation system. These experiences were the cornerstones convincing Sumaira of the need to create a movement to organize the fight against noise pollution.
Sumaira has a persistent determination that inspires her work. Despite the barriers of a lack of information, insensitivity, apathy, and red tape, she relentlessly pursues her goal to mitigate noise pollution. With each experience of discouragement as well as each of path-breaking success, her resolve to work has only increased and she is committed to this movement until noise pollution is no longer an environmental hazard
ReferencesLinks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumaira_Abdulali
Sumaira hails from a family legacy of stalwarts and leaders who have participated and led social and environmental struggles. She admits that her personal learning journey owes much to their experiences and the motivation she drew from them. Sumaira is from a well respected Muslim family that have always been involved in progressive social issues. Her maternal grandmother was part of the Indian freedom struggle and her paternal grandfather was a stalwart on the issue of women’s emancipation and gender equality.
Preferring to learn from life experiences rather than formal education, Sumaira chose to let go of a college education and got involved with environmental issues, such as the movement against sand mining. Taking her cue from her familial mentors, Sumaira was a passive participant, but actively opposed the lobby of sand miners (who had immense political and economic power). A turning point was when she put a stop to an illegal sand mining operation by standing in front of and blocking their trucks. This event put the illegal sand mining operations around Mumbai on the map of not only the media and general public, but the State administration, and it culminated in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Sumaira and other citizens.
From these experiences, Sumaira realised the need to provide a support network for those working for progress on various social, environmental, and cultural issues. In 2002, she began an organisation, Movement against Intimidation Threat and Revenge against Activists and with tireless efforts, it has been successful in persuading the Mumbai Police to create a special cell for to protect those undertaking legitimate activism.
At this time she joined her uncle Saad Ali, a pioneer in noise pollution, and filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court. The court order to the PIL and the subsequent reaction was a turning point in Sumaira’s journey as an environmental activist, and she was convinced her ‘life calling’ was to be a crusader against noise regulation. Two factors convinced her of the need to organise against it. First, the calls from those being victimised by this hazard, but didn’t know whom to turn to. And secondly, in spite of a favourable court order, the belief of much of society, including several persons of authority in the government and society, that the order was redundant due to the lack of an implementation system. These experiences were the cornerstones convincing Sumaira of the need to create a movement to organize the fight against noise pollution.
Sumaira has a persistent determination that inspires her work. Despite the barriers of a lack of information, insensitivity, apathy, and red tape, she relentlessly pursues her goal to mitigate noise pollution. With each experience of discouragement as well as each of path-breaking success, her resolve to work has only increased and she is committed to this movement until noise pollution is no longer an environmental hazard
ReferencesLinks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumaira_Abdulali
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. UZMA NAHEED, Social Activist and Founder, India International Women’s Alliance, Mumbai. Maharashtra.
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RBTC Maharashtra nominee. ZAKIA SOMAN. Women’s Rights Activist. Founder of Centre for Peace Studies. BBC's 100 Fearless Women (2015). Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Zakia Soman believes in and strives for a just, fair, and equitable world. She is the Co-Founder of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan which strives for Muslim womens’ citizenship rights and for gender justice in Islam. She is the Founder of the Centre for Peace Studies hosted by Action Aid which is engaged in knowledge activism for peace and justice, religious tolerance, pluralism, and rights of minorities. Prior to this she helped set up the Peace and Justice theme in Action Aid India. She is on the India Core Committee of SAAPE – South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication that engages on issues of poverty regionally across different South Asian countries. She served on the Organizing Committee of Peoples’ SAARC in Kathmandu in 2006 and in Colombo in 2008. She received the Outstanding Women Achievers’ award from the National Commission for Women in 2014. She was featured in BBC’s 100 Fearless Women [100 Bekhauf Andolankari Auratein] in November 2015. As the petitioner, she won the legal case wherein the Bombay High Court ordered women to be allowed entry into the Haji Ali Dargah in a landmark ruling in 2016. She was a petitioner in the triple talaq matter in the Supreme Court and campaigned extensively for its abolition. In its verdict of 22nd August 2017, the Supreme Court set triple talaq aside.
Zakia writes, works, represents issues in peace and justice, minorities, women’s rights, human rights, pluralism and diversity, and religious tolerance at different deliberations globally and in India. She has authored two books and writes regularly in newspapers and magazines on religion, minorities, and women’s’ issues.
Zakia led a national research published in 2014, Broken Promises; A Study on the Socio-economic Status of Indian Muslims Seven Years Post Sachar Report. She has co-edited a volume Peace and Justice in South Asia which was published in 2010 by Dorling Kindersley(India) Pvt Ltd, licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia. In 2009, she edited a publication Issues of Indian Muslims: some Progressive Writings. She has co-authored a book based on a research Changing Contours of Gujarati Society: Identity Formation and Communal Violence which was published by Behavioural Science Centre, Ahmedabad, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi and Caritas, Germany in 2008. She led a national research in 2006, Socio-Economic Conditions of Muslims in India which was published by ActionAid.
She has authored the following books and publications:
Zakia Soman & Noorjehan Safia Niaz, Indian Muslim Women’s Movement for Gender Justice & Equal Citizenship, Notion Press, Chennai, 2020Zakia Soman & Noorjehan Safia Niaz, No more Talaq Talaq Talaq: Muslim Women Call for a Ban on an UnIslamic Practice, BMMA, New Delhi, 2015Noorjehan Safia Niaz & Zakia Soman, Seeking Justice Within Family: A National Study on Muslim Women’s Views on Reforms in Muslim Personal Law, BMMA, Mumbai, 2015Zakia Soman & Noorjehan Safia Niaz, Locating Muslim Women in Indian Policy, People on the Margins: Whose Budgets? Whose Rights?: UN Women, New Delhi, 2014Zakia Soman & Jimmy Dabhi, editors, Peace and Justice in South Asia, Dorling Kindersley(India) Pvt Ltd, licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia, Delhi, 2010 Zakia Soman & Imran Ali, translators, A Battle for Equity - Masavat ki Jung by Ali Anwar, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 2008
In a period spanning over 30 years she has taught Business Communication at the SJVM College of Gujarat University, been an editor in a leading English daily, headed the education program of a global technology company, been whole-time director in a management consulting company and a director in a voluntary organisation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakia_Soman
Zakia writes, works, represents issues in peace and justice, minorities, women’s rights, human rights, pluralism and diversity, and religious tolerance at different deliberations globally and in India. She has authored two books and writes regularly in newspapers and magazines on religion, minorities, and women’s’ issues.
Zakia led a national research published in 2014, Broken Promises; A Study on the Socio-economic Status of Indian Muslims Seven Years Post Sachar Report. She has co-edited a volume Peace and Justice in South Asia which was published in 2010 by Dorling Kindersley(India) Pvt Ltd, licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia. In 2009, she edited a publication Issues of Indian Muslims: some Progressive Writings. She has co-authored a book based on a research Changing Contours of Gujarati Society: Identity Formation and Communal Violence which was published by Behavioural Science Centre, Ahmedabad, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi and Caritas, Germany in 2008. She led a national research in 2006, Socio-Economic Conditions of Muslims in India which was published by ActionAid.
She has authored the following books and publications:
Zakia Soman & Noorjehan Safia Niaz, Indian Muslim Women’s Movement for Gender Justice & Equal Citizenship, Notion Press, Chennai, 2020Zakia Soman & Noorjehan Safia Niaz, No more Talaq Talaq Talaq: Muslim Women Call for a Ban on an UnIslamic Practice, BMMA, New Delhi, 2015Noorjehan Safia Niaz & Zakia Soman, Seeking Justice Within Family: A National Study on Muslim Women’s Views on Reforms in Muslim Personal Law, BMMA, Mumbai, 2015Zakia Soman & Noorjehan Safia Niaz, Locating Muslim Women in Indian Policy, People on the Margins: Whose Budgets? Whose Rights?: UN Women, New Delhi, 2014Zakia Soman & Jimmy Dabhi, editors, Peace and Justice in South Asia, Dorling Kindersley(India) Pvt Ltd, licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia, Delhi, 2010 Zakia Soman & Imran Ali, translators, A Battle for Equity - Masavat ki Jung by Ali Anwar, Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 2008
In a period spanning over 30 years she has taught Business Communication at the SJVM College of Gujarat University, been an editor in a leading English daily, headed the education program of a global technology company, been whole-time director in a management consulting company and a director in a voluntary organisation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakia_Soman
Taking Entrepreneurship Forward [13]
Taking Entrepreneurship Forward [13]
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FATIMA AGARKAR, Founder, Agarkar Centre of Excellence (ACE). Mumbai, Maharashta. Click side arrow for more details.
Fatema Agarkar is one of India’s leading educationists and parenting experts, she is also the co-founder of the Mumbai-based, Agarkar Centre for Excellence (ACE) that focuses on trans-disciplinary pedagogies, ACE has launched several sports and life skills programmes and mobile apps that connect learning with sports.
An alumna of Mumbai and Birmingham universities, Fatema served with Commerzbank, Times of India and Egon Zehnder International before switching tracks to education consultancy in 2000. Since then, she has facilitated the promotion of over 40 private schools countrywide. Veteran of 3 educational start-ups including the current one born during the Covid19 incubation - ACE that combines sports and education,
Fatema is an award winning educator, avid blogger, parenting expert, shortly authoring books on educator resources & parenting apart from that she is a consultant to many schools (set up close to 40 pan India), on the advisory board of several organisations, she’s passionate about skilling teachers, designing content that is relevant for students and working with changing mindsets. She’s got a 15 year-old who she adores and a husband who's a celebrated cricketer whose partner in crime in the new initiative with Sports. Recently, Fatema was also recognised as 'One of the Top 50 Indian Leaders Who Can Revive Education by the prestigious Education World.
References & Sources
https://www.educationworld.in/eduleader-speaks-with-fatema-agarkar-founder-ace/
An alumna of Mumbai and Birmingham universities, Fatema served with Commerzbank, Times of India and Egon Zehnder International before switching tracks to education consultancy in 2000. Since then, she has facilitated the promotion of over 40 private schools countrywide. Veteran of 3 educational start-ups including the current one born during the Covid19 incubation - ACE that combines sports and education,
Fatema is an award winning educator, avid blogger, parenting expert, shortly authoring books on educator resources & parenting apart from that she is a consultant to many schools (set up close to 40 pan India), on the advisory board of several organisations, she’s passionate about skilling teachers, designing content that is relevant for students and working with changing mindsets. She’s got a 15 year-old who she adores and a husband who's a celebrated cricketer whose partner in crime in the new initiative with Sports. Recently, Fatema was also recognised as 'One of the Top 50 Indian Leaders Who Can Revive Education by the prestigious Education World.
References & Sources
https://www.educationworld.in/eduleader-speaks-with-fatema-agarkar-founder-ace/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. HENNA KHAN, Founder Universe Simplified. Mumbai, Maharashta. Add profile details.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. HUMA ASGAR, Founder, The Doodle Collection. Mumbai, Maharashta. Add profile details.
Huma Asgar, Founder, The Doodle Collection. Mumbai
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARIDA THAKUR, Director, SpellQuest. Mumbai, Maharashta. Add profile details.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. NAFISA KANCHWALA. Managing Director Avance. Mumbai, Maharashta. Add profile details.
The essence of Nafisa's personal and professional mantra as encapsulated in “Avance” or ‘Progress”, the name of her Recruitment Company. Following a graduation in the Humanities from Sophia College, Nafisa earned a PGD from the National Institute of Sales. After having worked with the sales team at Cannon India for two years, she pursued my MBA in HRM from NMIMS, Mumbai, in order to enhance my career prospects.
Nafisa's first foray in the executive search world was with a large Consultant firm, where in the FMCG sector, she placed people for companies like Cadbury India and Kellogg India. Taking up non-FMCG assignments for the Shapurji Palllonji Group and Xerox India provided me with valuable experience.
After a successful two years in FMCG, Nafisa was given the Herculean task of starting a pharmaceutical and Life Sciences SBU at Proactive. Getting her foot in the door at large pharma organizations with well entrenched consultants was truly a challenge, but persistence and sheer hard work paid off and, in a relatively short span of time, she managed to build a loyal clientele in pharma placement with Indian & Multinational companies Globaly.
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Nafisa's first foray in the executive search world was with a large Consultant firm, where in the FMCG sector, she placed people for companies like Cadbury India and Kellogg India. Taking up non-FMCG assignments for the Shapurji Palllonji Group and Xerox India provided me with valuable experience.
After a successful two years in FMCG, Nafisa was given the Herculean task of starting a pharmaceutical and Life Sciences SBU at Proactive. Getting her foot in the door at large pharma organizations with well entrenched consultants was truly a challenge, but persistence and sheer hard work paid off and, in a relatively short span of time, she managed to build a loyal clientele in pharma placement with Indian & Multinational companies Globaly.
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARIDA HUNDEKARI. Founder, Fabutech. Pune, Maharashta. Add profile details.
Farida is the founder of Fabutech, an IT consulting company based out of Pune, India. Her company provides IT resources Full time and on contract as per clients requirement across the globe.
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ZAIBA SARANG. Co-founder iThink Logistics. Mumbai, Maharashta. Add profile details.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHEHNAZ HAVELIWALA. Founder at Le Garden. Mumbai, Maharashta. Add profile details.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. RASHIDA VAPIWALA. Founder LabelBlind. MumbAI. Maharashta. Add profile details.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. AISHA FAIZAN, Founder Filmaker Jr & Co-Founder Idea Rack Private Limited. Media and Adverstising Professional. Mumbai, Maharashta. Click side arrow for more details.
Aisha Faizan is the Founder at Filmmaker Jr. which is an innovative online filmmaking course to teach children the fundamentals of filmmaking. Filmmaker Jr is being mentored at Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru and provides holistic creative development and empower young minds to become independent content creators. She is also the co-founder and owner of IdeaRack Private Limited, a media house working on creative solutions for TV, Digital & Brands.
Aisha served earlier the Vice President at Skywalker Advertising and Marketing Solutions. She has also co-Founded Faizan Medicare Multi Speciality Hospital.
Ms. Faizan has an MBA from Aligarh Muslim University. She also completed studies in entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/aishafaizan/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://www.facebook.com/aisha.faizan.16
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. TEHZEEB KHURANA. Founder Toon Club. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
Celebrated Animation Director with over 20 years of experience, Tehzeeb Khurana is the founder, curriculum designer and principal faculty of Toon Club, a pioneering organisation teaching the art of animation filmmaking and storytelling to children (7 -18 years). Toon Club’s award-winning curriculum educates students in the Fundamentals of Art and Animation, History of Animation, Basics of Film Language, Character Development and Experimental techniques of Animation, giving students a holistic understanding of the subject. Children benefit as they are taken through the Script to Screen process thereby understanding nuances of storytelling/storyboarding, exposing them to laws of science, physics, mathematics, and honing motor skills.
Films created by children at Toon Club, under her creative supervision have received 60 International awards & 3 Industry Recognitions. Her seminal efforts have culminated in animation curriculum being appended across select premier schools in Mumbai. Besides she has also conducted workshops for leading NGOs, museums, corporates and International studios/festivals in Poland, Spain & Brazil.
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Films created by children at Toon Club, under her creative supervision have received 60 International awards & 3 Industry Recognitions. Her seminal efforts have culminated in animation curriculum being appended across select premier schools in Mumbai. Besides she has also conducted workshops for leading NGOs, museums, corporates and International studios/festivals in Poland, Spain & Brazil.
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RBTC Maharashtra nominee. ZAREEN SIDDIQUI . Fitness Trainer, Influencer. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Zareen Siddique(@FitwithZareen) is defying the skinny is pretty look and advocates strongly is healthy. At 45 years she has a six-pack throughout the year through sheer discipline in exercise and diet. Fitness is a way of life for her. A mother of two, an army brat and positive persona which she says is a gift from her parents. She believes that women should not have to give up on being fit post-pregnancy and she trains women struggling post-delivery (especially C Section) to gain strength and fitness. A lot of lifestyle diseases can be reversed and managed through exercise and a suitable diet. It is a wonderful thing for women to take charge of their lives." She doesn't push weight loss in her trainees, the first step is to build strength the fat sheds as a byproduct.
A runner and a yoga lover, Zareen combines different disciplines of exercise to tailor-make workouts for her trainees. Her meal plans are popular for their simplicity and efficacy. Trainees from all over the world swear by her Indian meal plans and workouts that make them love their daily dose of exercise. This coach walks her talk and pushes her own limits physically and mentally in her workouts that she posts on Instagram. The following she has on Instagram proves that she's a motivator and a positive influence on many lives every day.
Zareen Siddique, a certified online nutrition and core fitness coach and an ardent runner shares her insights regarding today’s contemporary food groups.
References/Links
https://www.oyaindia.com/blogs/oya-tribe/zareen-siddique-strong-is-beautiful
https://www.thehansindia.com/life-style/health/zareen-siddique--not-just-a-single-mother-but-complete-woman-609062
https://www.hindustantimes.com/brand-post/zareen-siddique-trains-clients-to-get-fitter/story-36eLv3oPvBQDTkumLAkVAL.html
A runner and a yoga lover, Zareen combines different disciplines of exercise to tailor-make workouts for her trainees. Her meal plans are popular for their simplicity and efficacy. Trainees from all over the world swear by her Indian meal plans and workouts that make them love their daily dose of exercise. This coach walks her talk and pushes her own limits physically and mentally in her workouts that she posts on Instagram. The following she has on Instagram proves that she's a motivator and a positive influence on many lives every day.
Zareen Siddique, a certified online nutrition and core fitness coach and an ardent runner shares her insights regarding today’s contemporary food groups.
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https://www.oyaindia.com/blogs/oya-tribe/zareen-siddique-strong-is-beautiful
https://www.thehansindia.com/life-style/health/zareen-siddique--not-just-a-single-mother-but-complete-woman-609062
https://www.hindustantimes.com/brand-post/zareen-siddique-trains-clients-to-get-fitter/story-36eLv3oPvBQDTkumLAkVAL.html
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FIROZA SURESH. First Bicycle Mayor of Mumbai, Director, Smart Commute Foundation ; CEO, Velociti Cycle Cafe. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Firoza Suresh is a woman cycling enthusiast who has pledged to make cycling a currency of HEALTH and a new footprint for SUSTAINABLE Transportation. She has represented India for various international cycling & sustainable transportation forums . She has been covered in international news channels like BBC, The Guardian, Bicycling Magazine, German production series, Grenzenlos.
With her organisation Smart Commute Foundation - Cycle Chala City Bacha, Cycle2Work and MeCycleRider initiative she has ignited a movement for adopting cycling as smart choice for commuting. To support her cause and complement her passion she has collaborated with like-minded professionals and guided by a knowledgeable Advisory Committee to spread the culture of smart commuting in the country. Determined, passionate and die hard enthusiast Firoza is certain to place India on the global map of cycling country.
Firoza's Foundation is deeply entrenched in the sustainability space. It conceptualizes, details and implements programs that promote a healthier, greener and happier city by encouraging people to adopt cycling as a means of daily commute. The Foundation is based on 4 primary pillars: Advocacy, Policy Intervention, Road Safety and Execution. SCF works closely with Civic authorities, Corporate entities, Educational Institutions and citizens of Mumbai to bring about a revolutionary change by adopting non-motorized means of transport, with a special emphasis on cycling. Its goal is to encourage, facilitate, train and organize participation in events and programs that contribute directly to a reduction of the Carbon Footprint and create related positive impacts on health, wellness, morale, productivity and traffic congestion.
Firoza is also Vice President, Mumbai City Amateur Cycling Association, Mumbai. Maharashtra.
References/Sources
facebook Cycle2Work | Me Cycle Rider | Cycle Chala City Bacha
Article: Mulund-Ki-Cyclewali
Recent Video by a German TV series - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptSbaXHldWI
BBC coverage - http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/made-on-earth/an-ordinary-bicycles-epic-journey/
Short video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RnhFgIGrQQ
International ABC news Australia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVJNRyOxk1M
Special Video for Womens Day by ZevenWorld - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmF1QUAweBk
World Bicycle Day Flash Mob conceptualized by me celebrated on June 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPhBzKbfG3s&feature=youtu.be
Touring experience with Tour of Nilgiris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2vO3YSziZQ
With her organisation Smart Commute Foundation - Cycle Chala City Bacha, Cycle2Work and MeCycleRider initiative she has ignited a movement for adopting cycling as smart choice for commuting. To support her cause and complement her passion she has collaborated with like-minded professionals and guided by a knowledgeable Advisory Committee to spread the culture of smart commuting in the country. Determined, passionate and die hard enthusiast Firoza is certain to place India on the global map of cycling country.
Firoza's Foundation is deeply entrenched in the sustainability space. It conceptualizes, details and implements programs that promote a healthier, greener and happier city by encouraging people to adopt cycling as a means of daily commute. The Foundation is based on 4 primary pillars: Advocacy, Policy Intervention, Road Safety and Execution. SCF works closely with Civic authorities, Corporate entities, Educational Institutions and citizens of Mumbai to bring about a revolutionary change by adopting non-motorized means of transport, with a special emphasis on cycling. Its goal is to encourage, facilitate, train and organize participation in events and programs that contribute directly to a reduction of the Carbon Footprint and create related positive impacts on health, wellness, morale, productivity and traffic congestion.
Firoza is also Vice President, Mumbai City Amateur Cycling Association, Mumbai. Maharashtra.
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facebook Cycle2Work | Me Cycle Rider | Cycle Chala City Bacha
Article: Mulund-Ki-Cyclewali
Recent Video by a German TV series - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptSbaXHldWI
BBC coverage - http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/made-on-earth/an-ordinary-bicycles-epic-journey/
Short video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RnhFgIGrQQ
International ABC news Australia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVJNRyOxk1M
Special Video for Womens Day by ZevenWorld - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmF1QUAweBk
World Bicycle Day Flash Mob conceptualized by me celebrated on June 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPhBzKbfG3s&feature=youtu.be
Touring experience with Tour of Nilgiris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2vO3YSziZQ
Achieving Academic Excellence [5]
Achieving Academic Excellence [5]
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARIDA VIRANI. Head of Department. HR and Behavioral Sciences. MET Institute of Management. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Through my professional journey of two decades and more, I have worn many hats in my career - Director, faculty, researcher, corporate trainer and strategist. Consequently, I have a unique ability to manage and navigate complex challenges with reasonable calm and ease. My professional expertise includes teaching various subjects related to Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management like; Organizational and social psychology, group dynamics, performance and competency management and OD.
I help organizations gain a competitive advantage by offering HR consultancy and Behavioral training solutions. I design and deliver programs having a balance of skills and behavioral aspects which includes diagnostic study to identify skill gaps, developing customized content, delivering solutions through blended learning approach and offer metrics-based evaluation for clients. All my consultancy and training solutions are designed in line with the clients' business objectives.
In the Education Leadership and Management space, I help educational institutions create frameworks, systems and processes with a focus on quality which is vital for programme accreditation.
I am a Certified Mediator and also impart training to Managers, Business leaders and lawyers on the Skills of Mediation. Mediation as an Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism favor confidentiality reduces litigation costs and offers an option for a negotiated settlement whereby disputing parties have greater control over the outcomes of their dispute.
My role as a Life Coach enables me to move capable individuals past debilitating blocks. My strong communication skills, educational background, experience supported by excellent people skills and a flair for public relations helps me unravel individual problems while in transition. I am an also a research enthusiast with a number of National / International, Newspaper articles and a book to my credit.
www.faridavirani.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-farida-virani-ph-d-20195428/
I help organizations gain a competitive advantage by offering HR consultancy and Behavioral training solutions. I design and deliver programs having a balance of skills and behavioral aspects which includes diagnostic study to identify skill gaps, developing customized content, delivering solutions through blended learning approach and offer metrics-based evaluation for clients. All my consultancy and training solutions are designed in line with the clients' business objectives.
In the Education Leadership and Management space, I help educational institutions create frameworks, systems and processes with a focus on quality which is vital for programme accreditation.
I am a Certified Mediator and also impart training to Managers, Business leaders and lawyers on the Skills of Mediation. Mediation as an Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism favor confidentiality reduces litigation costs and offers an option for a negotiated settlement whereby disputing parties have greater control over the outcomes of their dispute.
My role as a Life Coach enables me to move capable individuals past debilitating blocks. My strong communication skills, educational background, experience supported by excellent people skills and a flair for public relations helps me unravel individual problems while in transition. I am an also a research enthusiast with a number of National / International, Newspaper articles and a book to my credit.
www.faridavirani.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-farida-virani-ph-d-20195428/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. MARIAM DEGANI. Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Institute Of Chemical Technology , Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Institute Of Chemical Technology
References/Sourceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mariam-degani-60965b14/
References/Sourceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mariam-degani-60965b14/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. MUNIRA MOMIN. Principal and Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutics at SVKM's Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Prof. Munira Momin Principal and Professor, Dept of Pharmaceutics at SVKM's Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy
References/Sourceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-munira-momin-ba915020/
References/Sourceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-munira-momin-ba915020/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. YASMEEN M. LUKMANI. ex-Professor and Head of Department of English, University of Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
Dr Yasmeen M. Lukmani was Professor & Head of English at the University of Bombay and also Chairperson of the Board of Studies.
She was educated at the Universities of Bombay and California, Los Angeles. At UCLA she moved into the area of Teaching English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics, because of the importance of teaching English primarily as a language in India. Not only is English imperative for success in one’s career, but it is a vital tool for allowing the depressed classes to rise higher in society. To this end, she concentrated her energies on making language-oriented studies an exciting field.
At the University of Bombay, she devised and set up several undergraduate language programmes, particularly the ‘Communication Skills in English’ course at FYBA, which became a trend-setter for English courses in the country. She also conducted a very large number of teacher training programmes for the teaching of English.
She was granted a Research Fellowship at the Centre for English & Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, U.K. to work on Assessment Patterns in English at the undergraduate level in India. She also worked on projects with the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES).
Dr Lukmani has presented research papers at a number of seminars, regional, national and international, and has published a number of articles in scholarly journals, as well as a few monographs. She brought out audio-cassettes called Stories for English Language Learning and also, English Poetry from India. She also edited a book on Kiran Nagarkar called The Shifting Worlds of Kiran Nagarkar’s Fiction.
She was Secretary of the Indian Secular Society run by Professors A.B.Shah and M.P. Rege for about 10 years in the 60’s and 70’s.
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She was educated at the Universities of Bombay and California, Los Angeles. At UCLA she moved into the area of Teaching English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics, because of the importance of teaching English primarily as a language in India. Not only is English imperative for success in one’s career, but it is a vital tool for allowing the depressed classes to rise higher in society. To this end, she concentrated her energies on making language-oriented studies an exciting field.
At the University of Bombay, she devised and set up several undergraduate language programmes, particularly the ‘Communication Skills in English’ course at FYBA, which became a trend-setter for English courses in the country. She also conducted a very large number of teacher training programmes for the teaching of English.
She was granted a Research Fellowship at the Centre for English & Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, U.K. to work on Assessment Patterns in English at the undergraduate level in India. She also worked on projects with the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES).
Dr Lukmani has presented research papers at a number of seminars, regional, national and international, and has published a number of articles in scholarly journals, as well as a few monographs. She brought out audio-cassettes called Stories for English Language Learning and also, English Poetry from India. She also edited a book on Kiran Nagarkar called The Shifting Worlds of Kiran Nagarkar’s Fiction.
She was Secretary of the Indian Secular Society run by Professors A.B.Shah and M.P. Rege for about 10 years in the 60’s and 70’s.
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ASMA HUSAIN, Researcher, Author. Mental Health Expert. Hometown: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Asma Husain was born and raised in Bombay, India. Growing in a multi-ethnic environment, she began her education and graduated From the Apostolic Carmel High School. She accomplished a master's degree in English Literature from the Aligarh Muslim University followed by a Post Graduate degree in Special Education. Upgrading her skills in the field of education she acquired a certification from the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.
Born to a father who was a Literary and Cine personality Asma Husain grew in the nucleus of both worlds. In 1978 she left India for the Middle East where she taught English Literature to students of the Women's College Dammam. She returned to India in the year 1992, soon after the War Desert Storm. She worked in the field of Mental and Genetic disabilities in India 1996-2004, with organizations registered under the Rehabilitation Council of India. After which, she lived in Morocco for a period of 7 years teaching a global body of students at the English College of Tangier consecutively followed by The American School of Tangier.
This is the Author's first Fiction apart from the papers she has written on Mental Retardation, Behavior Modification, Physio Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Individual and Group Counseling and Community Rehabilitation.
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https://www.amazon.com/Asma-Husain/e/B010GGDZ8G%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Professionals in Medicine and STEM
Professionals in Medicine and STEM
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ASIFA QURESHI, Senior Scientist. CSIR NEERI, Nagpur. Maharashtra.
Asifa Qureshi is Senior Scientist at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, India
Referenceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/asifa-qureshi-40208a43/
Referenceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/asifa-qureshi-40208a43/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHABANA KHAN, Associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at IISER Pune.. Maharashtra.
Shabana Khan obtained her PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2008. Subsequently, she received the fellowship of Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) and joined the research group of Prof. Herbert W. Roesky as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Goettingen, followed by a second post doc with Prof. Manuel Alcarazo at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research. Currently she is working as an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at IISER Pune.
Silylenes have shown their potential as sigma donor ligands like its heavier congener, N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs). However, unlike NHCs, use of silylene as a ligand in transition metal chemistry is very limited. Dr. Shabana Khan's group is interested to use Si(II) compounds as ligands to stabilize novel transition metal complexes especially coinage metal complexes (Cu, Ag, Au) and utilize them as catalysts in various organic transformations.
References/Sourceshttps://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/chemistry/people/faculty/regular-faculty/shabana-khan/287
Silylenes have shown their potential as sigma donor ligands like its heavier congener, N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs). However, unlike NHCs, use of silylene as a ligand in transition metal chemistry is very limited. Dr. Shabana Khan's group is interested to use Si(II) compounds as ligands to stabilize novel transition metal complexes especially coinage metal complexes (Cu, Ag, Au) and utilize them as catalysts in various organic transformations.
References/Sourceshttps://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/chemistry/people/faculty/regular-faculty/shabana-khan/287
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FATIMA LILANI, Director Project Monitoring at Care India Medical Society. Pune, Maharashtra.
References/Sourceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fatima-lilani-99884817/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARZANA MULLA. Head Of Jehangir Centre for Neuropsychology at Jehangir Hospital. Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Head Of Jehangir Centre for Neuropsychology at Jehangir Hospital
Referenceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/farzanamulla/
Referenceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/farzanamulla/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ZAKIA KHAN. Consultant Cardiologist, Fortis Hospital. Kalyan. Mumbai, Maharashtra.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHABANA KHAN. Chief Executive Officer at Prince Aly Khan Hospital and AKHS- India, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Dr Shabana Khan Chief Executive Officer at Prince Aly Khan Hospital and AKHS- India,
References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shabana-khan-a76a4412b/
References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shabana-khan-a76a4412b/
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. ROSHAN JAHAN SHAIKH. MD. Doctor, Motivational Speaker. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Dr Jahan, a native of UP’s Azamgarh district, is currently pursuing MD in Mumbai. She has also become a motivational speaker and is infusing confidence in physically challenged people. She fought a legal battle and was instrumental in getting the rules for physically challenged people modified.
Life has never been easy for Roshan Jahan Sheikh, daughter of a vegetable vendor in Mumbai. Until August 11, 2008, Rosha Jahan, then a promising student, had to endure economic hardships if she wanted to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor. However, on that day, her life changed for much worse: a train accident left both her legs amputated. But then, Roshan Jahan was never going to give up and a decade after her accident, she has not only completed her MBBS but also on course to finish her MD in Pathology, even though she has had to fight at every level.
After her accident, she was left bedridden for over three months but dropping out of school never occurred to her or her parents. Her mother started taking her to school to attend important practical classes and examinations on a wheelchair and by the next year, she had completed her Class 12 with impressive marks. She also achieved a stellar rank of 3 in the handicapped category for the state medical exams, but a legal technicality almost stopped her from enrolling. “The existing law allowed only students with “up to 70% handicap” to study medicine but I was 90% handicapped post the accident, so I was not allowed to take admission,” Roshan Jahan told TwoCircles.net during a conversation. Following the advice of Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Sanjay Kotharia, she knocked the door of the Bombay High court with help of advocate PB Patil in 2011 and won the case and took admission in KEM (King Edward Memorial) Medical College, Mumbai.
References/Sources
https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/disability-did-not-come-in-the-way-of-dr-roshanjahan-shaikhs-success/articleshow/51140308.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
https://twocircles.net/2018jul30/424978.html
Life has never been easy for Roshan Jahan Sheikh, daughter of a vegetable vendor in Mumbai. Until August 11, 2008, Rosha Jahan, then a promising student, had to endure economic hardships if she wanted to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor. However, on that day, her life changed for much worse: a train accident left both her legs amputated. But then, Roshan Jahan was never going to give up and a decade after her accident, she has not only completed her MBBS but also on course to finish her MD in Pathology, even though she has had to fight at every level.
After her accident, she was left bedridden for over three months but dropping out of school never occurred to her or her parents. Her mother started taking her to school to attend important practical classes and examinations on a wheelchair and by the next year, she had completed her Class 12 with impressive marks. She also achieved a stellar rank of 3 in the handicapped category for the state medical exams, but a legal technicality almost stopped her from enrolling. “The existing law allowed only students with “up to 70% handicap” to study medicine but I was 90% handicapped post the accident, so I was not allowed to take admission,” Roshan Jahan told TwoCircles.net during a conversation. Following the advice of Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Sanjay Kotharia, she knocked the door of the Bombay High court with help of advocate PB Patil in 2011 and won the case and took admission in KEM (King Edward Memorial) Medical College, Mumbai.
References/Sources
https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/disability-did-not-come-in-the-way-of-dr-roshanjahan-shaikhs-success/articleshow/51140308.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
https://twocircles.net/2018jul30/424978.html
Creative Contributors to the Arts [ Non-Bollywood] [8]
Creative Contributors to the Arts [ Non-Bollywood] [8]
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. AMAL ALLANA. Theatre Director, Scenic Designer and Costume Designer . Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Amal Allana (born 14 September 1947) is an Indian theatre director, scenic designer and costume designer and presently she is in her second consecutive term as the Chairperson of National School of Drama, India's premier institute of Theatre training, she also runs the Dramatic Art and Design Academy (DADA), New Delhi, with her husband Nissar Allana, which they co-founded in 2000.[3][4][5]
As a theatre director, she has directed over 55 plays in Hindi, including notable plays like, Aadhe Adhure (Mohan Rakesh), Khamosh, Adalat Jari Hai (Vijay Tendulkar adaptation of 1956 short-story, 'Die Panne' (Traps) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt), Ashadh Ka Ek Din (Mohan Rakesh), Tughlaq and Hayavadana (both by Girish Karnad), Mahabhoj (Mannu Bhandari) (1982), King Lear, Himmat Mai (Mother Courage), Nati Binodini (2006) and Begum Barve (Satish Alekar), many of which are known to have set trends in Indian theatre.[3][6][7]
She was awarded the 1998 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Direction, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama[8]
Referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Allana
As a theatre director, she has directed over 55 plays in Hindi, including notable plays like, Aadhe Adhure (Mohan Rakesh), Khamosh, Adalat Jari Hai (Vijay Tendulkar adaptation of 1956 short-story, 'Die Panne' (Traps) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt), Ashadh Ka Ek Din (Mohan Rakesh), Tughlaq and Hayavadana (both by Girish Karnad), Mahabhoj (Mannu Bhandari) (1982), King Lear, Himmat Mai (Mother Courage), Nati Binodini (2006) and Begum Barve (Satish Alekar), many of which are known to have set trends in Indian theatre.[3][6][7]
She was awarded the 1998 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Direction, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama[8]
Referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Allana
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARAH KHAN ALI, Jewelry Designer. Mumbai. Maharashta. Add profile details.
Farah Khan-Ali has always been creatively inclined. Her sense of visual perception stimulates her senses to see design in the most least expected places. In her own words she says “I view the world around us from a different perspective. What necessarily is to others is not what I see it as. I am captivated by our natural environment and any form, shape that catches my fancy stimulates me to translate that inanimate thought into an animate object of beauty and art.”
Having designed for some of the top Bollywood celebrities and people from India's foremost business families, she insists on being a perfectionist who loves to please herself first so that so that she can eventually please her clients. She admits that she has to do everything well so that it all comes together eventually.
With 21 years of focus and experience in this field, she still feels like a creatively inclined soul who happened to come into Jewellery Designing by chance, only to discover that she was born for it.
“When I play with precious gemstones its like creating an object of beauty and desire, one that outlives its wearer and brings a sea of memories with it when it is handed down generation.” – Farah Khan
As she says “ I don’t love to design, I live to design” and “the day I discover myself, I shall cease to exist”.
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Having designed for some of the top Bollywood celebrities and people from India's foremost business families, she insists on being a perfectionist who loves to please herself first so that so that she can eventually please her clients. She admits that she has to do everything well so that it all comes together eventually.
With 21 years of focus and experience in this field, she still feels like a creatively inclined soul who happened to come into Jewellery Designing by chance, only to discover that she was born for it.
“When I play with precious gemstones its like creating an object of beauty and desire, one that outlives its wearer and brings a sea of memories with it when it is handed down generation.” – Farah Khan
As she says “ I don’t love to design, I live to design” and “the day I discover myself, I shall cease to exist”.
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARAH SIDDIQUI. Curator, Advisor, Art Consultant. Director, Elephant Family. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Farah Siddiqui is a contemporary art consultant and a prominent figure in the Indian art world. She founded the FSCA art advisory that has managed significant collections of Indian Art globally. A specialist in contemporary art from Southeast Asia, FSCA offers an across-the-board consultancy service for private collections, foundations and Museums since 2004.
In addition to working with private collectors, she has worked on special projects with Forbes, India and The Times is India. Siddiqui has consulted both international and domestic art and design foundations - the BE OPEN Foundation In 2014, a global think tank initiative as well as the Piramal Foundation ( 2015-2016)in Mumbai, where she curated a definitive exhibition on the legendary painter Raja Ravi Varma in 2016.
Siddiqui has organised special India visits for the curators, director and patrons of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and Vancouver Art Gallery ( Museum). Under the patronage of Elephant Family's joint Royal President's TRH’s The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles and lady Camilla Parker Bowles, Farah Siddiqui curated the first edition of Elephant Parade for India - traveling across the county in 2017- 2018, it is the largest public art project in India till date. Siddiqui now serves on the board of Elephant Family Foundation India.
Siddiqui is a regular contributor to art columns in several newspapers, travel and banking publications and is a leading voice in the South Asian Art market discourse. She is often invited by prestigious education intuitions to conduct seminars including IIT – Mumbai and SIMC – Pune . In 2019 , Farah served the Chamar Foundation , an Initiative that has been established to promote both artists and artisans, and is focused on rehabilitating and empowering the community, recognizing their skill and expertise. She conceptualised a projected for the foundation titled : The reclaimed Tote.
During the recent global pandemic, of 2020 she established Life With Objects project in collaboration with renowned international creatives. The project is an exploration through a collection of objects that bring value, thereby infusing meaning into the muted mutterings of life. An unconventional ' exhibition’ that allows us to stay open while staying at home – open to our communities, new ideas and experiences despite our physical limitations.
Farah is using her position in the art world to help drive emerging artists with the resources that FSCA provides. FSCA launched Cultivate Art Global in 2018 - a program dedicated to building a roster of young and emerging artists and connect them with the next generation of collectors both at home and abroad.
In addition to working with private collectors, she has worked on special projects with Forbes, India and The Times is India. Siddiqui has consulted both international and domestic art and design foundations - the BE OPEN Foundation In 2014, a global think tank initiative as well as the Piramal Foundation ( 2015-2016)in Mumbai, where she curated a definitive exhibition on the legendary painter Raja Ravi Varma in 2016.
Siddiqui has organised special India visits for the curators, director and patrons of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and Vancouver Art Gallery ( Museum). Under the patronage of Elephant Family's joint Royal President's TRH’s The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles and lady Camilla Parker Bowles, Farah Siddiqui curated the first edition of Elephant Parade for India - traveling across the county in 2017- 2018, it is the largest public art project in India till date. Siddiqui now serves on the board of Elephant Family Foundation India.
Siddiqui is a regular contributor to art columns in several newspapers, travel and banking publications and is a leading voice in the South Asian Art market discourse. She is often invited by prestigious education intuitions to conduct seminars including IIT – Mumbai and SIMC – Pune . In 2019 , Farah served the Chamar Foundation , an Initiative that has been established to promote both artists and artisans, and is focused on rehabilitating and empowering the community, recognizing their skill and expertise. She conceptualised a projected for the foundation titled : The reclaimed Tote.
During the recent global pandemic, of 2020 she established Life With Objects project in collaboration with renowned international creatives. The project is an exploration through a collection of objects that bring value, thereby infusing meaning into the muted mutterings of life. An unconventional ' exhibition’ that allows us to stay open while staying at home – open to our communities, new ideas and experiences despite our physical limitations.
Farah is using her position in the art world to help drive emerging artists with the resources that FSCA provides. FSCA launched Cultivate Art Global in 2018 - a program dedicated to building a roster of young and emerging artists and connect them with the next generation of collectors both at home and abroad.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SARAH SHAM. Principal Designer at Essajees Atelier. Mumbai. Maharashtra. Add profile details
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. NYLA MASSOD, Costume Designer. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Add profile details
Nyla Masood, Co-Founder/Managing Trustee at Dhai Akshar Educational Trust, an after-school multidisciplinary learning centre for underprivileged children. Also an experienced Costume Designer/ Actor with a demonstrated history of working in the film industry.
References/Sourcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nyla-anjum-masood-5b08986/
References/Sourcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nyla-anjum-masood-5b08986/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. BATUL MUKHTIAR, award-winning multi-genre director, writer and producer, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Batul Mukhtiar, an award-winning multi-genre director, writer and producer, works in Mumbai since over 25 years. Her feature film KAPHAL shot in a remote village of Garhwal with local children, won the Golden Lotus National Award for Best Children’s Film 2014 and Best Director, Live Action at the Golden Elephant ICFFI 2013. It was nominated at Zlin FF 2014 for Best Children's Film under Children’s Jury Main Prize and Golden Slippers. Batul has recently produced and directed a mid-length independent feature, MUMU SHELLEY. She also works as a producer on international documentaries for BBC, Channel 4, Netflix, Al Jazeera, Arte, CBC, NatGeo, YLE & VPRO.
Her children's feature LILKEE, documentary 150 SECONDS AGO, student films PHOBHABAI and NAZAR KA DHOKHA have screened at festivals like Labocine 2021, ICFF Bangladesh 2018, Saga Stockholm Women’s IFF 2014, Goteborg IFF 2014, Zlin IFFCY 2014, Busan IKFF 2014, Chicago South Asian FF 2014, MAMI 2013, Cinema Du Reel 2003, Yamagata IDFF 2003, Yamagata Documentary Dream Show 2003-4, Clermont Ferrand ISFF 1996 and 1998, Curtas Vila Do Conde IFF 1998 and continue to be shown around the world.
Batul served on the National Award Jury 2015 and on juries at FTII, NID, Films Division, IDPA, Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, Toto Fund for Arts and MAMI Half-Ticket amongst others. Batul writes short stories and blog about films and books at http://batulm.wordpress.com/. Her scripts have been selected at various prestigious labs like Drishyam Sundance Lab 2016, Sundance Development Track 2019 - 1st round and NFDC Screenwriters Lab 2017.
FILMOGRAPHY as Director:
References/Sourcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/batul-mukhtiar-771521227/?trk=people-guest_people_search-card&originalSubdomain=in
Her children's feature LILKEE, documentary 150 SECONDS AGO, student films PHOBHABAI and NAZAR KA DHOKHA have screened at festivals like Labocine 2021, ICFF Bangladesh 2018, Saga Stockholm Women’s IFF 2014, Goteborg IFF 2014, Zlin IFFCY 2014, Busan IKFF 2014, Chicago South Asian FF 2014, MAMI 2013, Cinema Du Reel 2003, Yamagata IDFF 2003, Yamagata Documentary Dream Show 2003-4, Clermont Ferrand ISFF 1996 and 1998, Curtas Vila Do Conde IFF 1998 and continue to be shown around the world.
Batul served on the National Award Jury 2015 and on juries at FTII, NID, Films Division, IDPA, Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, Toto Fund for Arts and MAMI Half-Ticket amongst others. Batul writes short stories and blog about films and books at http://batulm.wordpress.com/. Her scripts have been selected at various prestigious labs like Drishyam Sundance Lab 2016, Sundance Development Track 2019 - 1st round and NFDC Screenwriters Lab 2017.
FILMOGRAPHY as Director:
- MUMU SHELLEY/2021/Fiction/50 mins/Screenings - Chicago SAFF 2021
- KAPHAL/2013/Fiction/90 mins/Awards - Golden Lotus National Award for Best Children’s Film 2014, Golden Elephant for Best Director Live Action at ICFFI 2013/Nominations - Children’s Jury Main Prize and under Golden Slippers for Best Children’s Film at Zlin FF 2014/Screenings - ICFF Bangladesh 2018, Saga Stockholm Women’s IFF 2014, Goteborg IFF 2014, Busan IKFF 2014, Chicago South Asian FF 2014, MAMI 2013
- LILKEE/2007/Fiction/Feature/70 mins
- 150 SECONDS AGO/2002/Documentary/90 mins/Screenings - Labocine 2021, Cinema Du Reel 2003, Yamagata IDFF 2003, Yamagata Documentary Dream Show 2003-4
- GOOD NIGHT DADDY/2002/Fiction/45 mins
- MUMBAI SHOTS/2002-2003/Documentary/16x4 mins
- NAZAR KA DHOKHA /1997/Fiction/25 mins/Screenings - Clermont Ferrand ISFF, Curtas Vila Do Conde IFF
- PHOBHABAI/1995/Fiction/30mins/Screenings -Clermont Ferrand ISFF
References/Sourcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/batul-mukhtiar-771521227/?trk=people-guest_people_search-card&originalSubdomain=in
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ZAINAB TAMBAWALA. Children's Book Illustrator. Works with Animagic on Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Zainab tambawalla has studied Animation from NID ahmedabad. She has worked with Animagic on their award winning films. Zainab, a mother to two, thinks that there is no better way of capturing the day to day fun and craziness that comes with children in the house than illustration. Illustrating for children books keeps her closest to animation, and to telling stories in images. She also teaches at a graphic design school in mumbai and is an avid nature lover.
https://storyweaver.org.in/users/110-zainab-tambawalla
https://storyweaver.org.in/users/110-zainab-tambawalla
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ZILA KHAN, Sufi Singer. Mumbai. Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Zila Khan is an Indian Sufi singer and actor. She sings classical and semi-classical musical forms and performs in the tradition of Imdadkhani gharana. Zila stands for Freedom in Education and Gender Equality. She is a composer and music director. Zila also produced and directed a documentary called Spirit To Soul on her father Ustad Vilayat Khan.
Zila Khan is the daughter of Ustad Vilayat Khan the legendary sitarist and is his formal disciple. She was named by her father on the raag Zila Kaafi of Amir Khusrau. Zila Khan was empowered by her father from a young age. He taught her for fourteen to sixteen hours a day and she has mastered all his compositions. Zila Khan's musical heritage spans seven generations of Indian classical musicians and five generations of recorded music. She has performed in every major Indian and International Music Festival and venues such as: • Lincoln Center • Kennedy Center • Symphony Space, Broadway • MTV Coke Studio • MTV IGGY • Trafalgar Square. She has great command over various music styles such as Indian Classical, Semi-Classical, Sufi, Folk & Bhakti Sangeet. She sings in 8 different languages and has also sung 'Western Concertos' in English, Latin, Persian & Arabic.[5] She has also performed at several Jazz Festivals with leading artists from an array of genres and cultures. In Sufi Music style, she performs with her vast range of qaul, qalbana, gul, and now is dedicating time for the revival of traditional Ghazal singing. Her performances have the guiding presence of the gayaki tradition.
Music Therapy through UstadGah Foundation Centre and Fortis Hospital, Zila Khan is a Music Therapist and Consultant. She started the first Music Therapy wing in India. The department is dedicated towards collecting and analysing research data which will be used to treat certain ailments in patients and people all over the world who need supportive treatment or even for regular good health like Yoga.[6] Acting in a lead role in a Musical Play – Gods, Graves & Grandmothers, Zila role was that of the Grandmother on which the play was based on. She sang 14 songs in various genres of Indian Semi Classical, Bollywood, Classical, Folk and Sufi music.
In 2004 the Ministry of External Affairs had asked Zila Khan to make a documentary on the life of her father, the legendary Sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan. It is called Spirit to Soul. The documentary also shows a clipping of Ustad Vilayat Khan making Zila Khan his student/shagird and successor in a formal ceremony. Zila Khan is regularly invited to perform at President and Prime Ministerial level receptions on multiple occasions by the Indian Government. She has performed for former President APJ Kalam, President Pratibha Patil and also for former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who presented her with the 'Roll of Honor'. She was awarded the Ghalib Award.
Being a representative of Indian Heritage and Culture, Zila is one of the select artists who has featured in the Incredible India advertisement campaign for the Tourism Ministry of India. She regularly invited to go on delegations abroad with the Indian Government; and is also an official member of the organising committee of the Commonwealth Games.
References/Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zila_Khan
Zila Khan is the daughter of Ustad Vilayat Khan the legendary sitarist and is his formal disciple. She was named by her father on the raag Zila Kaafi of Amir Khusrau. Zila Khan was empowered by her father from a young age. He taught her for fourteen to sixteen hours a day and she has mastered all his compositions. Zila Khan's musical heritage spans seven generations of Indian classical musicians and five generations of recorded music. She has performed in every major Indian and International Music Festival and venues such as: • Lincoln Center • Kennedy Center • Symphony Space, Broadway • MTV Coke Studio • MTV IGGY • Trafalgar Square. She has great command over various music styles such as Indian Classical, Semi-Classical, Sufi, Folk & Bhakti Sangeet. She sings in 8 different languages and has also sung 'Western Concertos' in English, Latin, Persian & Arabic.[5] She has also performed at several Jazz Festivals with leading artists from an array of genres and cultures. In Sufi Music style, she performs with her vast range of qaul, qalbana, gul, and now is dedicating time for the revival of traditional Ghazal singing. Her performances have the guiding presence of the gayaki tradition.
Music Therapy through UstadGah Foundation Centre and Fortis Hospital, Zila Khan is a Music Therapist and Consultant. She started the first Music Therapy wing in India. The department is dedicated towards collecting and analysing research data which will be used to treat certain ailments in patients and people all over the world who need supportive treatment or even for regular good health like Yoga.[6] Acting in a lead role in a Musical Play – Gods, Graves & Grandmothers, Zila role was that of the Grandmother on which the play was based on. She sang 14 songs in various genres of Indian Semi Classical, Bollywood, Classical, Folk and Sufi music.
In 2004 the Ministry of External Affairs had asked Zila Khan to make a documentary on the life of her father, the legendary Sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan. It is called Spirit to Soul. The documentary also shows a clipping of Ustad Vilayat Khan making Zila Khan his student/shagird and successor in a formal ceremony. Zila Khan is regularly invited to perform at President and Prime Ministerial level receptions on multiple occasions by the Indian Government. She has performed for former President APJ Kalam, President Pratibha Patil and also for former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who presented her with the 'Roll of Honor'. She was awarded the Ghalib Award.
Being a representative of Indian Heritage and Culture, Zila is one of the select artists who has featured in the Incredible India advertisement campaign for the Tourism Ministry of India. She regularly invited to go on delegations abroad with the Indian Government; and is also an official member of the organising committee of the Commonwealth Games.
References/Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zila_Khan
Strides in Corporate & Business Sector [15]
Strides in Corporate & Business Sector [15]
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ZAHABIYA KHORAKIWALA. Managing Director. Wockhardt Hospitals. Mumbai.
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. MUNZA MEMON, Vice President India Lead, Northern Trust Corporation. Chartered Accountant. Mumbai.
Munza Memon is a qualified Chartered Accountant. Hold more than 15 years of industry experience. Served as Vice President – Finance for a reputed International bank. Self investing into Corporate leadership and talent development.
References/Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/muzna/?originalSubdomain=in
References/Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/muzna/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. FARAH MALIK BHANJI, CEO. Metro Shoes. Mumbai.
https://yourstory.com/smbstory/indian-footwear-brands-metro-shoes-mumbai/amp
Farah recalls that discussions about the business were always a part of the dinner table conversations. While she initially did not have any inclination towards joining the firm, she thought of giving the company a go for six months in the 2000. This period proved to be life-changing as she realised that working in a family business was indeed her mission in life.
Farah recalls that discussions about the business were always a part of the dinner table conversations. While she initially did not have any inclination towards joining the firm, she thought of giving the company a go for six months in the 2000. This period proved to be life-changing as she realised that working in a family business was indeed her mission in life.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARAH DADA. General Manager, Tata Sons. Mumbai.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. FARHANA HAQUE, Group Director, Devices. Microsoft. Mumbai
Farhana Haque joined Microsoft in March 2019 as Group Director Devices with Microsoft in Mumbai. She is responsible for empowering an ecosystem of partners who will leverage Microsoft platforms to build solutions that power the intelligent edge, she is also responsible for the OEM business in the country.
Prior to Microsoft, Farhana was the VP and business head for IOT at Vodafone business services responsible for managing the P&L for IoT. She was responsible to set up the IoT practice for Vodafone in India and one of her key focus area was to increase awareness and adoption of IoT as a key enabler for digital transformation in the region.
Farhana has around 17+ years of experience in business consultation and P& L management. Prior to Vodafone she was a part of IBM Global Business Services where she was responsible for business process transformation, revenue and profitability of key manufacturing and retail clients for IBM India. In previous roles, she has been in multiple roles with Infosys, spanning from technology to marketing to sales. References/Linkshttps://in.linkedin.com/in/farhana-haque-62b9392
Prior to Microsoft, Farhana was the VP and business head for IOT at Vodafone business services responsible for managing the P&L for IoT. She was responsible to set up the IoT practice for Vodafone in India and one of her key focus area was to increase awareness and adoption of IoT as a key enabler for digital transformation in the region.
Farhana has around 17+ years of experience in business consultation and P& L management. Prior to Vodafone she was a part of IBM Global Business Services where she was responsible for business process transformation, revenue and profitability of key manufacturing and retail clients for IBM India. In previous roles, she has been in multiple roles with Infosys, spanning from technology to marketing to sales. References/Linkshttps://in.linkedin.com/in/farhana-haque-62b9392
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHAHNAZ MANSOOR. Policy and Corporate Communication Manager, Google. Gurugram Haryana. Check Hometown.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHABANA MASHRAKI. Client Manager at British Standards Institute, Information and Security Consultant. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shabana Mashraki is a Client Manager at British Standards Institute BSI, Mumbai. Shabana's twenty year professional experience in the IT industry spans Software Development, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Auditing, Consulting and Training. She also works as an Information Security Consultant with an Audit firm. Her recent assignments are in the Banking, NBFC, Pharma and Real Estate sectors.
Shabana has worked in the corporate quality groups of Patni Computers Ltd and Hexaware Technologies Ltd. During this stint she has undergone a full implementation of CMMi Dev L5 with Statistical Process Control. Ms. Mashraki has experience of conducting more than 200 project audits and conducted multiple rounds of Rational Process and Tool training. She was part of the award winning Project Start Support Team at Patni, and part of the award winning team at Hexaware that developed in-house process training CBT. Additionally she has undertaken org-wide Process Automation initiatives, especially in Software Configuration Management. As an independent consultant she has undertaken assignments for implementation of ITIL CMDB and ITSM best practices for Indian Oil PSU, Project Management for Singapore based MLM software company, Human Productivity Audit for Neterson Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Ms. Mashraki has undertaken CISA, ISO 9001:2008 Lead Assessor, CMMI Dev 1.2 L5, Rational Unified Process Certified, Experienced Rational Clearcase professional, ITIL v3 Foundation Course.
References/Sourcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/shabanamashrakihttps://www.facebook.com/shabana.mashraki
Shabana has worked in the corporate quality groups of Patni Computers Ltd and Hexaware Technologies Ltd. During this stint she has undergone a full implementation of CMMi Dev L5 with Statistical Process Control. Ms. Mashraki has experience of conducting more than 200 project audits and conducted multiple rounds of Rational Process and Tool training. She was part of the award winning Project Start Support Team at Patni, and part of the award winning team at Hexaware that developed in-house process training CBT. Additionally she has undertaken org-wide Process Automation initiatives, especially in Software Configuration Management. As an independent consultant she has undertaken assignments for implementation of ITIL CMDB and ITSM best practices for Indian Oil PSU, Project Management for Singapore based MLM software company, Human Productivity Audit for Neterson Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Ms. Mashraki has undertaken CISA, ISO 9001:2008 Lead Assessor, CMMI Dev 1.2 L5, Rational Unified Process Certified, Experienced Rational Clearcase professional, ITIL v3 Foundation Course.
References/Sourcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/shabanamashrakihttps://www.facebook.com/shabana.mashraki
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHABINA SHEIKH. Business Head-PLADA INFOTECH SERVICES PVT LTD. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shabina Sheikh's journey started from Asia’s largest slum area named “DHARAVI” where there was no priority for education (that too for girl child) to the position of business head managing 10 cities Pan India interacting regularly with the team size of 2000 people working directly / indirectly for the project within the company & well recognized for the performance. Shabina is also involved in several social activities in education domain, women upliftment program and Senior citizen's Old age homes.
Shabina has received several awards and recognitions. She was recognized as “Best customer Centric award of the year-2021, Honored as “Pride of India award”; A pride crown Holder with the title of “Perfect woman-2021” by perfect woman lifestyle magazine; Recognized as “Innovative Leader of the year in Finance” by L& D Transformance Forum; Awarded for “India Fame Awards- Best woman influential Personality” by Archana jain & awarded as “Best Personality Development Coach” for under privileged people” by various organizations and groups.
References/Sourcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shabina-shaikh-57b4ab10b
Shabina has received several awards and recognitions. She was recognized as “Best customer Centric award of the year-2021, Honored as “Pride of India award”; A pride crown Holder with the title of “Perfect woman-2021” by perfect woman lifestyle magazine; Recognized as “Innovative Leader of the year in Finance” by L& D Transformance Forum; Awarded for “India Fame Awards- Best woman influential Personality” by Archana jain & awarded as “Best Personality Development Coach” for under privileged people” by various organizations and groups.
References/Sourcehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shabina-shaikh-57b4ab10b
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. JENICE SOMJI. Director of Sanskruti and Nulife Hospitality and Infrastructure Company in Pune, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details. [Add links]
Born in an Ismaili Muslim Business Family in Ahmedabad, Jenice Somji studied MBA from Symbiosis International University, M.A in Education Leadership from MIT, Diploma in School Management and Leadership from Harvard University and is an Alumna of the ILSS (India Leaders for Social Sector) Leadership Program. Jenice is the Director of Sanskruti and Nulife Hospitality and Infrastructure Company in Pune, India. She is actively involved in the Strategic planning and management of the company for the last 20 years.
Jenice is very passionate about Women Empowerment and Education for Girls. She believes that Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process. She is associated with the various NGOs, like Aga Khan Development Network, Led By Foundation, Rotary Foundation India, WAGGGS (World Association for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts), Olave Baden Powell Society (OB-PS) and Ismailia Helping Society (IHS).
Jenice has worked for Youth Development, Skill Development and Moral values in the younger generation. For past 15 years She has been working for the Empowerment of the Underprivileged women by promoting these women's potential through education, skill development and employment, giving paramount importance to the elimination of poverty, illiteracy and ill health among women. She has worked with underprivileged Women across India and helped form many Self Help Groups and upgrading their life skills, getting back to Education, making them Computer Literate and starting small Scale Businesses.
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Jenice is very passionate about Women Empowerment and Education for Girls. She believes that Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process. She is associated with the various NGOs, like Aga Khan Development Network, Led By Foundation, Rotary Foundation India, WAGGGS (World Association for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts), Olave Baden Powell Society (OB-PS) and Ismailia Helping Society (IHS).
Jenice has worked for Youth Development, Skill Development and Moral values in the younger generation. For past 15 years She has been working for the Empowerment of the Underprivileged women by promoting these women's potential through education, skill development and employment, giving paramount importance to the elimination of poverty, illiteracy and ill health among women. She has worked with underprivileged Women across India and helped form many Self Help Groups and upgrading their life skills, getting back to Education, making them Computer Literate and starting small Scale Businesses.
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. Mumbai. SHABNAM KHAN . Assistant Vice President | Head - Compliance & Risk SSC at Travelex. Mumbai, Maharashtra.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. Mumbai. ZEENAT HAMIRANI. Head-Policy (Retail, Rural and Business Banking) at ICICI Bank. Mumbai, Maharashtra.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHAGUFTA KHAN. Director, Integrity and Corrosion Management, Amco Integrity Pvt Ltd, Pune, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
Dr. Shagufta Khan, Director Integrity and Corrosion Management at AMCO Integrity Pty Ltd, Australia . Ph. D (Corrosion Engineering) – Homi Bhabha National Institute, Department of Atomic Energy.
Dr Shagufta Khan has 13 years of industrial experience. She is a dedicated professional having experience in Integrity and corrosion management and research and development. She has completed a few projects on corrosion management, asset integrity, risk-based inspection, fitness for services and corrosion failure analysis. She has published 17 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. She has presented her research work in several international conferences.
DOCTORATE in Corrosion engineering - Homi Bhabha National Institute- India, 2009-2016
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Dr Shagufta Khan has 13 years of industrial experience. She is a dedicated professional having experience in Integrity and corrosion management and research and development. She has completed a few projects on corrosion management, asset integrity, risk-based inspection, fitness for services and corrosion failure analysis. She has published 17 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. She has presented her research work in several international conferences.
DOCTORATE in Corrosion engineering - Homi Bhabha National Institute- India, 2009-2016
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. AFSHAN CHEVELWALLA. Associate Director, Cipla Limited. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
Dr. Afsha Chevelwalla directly manages Cipla IB CEO’s office for Governance, Reviews and Project management. Some of her achievements include:
Business insights shared with IB CEO beforehand to ensure right business questions are being asked. Upheld cadence for all leadership reviewsPartnered in preparation of all CEO, MC, Board & Top management presentations – Complete cross-functional collaboration across Cipla IB for all major initiatives in the companyIntegral part of Cipla IB’s Re-imagination initiatives as a part of ‘The New Normal’ in the light of Covid-19 situation – Across all functions & domains- Cost, Customer, People & Channel Lead the ‘Telemedicine’ initiative as a part of re-imagining business across 18 divisions, 4 platforms - >25k doctors reached, >16k onboarded,>3 lac Rx in 4 monthsEcosystem shaping initiatives - Established partnership with ‘BabyChakra’ for introducing newer digital avenues for Gynacs & ObstetriciansAssisted in conceptualizing integrated disease management program ‘Wellthy’ for chronic diseases – Diabetes, HTN, High cholesterol >2.5k patients, >400 doctorsIntroduced E-Sampling to ensure on-time, structured, tracked and analyzed sample delivery system along with marketing promotions on a single platformDifferentiated Engagement as knowledge partners, partnered with University of Virginia, Darden for executive programs for >2k & with IDF for >1k HCPsInitiated ‘Remote-detailing’ for Cipla IB across 7 divisions for therapy shaping molecules – Mabs, Insulin, Novel Inj- Ellores, COPD etc.M&A – Drove the commercial buy side of a 1500 Cr deal for Acute portfolio spread across 7 divisions, other deals – CNS & Derma portfolioCreated the FY-21 strategy for Cipla IB with the CEO & Organized the Leadership Summit
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Business insights shared with IB CEO beforehand to ensure right business questions are being asked. Upheld cadence for all leadership reviewsPartnered in preparation of all CEO, MC, Board & Top management presentations – Complete cross-functional collaboration across Cipla IB for all major initiatives in the companyIntegral part of Cipla IB’s Re-imagination initiatives as a part of ‘The New Normal’ in the light of Covid-19 situation – Across all functions & domains- Cost, Customer, People & Channel Lead the ‘Telemedicine’ initiative as a part of re-imagining business across 18 divisions, 4 platforms - >25k doctors reached, >16k onboarded,>3 lac Rx in 4 monthsEcosystem shaping initiatives - Established partnership with ‘BabyChakra’ for introducing newer digital avenues for Gynacs & ObstetriciansAssisted in conceptualizing integrated disease management program ‘Wellthy’ for chronic diseases – Diabetes, HTN, High cholesterol >2.5k patients, >400 doctorsIntroduced E-Sampling to ensure on-time, structured, tracked and analyzed sample delivery system along with marketing promotions on a single platformDifferentiated Engagement as knowledge partners, partnered with University of Virginia, Darden for executive programs for >2k & with IDF for >1k HCPsInitiated ‘Remote-detailing’ for Cipla IB across 7 divisions for therapy shaping molecules – Mabs, Insulin, Novel Inj- Ellores, COPD etc.M&A – Drove the commercial buy side of a 1500 Cr deal for Acute portfolio spread across 7 divisions, other deals – CNS & Derma portfolioCreated the FY-21 strategy for Cipla IB with the CEO & Organized the Leadership Summit
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RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. BUSHRA KAMBO. Artifical Intelligence Expert, Analyst, JP Morgan Chase & Co. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
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www.linkedin.com/in/bushra-kambo
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHAHEENA ATTARWALA. Design Leader. UX Design Manager, Microsoft. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Shaheena Attarwala works at Microsoft as a UX Design Manager where she leads research & design and for emerging economies. Born into a poor and uneducated family in a village in Uttar Pradesh, she was raised in the slums of Mumbai. Attarwala resisted an early marriage and pursued education fearlessly against her family's will and support. Life in the slum exposed her to severest living conditions, gender bias, and sexual harassment. Her perpetual curiosity to learn and a focus to design a different life for herself paved the path for her subsequent achievements. She holds a degree in Law and her social work initiatives have received recognition from the United Nations Orgs. She was also named as one of the “Unsung Heroes” of India by The India Today in 2019. She is also a fellow at the prestigious GP Birla Fellowship for young women leaders. Her journey has inspired girls to pursue education & career and has changed the mindset of parents. Apart from making the digital world a better place, she also endeavors to open a school for the unprivileged children in her village combining the art of technology and design, as she strongly believes that technology is an equalizer and levels the playing field like it has for her. It acts as a catalyst in reducing the empathy gap in the world by bringing knowledge to everyone's home via the means of the internet.
She advocates that people from vulnerable backgrounds must strive towards being part of the mainstream society through the medium of education and conquer that space. Until that happens the dream of an egalitarian society is faraway. To pay it forward today she mentors young girls at fellowships such as Karm Trust & LedBy Org and also grooms specially abled girls at Mind Assets.
She advocates that people from vulnerable backgrounds must strive towards being part of the mainstream society through the medium of education and conquer that space. Until that happens the dream of an egalitarian society is faraway. To pay it forward today she mentors young girls at fellowships such as Karm Trust & LedBy Org and also grooms specially abled girls at Mind Assets.
Contributions to Philanthropy & CSR Giving [4]
Contributions to Philanthropy & CSR Giving [4]
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. NAGMA MULLA. President and COO at EdelGive Foundation. Mumbai, Maharahstra.
Naghma Mulla is the President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at EdelGive Foundation. She also serves as a Director on the Board of the Foundation. Over the last eight years, Naghma has been instrumental in driving the vision of the foundation towards building growth and scale for the organisations the foundation supports. She has also fostered collaborative philanthropy by partnering with diverse international and national stakeholders within the sector on large-scale collaborative and innovative programmes of social change.
Naghma has been a Director at Railway Children India. She is also a mentor, at the Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at IIM Bangalore, providing strategic support to several start-ups. Naghma began her career with Bajaj Alliance General Insurance and played an instrumental role in their initial team.
She is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and has a Masters Degree (M.Com) from Pune University.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/naghma-mulla-62245b68/
Naghma has been a Director at Railway Children India. She is also a mentor, at the Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at IIM Bangalore, providing strategic support to several start-ups. Naghma began her career with Bajaj Alliance General Insurance and played an instrumental role in their initial team.
She is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and has a Masters Degree (M.Com) from Pune University.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/naghma-mulla-62245b68/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SHERIN ALI. CSR Head- location PUNE at WNS Global Services - Maharashtra.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. MEHNAAZ NADIADWALA, Film Producer & Philanthropist. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Mehnaaz Nadiadwala is a film producer and philanthropist based in Mumbai. She established the Mehnaaz AG Nadiadwala (MAGN) Charitable Foundation in April 2017 which is known for its charitable activities in the fields of Healthcare, Social Welfare and Education. The family foundation is inspired by Mr. AG Nadiadwala , Mehnaaz's father, and her children Arafat khan and Ilham khan are the co trustees.
Some of the key initiatives led by Mehnaaz through MAGN include the Womanistan Moksh Awards recognizing leaders who have made a huge impact towards society. Mehnaaz is passionate about the issues of the girl child and empowering women to scale up and rise up from grass root levels. Her film "It’s a girl" highlighting the issue of sex selection in India, received 22 international awards and has been covered by media across the globe. Ms. Nadiadwala's upcoming projects include an Indo-UK upcoming film on widows is under production and another on Kashmir young girls rock band. She is also collaborating with partners in USA for helping Acid victims in India
Mehnaaz has received many awards and recognitions including the Woman of Substance award in 2020 from Mother Teresa University accredited to JBR Harvard, USA. She has also received the Bharat excellence award for her achievements and contributions at the seminar of economic growth and national unity. ( add year). Ms. Nadiadwala has a doctorate in strategic management from the Indian Virtual University of Peace and Education which is registered under Niti Aayog Government of India. She is also a certified independent director of IOD (Institute of Directors). Mehnaaz has also served as past President Rotary 2013 and Assistant governor Rotary 2018 Karnataka.
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Some of the key initiatives led by Mehnaaz through MAGN include the Womanistan Moksh Awards recognizing leaders who have made a huge impact towards society. Mehnaaz is passionate about the issues of the girl child and empowering women to scale up and rise up from grass root levels. Her film "It’s a girl" highlighting the issue of sex selection in India, received 22 international awards and has been covered by media across the globe. Ms. Nadiadwala's upcoming projects include an Indo-UK upcoming film on widows is under production and another on Kashmir young girls rock band. She is also collaborating with partners in USA for helping Acid victims in India
Mehnaaz has received many awards and recognitions including the Woman of Substance award in 2020 from Mother Teresa University accredited to JBR Harvard, USA. She has also received the Bharat excellence award for her achievements and contributions at the seminar of economic growth and national unity. ( add year). Ms. Nadiadwala has a doctorate in strategic management from the Indian Virtual University of Peace and Education which is registered under Niti Aayog Government of India. She is also a certified independent director of IOD (Institute of Directors). Mehnaaz has also served as past President Rotary 2013 and Assistant governor Rotary 2018 Karnataka.
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- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/toi-and-mehnaaz-nadiadwala-join-hands-for-a-movie-on-the-girl-child/articleshow/64602237.cms
- https://m.indiaaheadnews.com/article/entertainment/337515
- https://www.amazon.com/Its-Girl-Dialogues-Mehnaaz-Nadiadwala-ebook/dp/B06XZ6F7XY
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. RAZIA AHMED. Secretary General, Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture. Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
Making an impact through Media [6]
Making an impact through Media [6]
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. RANA AYUB. Journalist & Columnist with The Washington Post, Mumbai. Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
Rana Ayyub is a journalist and writer. She is the author of the investigative book Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up.
Rana worked for Tehelka, a Delhi-based political news magazine, as an investigative journalist, where she took up a project to conduct a prolonged sting operation aimed at snaring politicians and government officials of Gujarat and get them to reveal any potential cover-ups regarding the Gujarat riots of 2002. However, at the end of the eight month long exercise, the management of Tehelka felt that the recordings which she had made did not provide any new or sensational information, and that they could not publish any story on the basis of the recordings. However, Rana did not agree and resigned from Tehelka, and self published her book Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up, in which she documented the verbatim transcripts of recordings, made during the sting operation using a concealed recording device, of many bureaucrats and police officers of Gujarat.
Ayyub's investigation of the alleged Gujarat fake encounters has been listed by Outlook magazine as one of the twenty greatest magazine stories of all time across the world. The 'Citation of Excellence' was conferred to Rana Ayyub in the 2017 edition of the Global Shining Light Award for her undercover investigation revealing state's top officials’ complicity during the 2002 Gujarat Riots. In the year 2018 Rana Ayyub was rewarded the most Resilient Global journalist at the Peace Palace in Hague. Rana was given the award for demonstrating extraordinary courage and perseverance in her journalistic work. She has also been named by Time magazine among ten global journalists who face maximum threats to their lives. She has been profiled by The New Yorke
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/rana-ayyub/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Ayyub
Rana worked for Tehelka, a Delhi-based political news magazine, as an investigative journalist, where she took up a project to conduct a prolonged sting operation aimed at snaring politicians and government officials of Gujarat and get them to reveal any potential cover-ups regarding the Gujarat riots of 2002. However, at the end of the eight month long exercise, the management of Tehelka felt that the recordings which she had made did not provide any new or sensational information, and that they could not publish any story on the basis of the recordings. However, Rana did not agree and resigned from Tehelka, and self published her book Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up, in which she documented the verbatim transcripts of recordings, made during the sting operation using a concealed recording device, of many bureaucrats and police officers of Gujarat.
Ayyub's investigation of the alleged Gujarat fake encounters has been listed by Outlook magazine as one of the twenty greatest magazine stories of all time across the world. The 'Citation of Excellence' was conferred to Rana Ayyub in the 2017 edition of the Global Shining Light Award for her undercover investigation revealing state's top officials’ complicity during the 2002 Gujarat Riots. In the year 2018 Rana Ayyub was rewarded the most Resilient Global journalist at the Peace Palace in Hague. Rana was given the award for demonstrating extraordinary courage and perseverance in her journalistic work. She has also been named by Time magazine among ten global journalists who face maximum threats to their lives. She has been profiled by The New Yorke
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/rana-ayyub/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Ayyub
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. ATIKA FAROOQUI , Mumbai. Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
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RBTC Maharashtra nominee. SAMIN HUSSAIN. Freelance digital Marketer and Branding Consultant. Pune. Maharashtra
A Freelance Digital Marketer & Brand Management consultant. My portfolio of work encompasses digital marketing, content writing, copywriting, social media management, ads management, e-commerce marketing, etc.
Recently, I have also started a Podcast channel to share my lessons and learnings from the Industry.
Client Management Skills, Problem-solving ability are the key skills of mine.
I have worked with more than 100+ brands across India and helped them gain business through social media.
Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/saminhussain/
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. SAMEERA KHAN. Journalist and Author. Mumbai. Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sameera Khan is a Mumbai-based independent journalist, writer, and researcher. A former assistant editor at The Times of India, she is currently a fellow at the TISS, PUKAR & Max Planck Institute Urban Aspirations Project.
She recently co-authored a book (with Shilpa Phadke & Shilpa Ranade) on women and public space titled, Why Loiter? Women & Risk on Mumbai Streets (Penguin Books India, 2011) and has contributed essays to several anthologies including Bombay, meri jaan: Writings on Mumbai (Penguin Books 2003), the UDRI Mumbai Readers, Missing: Half the Story, Journalism as if Gender Matters (Zubaan Books, 2010) and Chawls of Mumbai: Galleries of Life (Imprint One, 2011).
An active founder member of the Network of Women in Media, India, she co-authored the first Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) India Report 2010. A former co-editor of the ‘Bombay Explorer’, the journal of the Bombay Local History Society, her on-going interest is in researching/writing on the old Muslim neighbourhoods of the city.
She has a BA in History and Anthropology from St. Xavier's College (University of Bombay), a Diploma in mass communications from Sophia Polytechnic, and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University, New York.
Linkshttps://www.socialdifference.columbia.edu/faculty-/sameera-khan
She recently co-authored a book (with Shilpa Phadke & Shilpa Ranade) on women and public space titled, Why Loiter? Women & Risk on Mumbai Streets (Penguin Books India, 2011) and has contributed essays to several anthologies including Bombay, meri jaan: Writings on Mumbai (Penguin Books 2003), the UDRI Mumbai Readers, Missing: Half the Story, Journalism as if Gender Matters (Zubaan Books, 2010) and Chawls of Mumbai: Galleries of Life (Imprint One, 2011).
An active founder member of the Network of Women in Media, India, she co-authored the first Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) India Report 2010. A former co-editor of the ‘Bombay Explorer’, the journal of the Bombay Local History Society, her on-going interest is in researching/writing on the old Muslim neighbourhoods of the city.
She has a BA in History and Anthropology from St. Xavier's College (University of Bombay), a Diploma in mass communications from Sophia Polytechnic, and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University, New York.
Linkshttps://www.socialdifference.columbia.edu/faculty-/sameera-khan
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. MARYAM FARHAT. Public Relations Expert. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Maryam Farhat is a content creator, Food blogger and influencer. She has three years of experience at the St. Regis Mumbai as the Assistant Guest Relations Manager. As such, Maryam supervised the arrival experience of hotel VIPs such as Miss World, and organised fashion shows, weddings, and executive events for global groups such as the Young President’s Organization. She was responsible for handling platinum and gold members, long-term guests, customer issues and complaints, lobby operations. While working for St. Regis, Maryam earned more than 400 positive reviews in Marriott’s Guest Voice and Tripadvisor. She has been awarded three Certificates of Appreciation for accomplishments in tasks and dedication by the hotel.
Maryam is also a food blog reviewer on Zomato a level 13 and expertise in 28 areas within over 800 reviews and 8.5 thousand photos, Maryam has worked as head of marketing, hospitality and public relations for inter-college festivals and events for three years. She has also participated in social and environmental gatherings such as tributes to 9/11 victims and cancer prevention and awareness events. She was an event head and anchor for Curly Tales where she planned and executed food and entertainment events . She also travelled and starred in more many videos and created viral content for them. Worked with Zoom Tv as a Fashion head and producer and decided to do something on her own!
Maryam is also a food blog reviewer on Zomato a level 13 and expertise in 28 areas within over 800 reviews and 8.5 thousand photos, Maryam has worked as head of marketing, hospitality and public relations for inter-college festivals and events for three years. She has also participated in social and environmental gatherings such as tributes to 9/11 victims and cancer prevention and awareness events. She was an event head and anchor for Curly Tales where she planned and executed food and entertainment events . She also travelled and starred in more many videos and created viral content for them. Worked with Zoom Tv as a Fashion head and producer and decided to do something on her own!
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. SAYIDA KHAN, Public Relations and Digital Marketing Expert. Founder- Akund Communications. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Sadiya Khan, the founder of Akund Communications, has been a public relations and digital marketing expert with more than 12 years of experience across all sectors. In 2015, she founded Akund Communications, a multi-sector PR communications company. With this brand, she excels in creating functional and sustainable PR plans - strategising digital marketing campaigns and creating a secure positioning for your brand. Over five years, she has handled more than 100 clients successfully.
Her work includes working for brands in Infrastructure, Health, Real Estate, Hospitality, Start-ups, Lifestyle and Entertainment. She has worked with large-scale corporates and start-ups, helping both with equal zeal in building and maintaining their brands. Based out of Mumbai, Sadiya excels in providing her clients with value-oriented communication services and enhancing their presence in print, electronic, radio and online media. Her clients include Steel Users Federation of India, Global Ocean Group, Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), All India Toys Federation, Panchshil Realty, Asian Colour Coated Ispat Ltd, Thakur Aviation, Falguni Pathak, etc.
Sadia is an expert at media engagement - planning press releases, getting exclusive coverage, opinion articles and interviews and distributing client content to the appropriate target audience across India. She has an extensive experience in organising press conferences, webinars, seminars and other corporate events. She is also a master at crisis management - proactively pitching media stories, organising press conferences and helping turn the tide of bad press. She leverages her domain experience and media network to bring her clients positive publicity and deliver them long-term benefits. Sadiya honed her PR practices working with two of the biggest PR brands in the country - Adfactors and Concept PR. She also worked with Reliance Power, managing their internal and external communication activities.
Khan, the founder of Akund Communications, has been a public relations and digital marketing expert with more than 12 years of experience across all sectors. Her work profile includes working for brands in Infrastructure, Health, Real Estate, Hospitality, Start-ups, Lifestyle and Entertainment. She has worked with large-scale corporates and start-ups, helping both with equal zeal in building and maintaining their brands.
Based out of Mumbai, Sadiya excels in providing her clients with value-oriented communication services and enhancing their presence in print, electronic, radio and online media. Her clients include Steel Users Federation of India, Global Ocean Group, Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), All India Toys Federation, Panchshil Realty, Asian Colour Coated Ispat Ltd, Thakur Aviation, Falguni Pathak, etc.
In terms of media coverage, she is an expert at media engagement - planning press releases, getting exclusive coverage, opinion articles and interviews and distributing client content to the appropriate target audience across India. She has extensive experience in organising press conferences, webinars, seminars and other corporate events.
She is also a master at crisis management - proactively pitching media stories, organising press conferences and helping turn the tide of bad press. She leverages her domain experience and media network to bring her clients positive publicity and deliver them long-term benefits.
Sadiya honed her PR practices working with two of the biggest PR brands in the country - Adfactors and Concept PR. She also worked with Reliance Power, managing their internal and external communication activities.
In 2015, she founded Akund Communications, a multi-sector PR communications company. With this brand, she excels in creating functional and sustainable PR plans - strategizing digital marketing campaigns and creating a secure positioning for your brand. Here, over five years, she has handled more than 100 clients successfully.
Her work includes working for brands in Infrastructure, Health, Real Estate, Hospitality, Start-ups, Lifestyle and Entertainment. She has worked with large-scale corporates and start-ups, helping both with equal zeal in building and maintaining their brands. Based out of Mumbai, Sadiya excels in providing her clients with value-oriented communication services and enhancing their presence in print, electronic, radio and online media. Her clients include Steel Users Federation of India, Global Ocean Group, Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), All India Toys Federation, Panchshil Realty, Asian Colour Coated Ispat Ltd, Thakur Aviation, Falguni Pathak, etc.
Sadia is an expert at media engagement - planning press releases, getting exclusive coverage, opinion articles and interviews and distributing client content to the appropriate target audience across India. She has an extensive experience in organising press conferences, webinars, seminars and other corporate events. She is also a master at crisis management - proactively pitching media stories, organising press conferences and helping turn the tide of bad press. She leverages her domain experience and media network to bring her clients positive publicity and deliver them long-term benefits. Sadiya honed her PR practices working with two of the biggest PR brands in the country - Adfactors and Concept PR. She also worked with Reliance Power, managing their internal and external communication activities.
Khan, the founder of Akund Communications, has been a public relations and digital marketing expert with more than 12 years of experience across all sectors. Her work profile includes working for brands in Infrastructure, Health, Real Estate, Hospitality, Start-ups, Lifestyle and Entertainment. She has worked with large-scale corporates and start-ups, helping both with equal zeal in building and maintaining their brands.
Based out of Mumbai, Sadiya excels in providing her clients with value-oriented communication services and enhancing their presence in print, electronic, radio and online media. Her clients include Steel Users Federation of India, Global Ocean Group, Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), All India Toys Federation, Panchshil Realty, Asian Colour Coated Ispat Ltd, Thakur Aviation, Falguni Pathak, etc.
In terms of media coverage, she is an expert at media engagement - planning press releases, getting exclusive coverage, opinion articles and interviews and distributing client content to the appropriate target audience across India. She has extensive experience in organising press conferences, webinars, seminars and other corporate events.
She is also a master at crisis management - proactively pitching media stories, organising press conferences and helping turn the tide of bad press. She leverages her domain experience and media network to bring her clients positive publicity and deliver them long-term benefits.
Sadiya honed her PR practices working with two of the biggest PR brands in the country - Adfactors and Concept PR. She also worked with Reliance Power, managing their internal and external communication activities.
In 2015, she founded Akund Communications, a multi-sector PR communications company. With this brand, she excels in creating functional and sustainable PR plans - strategizing digital marketing campaigns and creating a secure positioning for your brand. Here, over five years, she has handled more than 100 clients successfully.
Leveraging Legal Acumen [6]
Leveraging Legal Acumen [6]
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. KHUSHNUMA KHAN. Lawyer and Solicitor. Proprietor, M/s. K K Associates Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Proprietor of M/s. K K Associates. An Internationally qualified lawyer and Solicitor with over 28 years of experience in dealing with Domestic and International corporate litigation & Arbitration. Advising various real estate developers, high net-worth individuals, banks, Corporate houses, etc with respect to Commercial transactions and investments.
ProprietorProprietorM/s. K K Associates Jan 2009 - Present · 13 yrs 9 mosJan 2009 - Present · 13 yrs 9 mosMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Founded in the year 2009, by Ms. Khushnuma Khan. M/s. KK Associates is a full service law firm . The firm aims at providing outstanding legal solutions in our chosen area of practice with a strong emphasis on ethics. K K Associates has provided legal representation and advisory services to leading international and domestic business, banks, financial service providers,high net-worth individuals, funds, governmental and statutory authorities, among others. Core areas of practice include but not limited to : Banking and capital markets; Corporate &Commercial litigation, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Aviation, Real estate (Advisory, Transactional and Litigation), Maritime, Foreign Direct Investment (Advisory & Transactional), Intellectual Property Rights. She has also appointed Arbitrator ans Mediator with a Bombay High Court, Indian Council of Arbitrators, India Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators and Geneva International Dispute Resolution Institute
References/Sources:https://www.linkedin.com/in/khushnuma-khan-15841b1b/
ProprietorProprietorM/s. K K Associates Jan 2009 - Present · 13 yrs 9 mosJan 2009 - Present · 13 yrs 9 mosMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Founded in the year 2009, by Ms. Khushnuma Khan. M/s. KK Associates is a full service law firm . The firm aims at providing outstanding legal solutions in our chosen area of practice with a strong emphasis on ethics. K K Associates has provided legal representation and advisory services to leading international and domestic business, banks, financial service providers,high net-worth individuals, funds, governmental and statutory authorities, among others. Core areas of practice include but not limited to : Banking and capital markets; Corporate &Commercial litigation, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Aviation, Real estate (Advisory, Transactional and Litigation), Maritime, Foreign Direct Investment (Advisory & Transactional), Intellectual Property Rights. She has also appointed Arbitrator ans Mediator with a Bombay High Court, Indian Council of Arbitrators, India Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators and Geneva International Dispute Resolution Institute
References/Sources:https://www.linkedin.com/in/khushnuma-khan-15841b1b/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. RUBINA AKHTAR HASAN RIZVI. Criminal Lawyer | Forensic Expert. High Court of Mumbai. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Criminal Lawyer | Forensic Expert | Educationist | Entrepreneur Founder & Director - Rizvi Builders, Help Yourself Foundation & Ruby Constructions CEO: Zainabia Channel
Rubina Akhtar Hasan Rizvi is an Indian Criminal lawyer associated with the High Court of Mumbai. She is also a Forensic Expert and an Educationist par excellence.She is the Director of Rizvi Education Society, Dr. Akhtar Rizvi Educational Trust, Karari and Rizvi Builders. She is the Founder of NGO Help Yourself Foundation which works in the areas of Cancer Awareness , Women and Child Welfare Initiatives and Entrepreneurship initiatives for women.
References/Sources:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubina-akhtar-hasan-rizvi-a0a279177/
Rubina Akhtar Hasan Rizvi is an Indian Criminal lawyer associated with the High Court of Mumbai. She is also a Forensic Expert and an Educationist par excellence.She is the Director of Rizvi Education Society, Dr. Akhtar Rizvi Educational Trust, Karari and Rizvi Builders. She is the Founder of NGO Help Yourself Foundation which works in the areas of Cancer Awareness , Women and Child Welfare Initiatives and Entrepreneurship initiatives for women.
References/Sources:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubina-akhtar-hasan-rizvi-a0a279177/
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. LUBNA YUSUF. Author, Lawyer, Documentary Film-maker. Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Lubna Yusuf is an author, lawyer and a noted documentary filmmaker based in Mumbai, India. She is the Founder of La Legal and Co-Founder of FishEyeBox Innovation Lab. She is the Co-Author of The AI Book on Fintech published by Wiley Publications. Purpose of Flowers, a bestseller Haiku book, is her first book of Poetry and Illustrations. She read creative writing at Oxford University. Her articles on AI, Law, Privacy & Ethics in Deep tech are published in corporate magazines and news journals. She is a visiting lecturer of IPR and media laws at NMIMS School of Design. She is also a Mentor of Change for Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, Government of India.
She is recipient of the Legal Writer’s Award 2019 by Legal Service India for her article on Film and Media laws. She was the Finalist for the Women-in-Tech Awards at WTF Chicago, in Intelligence and Automation for her role as design strategist & legal tech expert for India's first Autonomous Car System. In July 2020 she has been nominated for ‘Women in AI Leadership Awards’, at Venture Beat Transform 2020 in the Women In AI Entrepreneur segment.
She had worked as an assistant director in the feature film Dedh Ishqiya. Her debut documentary film Maida (White Flour) is shot across a span of eight years and is based on social issues of dowry, child marriage and girl child education in rural India. It premiered at the Prestigious International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) in June 2019. The UK premier was at We The Peoples Film Festival, the Human Rights Documentary festival of the United Nations Association( UNA-UK). It has travelled to 20 international film festivals so far.
She is recipient of the Legal Writer’s Award 2019 by Legal Service India for her article on Film and Media laws. She was the Finalist for the Women-in-Tech Awards at WTF Chicago, in Intelligence and Automation for her role as design strategist & legal tech expert for India's first Autonomous Car System. In July 2020 she has been nominated for ‘Women in AI Leadership Awards’, at Venture Beat Transform 2020 in the Women In AI Entrepreneur segment.
She had worked as an assistant director in the feature film Dedh Ishqiya. Her debut documentary film Maida (White Flour) is shot across a span of eight years and is based on social issues of dowry, child marriage and girl child education in rural India. It premiered at the Prestigious International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) in June 2019. The UK premier was at We The Peoples Film Festival, the Human Rights Documentary festival of the United Nations Association( UNA-UK). It has travelled to 20 international film festivals so far.
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. MASOOMA RANALVI. Lawyer Activist. Founder, WeSpeakOut, Mumbai. Maharashtra.
Masooma Ranalvi, grew up in a chawl in Mumbai’s Nagpada, a predominantly Muslim area, living cheek by jowl in amidst of strong and hardy working class people. She is a Law graduate from Mumbai, India, and a Chevening Scholar, with a Diploma in Women in Leadership and Management, University of Bradford, U K. She is currently an Aspen New Voices Fellow 2020. She works as a trainer on issues of gender and sexual harassment and is a social activist.
In 2015, she took the bold step to be vocal about her views on the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and how having been a victim of the practice when she was young, it impacted her deeply and mobilized support to start debate and discussion over the taboo issue in her community. Since then she has been at the forefront of a wide survivor-led campaign in India to end FGM in the community. She has inspired women and young girls across the country to openly speak about their experiences concerning FGM and to actively engage in a campaign against the practice. She has founded an organization called WeSpeakOut which is the largest survivor-led platform working against FGM in India and the world. WeSpeakOut collaborates with larger CSO’s on various issues of gender and inequality and is part of Bebaak Collective, a larger platform for addressing issues of Muslim Women.
She is also an instructor with a Story Telling organization The Moth and works on their Global Community platform. Massoma has also worked extensively on the issue of sexual harassment at workplace. I have been in the forefront of training and sensitising working people on what is sexual harassment and the law related to it. I have trained over 5000 people.
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RBTC Maharashtra nominee. NEELOFER AKHTAR, Lawyer, Advocate Mumbai High Court. Specializing in Famiy Laws. Mumbai.
Neelofer Akhtar, Advocate, Mumbai high court, specialising in family laws.
Adv. Neelofar Akhtar (M.A., B.Ed., LL.B) joined him and specialized in personal laws and is exclusively practicing in Family Court at Bandra, Mumbai.
Triple talaq is an absolutely sinful act that has no place in Islam. And we have now reached a situation in India where the courts are no longer willing to accept this practice as lawful. In the past two years I have personally handled about a dozen cases and succeeded in getting rulings, where the court refused to accept the husband’s claim of having divorced his wife and ordered that the husbands concerned pay for the maintenance of the wife and children.
Unfortunately, the media, as also the ordinary Muslim, man and woman, are still largely ignorant of this changed reality. Giving wide publicity to these judgements could go a long way in putting a check on the practice of instant divorce.
Conflicts within marriage in Muslim homes are arising today due to changed social circumstances: in lower middle class homes it is the demand for dowry which is totally un-Islamic; in middle class homes it is interference from the husband’s family; in upper class families, where more and more women are getting into professional careers, it is the wife’s pressure to break out of the joint family mould.
Another highly disturbing trend is that of the Muslim male who goes abroad for work. Often the wife’s family members are coaxed, cajoled or coerced into contributing towards large payments to the recruiting agents. The husband goes abroad promising to send a visa for his wife soon. But in very many cases what she receives after anxious waiting is not the visa but a talaqnama. Often, all that the wife knows is the post box address of the husband’s workplace, so it is very difficult serving sermons on the man.
These are all real life situations that cannot be wished away and have to be addressed. In this context, the nikahnama, a document that clearly spells out the terms of the marital contract, becomes very important. It is commonly thought that in Islam only the husband has a right to talaq, while the wife can at best ask for khula but on condition that she foregoes all her property-related rights. But this is not true. For example, divorce by mutual consent is fully acceptable in Islam. Then there is the provision of talaq-e-tafweez, whereby, through an agreement between the husband and the wife either at the time of marriage or any time thereafter, the husband delegates his right to ask for divorce also to the wife.
Until the ’40s it was a widely prevalent practice among the upper class Muslim families in UP, where to safeguard their daughter’s interests, they would incorporate the talaq-e-tafweez provision in the nikahnama. This is an over 100-year-old practice, well-recognised by the courts, but about which there is near total ignorance among Muslims today. It is perfectly acceptable in Islam (Surah 33, ayat 28 of the Koran) that at the time of marriage, a bride can stipulate conditions for the marriage that are lawful and in accordance with public morality. This could include, for example, clauses concerning a husband’s second marriage, maintenance, custody of children, share in matrimonial property, etc.
Incidentally, a nikahnama is a very private document that does not necessarily need the approval or endorsement of the Muslim Personal Law Board or any other authority. We have drawn up a nikahnama in 2001 and I know of 12-13 couples who have entered into marriage according to its stipulations.
References/Linkshttps://sabrangindia.in/content-authors/nilofer-s-akhtarhttp://www.legalcells.com/aboutus.html
RBTC Maharashtra nominee. DILLSHAD MUJAWAR, Advocate . Kohlapur Maharashtra
Impassioned Authors and Poets [2]
Impassioned Authors and Poets [2]
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ANNIE ZAIDI, Author, Mumbai, Nine Dots Prize. Mumbai, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
Annie Zaidi (born 1978) is an English-language writer from India. Her collection of essays, Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales, was short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010. In addition to essays, she also writes poetry (Crush, 2007), short stories (The Good Indian Girl, 2011), plays and has published a novella. She won The Hindu Playwright Award in 2018 and the Nine Dots Prize in 2019 that included a cash prize of $100,000 for her work Bread, Cement, Cactus — combining memoir and reportage.
She was born in Allahabad. She and her older brother were brought up by their mother Yasmin Zaidi, a school teacher and principal. Writing genes run in the family. Yasmin wrote poetry for newspapers and Annie's maternal grandfather is Padma Shri laureate and much-feted Urdu writer and scholar Ali Jawad Zaidi. She currently resides in Mumbai.
Annie Zaidi's first collection of essays, Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales, was short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010. Noted journalist and author P. Sainath has said of the book: The stories on dalits in the Punjab easily rank amongst the best done on the subject and Above all, it is the quality of the story-telling that grips you. A beautifully written book.[5] In July 2014, Harper Collins India released its third collaboration with Zaidi, this time a novella. Titled Gulab, it tells the story of an eerie romance between a living man and a ghost. Her collection of short stories Love Stories # 1 to 14, published by Harper Collins India in 2012, is a look at love, straight in the eye, to understand the alluring nature of the beast. Another collection of short stories, The Good Indian Girl, was co-authored along with Smriti Ravindra and published by Zubaan in 2011. Crush, a series of 50 illustrated poems (in collaboration with illustrator Gynelle Alves) was published in 2007. Her essays, poems and short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including Dharavi: The City Within (Harper Collins India), Mumbai Noir (Akshic/Harper Collins India), Women Changing India (Zubaan); Journeys Through Rajasthan (Rupa), First Proof: 2 (Penguin India), 21 Under 40 (Zubaan), India Shining, India Changing (Tranquebar). More of her work has appeared in literary journals such as The Little Magazine, Desilit, Pratilipi, The Raleigh Review, Mint Lounge, Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi) and Asian Cha. In June 2012, Elle magazine named Zaidi as one of the emerging South Asian writers whose writing we believe will enrich South Asian literature.[6] The list also called 20 under 40 was inspired by Granta′s 20 under 40 list. In 2015, Zaidi published an anthology called Unbound: 2,000 Years of Indian Women's Writing.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Zaidihttps://www.frontlist.in/authors/annie-zaidi
She was born in Allahabad. She and her older brother were brought up by their mother Yasmin Zaidi, a school teacher and principal. Writing genes run in the family. Yasmin wrote poetry for newspapers and Annie's maternal grandfather is Padma Shri laureate and much-feted Urdu writer and scholar Ali Jawad Zaidi. She currently resides in Mumbai.
Annie Zaidi's first collection of essays, Known Turf: Bantering with Bandits and Other True Tales, was short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010. Noted journalist and author P. Sainath has said of the book: The stories on dalits in the Punjab easily rank amongst the best done on the subject and Above all, it is the quality of the story-telling that grips you. A beautifully written book.[5] In July 2014, Harper Collins India released its third collaboration with Zaidi, this time a novella. Titled Gulab, it tells the story of an eerie romance between a living man and a ghost. Her collection of short stories Love Stories # 1 to 14, published by Harper Collins India in 2012, is a look at love, straight in the eye, to understand the alluring nature of the beast. Another collection of short stories, The Good Indian Girl, was co-authored along with Smriti Ravindra and published by Zubaan in 2011. Crush, a series of 50 illustrated poems (in collaboration with illustrator Gynelle Alves) was published in 2007. Her essays, poems and short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including Dharavi: The City Within (Harper Collins India), Mumbai Noir (Akshic/Harper Collins India), Women Changing India (Zubaan); Journeys Through Rajasthan (Rupa), First Proof: 2 (Penguin India), 21 Under 40 (Zubaan), India Shining, India Changing (Tranquebar). More of her work has appeared in literary journals such as The Little Magazine, Desilit, Pratilipi, The Raleigh Review, Mint Lounge, Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi) and Asian Cha. In June 2012, Elle magazine named Zaidi as one of the emerging South Asian writers whose writing we believe will enrich South Asian literature.[6] The list also called 20 under 40 was inspired by Granta′s 20 under 40 list. In 2015, Zaidi published an anthology called Unbound: 2,000 Years of Indian Women's Writing.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Zaidihttps://www.frontlist.in/authors/annie-zaidi
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee.ASHEE NEMAT, Author and Poet, Mumbai,
Shining in Sports [1]
Shining in Sports [1]
RBTC Maharashtra Nominee. ANISA SAYED. International pistol shooting champion. Satara, Pune, Maharashtra. Click side arrow for profile details
Anisa Sayyed (born 22 September 1980) is an Indian female pistol shooter who won two gold medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games. She also won a gold medal at the SAF games in 2006. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won a silver in the 25 m event. Besides, she won a bronze in the 2014's Asian Games and silver in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in the same year. She set a new national record by winning a gold medal in women's 25m air pistol at the National Shooting Championship Competition in 2017.
Originally belonging to Khadki, in the Satara district of Pune, Anisa is the daughter of Abdul Hameed Sayyed and is the youngest of four siblings. Her father who was a former club-level football player, used to work as a clerk at Telco. Anisa developed an interest in shooting while training for the National Cadet Corps (NCC), in college. She was awarded with the title of best NCC shooter in her school life.
References/Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisa_Sayyed
Originally belonging to Khadki, in the Satara district of Pune, Anisa is the daughter of Abdul Hameed Sayyed and is the youngest of four siblings. Her father who was a former club-level football player, used to work as a clerk at Telco. Anisa developed an interest in shooting while training for the National Cadet Corps (NCC), in college. She was awarded with the title of best NCC shooter in her school life.
References/Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisa_Sayyed
RBTC Maharashtra Team
RBTC Coordinator: Mehnaaz Nadiadwala, Mumbai
RBTC Analyst: Rushda Patel, Pune
Team Contributors: Fatima Juned, Delhi
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MEHNAAZ NADIADWALA, Film Producer & Philanthropist. State Coordinator, Rising Beyond the Ceiling Maharashtra. Contact at mehnaaz.rbtc@gmail.com
Dr. Mehnaaz Nadiadwala is a film producer and philanthropist based in Mumbai. She established the Mehnaaz AG Nadiadwala (MAGN) Charitable Foundation in April 2017 which is known for its charitable activities in the fields of Healthcare, Social Welfare and Education. The family foundation is inspired by Mr. AG Nadiadwala , Mehnaaz's father, and her children Arafat khan and Ilham khan are the co trustees.
Some of the key initiatives led by Mehnaaz through MAGN include the Womanistan Moksh Awards recognizing leaders who have made a huge impact towards society. Mehnaaz is passionate about the issues of the girl child and empowering women to scale up and rise up from grass root levels. Her film "It’s a girl" highlighting the issue of sex selection in India, received 22 international awards and has been covered by media across the globe. Ms. Nadiadwala's upcoming projects include an Indo-UK upcoming film on widows is under production and another on Kashmir young girls rock band. She is also collaborating with partners in USA for helping Acid victims in India
Mehnaaz has received many awards and recognitions including the Woman of Substance award in 2020 from Mother Teresa University accredited to JBR Harvard, USA. She has also received the Bharat excellence award for her achievements and contributions at the seminar of economic growth and national unity. ( add year). Ms. Nadiadwala has a doctorate in strategic management from the Indian Virtual University of Peace and Education which is registered under Niti Aayog Government of India. She is also a certified independent director of IOD (Institute of Directors). Mehnaaz has also served as past President Rotary 2013 and Assistant governor Rotary 2018 Karnataka.
References/Sources
Some of the key initiatives led by Mehnaaz through MAGN include the Womanistan Moksh Awards recognizing leaders who have made a huge impact towards society. Mehnaaz is passionate about the issues of the girl child and empowering women to scale up and rise up from grass root levels. Her film "It’s a girl" highlighting the issue of sex selection in India, received 22 international awards and has been covered by media across the globe. Ms. Nadiadwala's upcoming projects include an Indo-UK upcoming film on widows is under production and another on Kashmir young girls rock band. She is also collaborating with partners in USA for helping Acid victims in India
Mehnaaz has received many awards and recognitions including the Woman of Substance award in 2020 from Mother Teresa University accredited to JBR Harvard, USA. She has also received the Bharat excellence award for her achievements and contributions at the seminar of economic growth and national unity. ( add year). Ms. Nadiadwala has a doctorate in strategic management from the Indian Virtual University of Peace and Education which is registered under Niti Aayog Government of India. She is also a certified independent director of IOD (Institute of Directors). Mehnaaz has also served as past President Rotary 2013 and Assistant governor Rotary 2018 Karnataka.
References/Sources
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/toi-and-mehnaaz-nadiadwala-join-hands-for-a-movie-on-the-girl-child/articleshow/64602237.cms
- https://m.indiaaheadnews.com/article/entertainment/337515
- https://www.amazon.com/Its-Girl-Dialogues-Mehnaaz-Nadiadwala-ebook/dp/B06XZ6F7XY
RUSHDA PATEL, Research Analyst. Rising Beyond the Ceiling Maharashtra State. Student Leader. Pune. Contact for nominations rushdapatel07@gmail.com
Rushda Patel is a student in the final year of her undergraduate study in pharmacy. She is working on research projects involving the identification of biomarkers and the formulation of innovative dosage forms. She aims to establish herself in the pharma entrepreneurial space. She is a strong advocate of equality in all walks of society. She endeavors to empower the weaker sections of society by imparting skills to help them become independent.
Rushda strongly believes in the exchange of ideas and has been an active member of debate clubs. To encourage healthy discussions she has organized various events like YouthSpeak Forum 2018, an event aimed at increasing awareness about UN-SDGs among youth.
She was awarded the Best Member title for her work at AIESEC (an UN-based organization) towards empowering youth through global exchange programs. At AIESEC, she served as HR & Sales manager and was the top-performing sales manager. In her free time, she undertakes pro bono tutoring and enjoys soulful music and books.
Rushda strongly believes in the exchange of ideas and has been an active member of debate clubs. To encourage healthy discussions she has organized various events like YouthSpeak Forum 2018, an event aimed at increasing awareness about UN-SDGs among youth.
She was awarded the Best Member title for her work at AIESEC (an UN-based organization) towards empowering youth through global exchange programs. At AIESEC, she served as HR & Sales manager and was the top-performing sales manager. In her free time, she undertakes pro bono tutoring and enjoys soulful music and books.