Hundred stereotype shattering stories of courage, hard work, resilience & contribution to nation building by Muslim women from Uttar Pradesh
Rising Beyond The Ceiling (RBTC) is an initiative born out of the need to change the stereotypical narrative about Muslim women in India. It is a celebration of achievement, endeavor and diversity of India Muslim women. RBTC shines a spotlight on Muslim women's contributions to nation building in a variety of ways and professions. Founded in April 2020 this initiative aims to make Muslim women's stories more visible, provide positive role models for future generations, nurturing young women's confidence and ambition in all spheres. RBTC works across various platforms- the website, publications, multimedia as well as an outreach young women's mentorship programme. Besides, Uttar Pradesh, RBTC is putting together inspiring profiles from fourteen states in India that are home to nearly eighty percent of the country’s 100 million Muslim women population. Besides State and National levels, there is a RBTC 100 list under finalization of Global Inspirations which includes women who have done their initial studies in Indian institutions and are now making their mark in countries across the globe. A compendium of Inspirations from the Past of amazing Muslim women who are not with us now, but on whose shoulders we stand today provides the historical perspectives. We are also excited about our amazing under 30 Youth Inspirations 100 list.
We continue to welcome your nominations of inspiring Muslim women in India at risingbeyondtheceiling@gmail.com
Founder's Foreword: Muslim Women are not a Monolith
Founder's Foreword: Muslim Women are not a Monolith
There is a stereotype narrative surrounding Muslim women in India. However, the millions of 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 towards nation building in a variety of ways. Studies and surveys, including the first comprehensive study of Muslim women in India in 2001, discussed in the book “Unequal Citizens”, have identified that the interest in Muslim women is caught up in misconceptions that usually leave Muslim women invisible. Stereotypes of Indian Muslim women, entrenched in the trinity of triple talaq, multiple marriages and purdah have held them hostage for so very long. It is also commonplace to view Muslim women in India, and also globally, as a monolithic category, while they are in reality highly differentiated and heterogenous.
Rising Beyond The Ceiling
I founded the Rising Beyond The Ceiling out of the need to change the stereotypical narrative about Muslim Women in India. I believe that we ourselves must put forward and build a narrative sharing the inspiring stories of the lived reality of Muslim women’s lives, in all their diversity, to go beyond the societal stereotype. Through shining a light on the untold stories and celebrating the achievements of Muslim women in India, we aim to make them more visible and drive a new narrative. The profiles of courage and excellence of Muslim women across the states in India further demonstrate how they have overcome and addressed the hierarchies of gender, class and regional location and also extrapolate conditions that facilitate success and, can be overcome, making the path easier for the next generation of women.
The focus in developing the categories and curating the lists of inspiring Muslim women is to capture the diversity of their contributions to nation-building. I celebrate all the one hundred RBTC honorees spotlighted in this publication for rising in their chosen spheres. The word “Rise” is associated with several meaning - to appear above the horizon, to increase in intensity, to attain a higher level, to come into being and to exert oneself to meet a challenge. Learning about the life journeys of the honorees from Uttar Pradesh, I can see they have done all of these and are substantive contributors to the progress of the country. While the RBTC Uttar Pradesh Inspiring Muslim Women’s list is first of its kind and ground-breaking, it identifies only a very small sliver of the many phenomenal Muslim women in the state. More stories of courage, grit and service need to be told from across all the districts of the state. RBTC will continue to spotlight inspiring Muslim women from the state annually each year.
Hundred Inspiring Muslim Women of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is the largest state in India with an estimated current population of 240 million, The Muslim population in Uttar Pradesh is estimated to be forty-four million (19.3%) and has nearly 22 million Muslim women.
The hundred 2021 RBTC Honorees from Uttar Pradesh celebrated in this book have displayed exemplary accomplishments in various fields. Though only a small sliver of the millions of women, they tell stereotype shattering stories of courage, grit and service from across many districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, Aligarh, Agra, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Varanasi, Jalaun, Barabanki, Moradabad, Azamgarh, Shamli, Rampur, Sitapur, Farrukhabad, Bahraich, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Amroha, Shahjahanpur, Noida and Greater Noida, among others. The inspiring Muslim women from Uttar Pradesh fly drones and planes, they serve in the police and army, they are skeet shooters and bike riders, they write books and poetry, create art, play snooker and tennis championships, administer and govern, advocate for social issues, serve as lawyers, scientists and doctors, are entrepreneurs and corporate professionals and are substantive contributors to the progress of the country. They are first generation army officer, first Asian to receive nematology award, first Indian to get honorary doctorate from University in Germany, first Muslim woman vice chancellor of a university. They have expertise and recognition in a range of subjects- Sanskrit, Persian, Management, Tourism, Russian, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Aviation Robotics, Food historian and Food entrepreneur, Chartered Accountancy. Law, Medicine, among others. They serve as Deans of Law and Medical Institutes, as Executive Directors, Ministers, Member of Parliament, Member of Legislative Assembly, Chairpersons of Nagar Panchayat, Urdu Academy and Women’s Commission, Gram Pradhan and General Secretary, Principal of Colleges, Head of Services, also as Vice President of the National Stock Exchange. They serve in government, in the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Revenue Service, Indian Postal Service, Indian Information Service, As Commissioners of Sales Tax, Tax assessment officers, in the Provincial Agricultural Service and as Judges in Family Courts. From Scientist at ISRO to Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, they have Founded Labs, organizations and Societies in unique areas. Their contribution to creative arts as actors, as visual artists with exhibitions across the country, as classical artists of music and dance, in filmmaking, as performative poets is valued and recognized. They have taken forward entrepreneurship in multiple forms from being the owner of enterprises selling leading brands of bread, to fashion and design, setting up educational institutions, Travel and Tourism business, handicrafts and women’s apparel. They established their own vermicomposting and consulting companies. They are making an impact through media as journalists, Editors of News Magazines, Opinion Pieces, News Readers, Authors, Founders of web channels, Political news casters and Correspondents. They are change makers in social areas ranging from girls education, social inclusion, bringing together women in unorganized sector, rights of single women, gender based violence prevention, child abuse, Muslim women’s rights, gender discrimination, disability awareness, mental health awareness. They have received a host of prestigious awards, such as Padmashri, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, are state awardees and have a host of awards and international recognitions that would run into pages.
Bravo to all RBTC Uttar Pradesh Honorees! Learning about your life journeys, I am energized about the potential of the next generation of women leaders in the community who have role models like you.
Game-Changers
As I develop the profiles for Rising Beyond The Ceiling, I read about and talk to Muslim women from different parts of the country. Through these writings and interviews, I am looking for what Muslim women achievers have in common. The many biases and barriers that have derailed women from exploring their full potential could fill a book. However, the bigger fascination for me is not only the women who were stopped, but those who refused to be slowed down. And what does that say about what we all can do going forward.
While all women achievers are distinctive and individualistic, I see some common pointers emerging. Most achievers have a supportive person or mentor, at some point in their lives whom they always mention in different ways. Mostly in the stories, the spouse or father has been mentioned. Many stories talk of taking on professional careers after completing motherhood or in some cases as a result of responsibilities after the loss of a spouse. Most have faced brickbats and backlash but were firm in their belief and continued on the chosen path. They tend to redefine themselves as an individual without limitations of gender stereotypes, and they have been encouraged and supported in their families. The whole world doesn’t need to be on the side of Muslim women achievers, and it almost never is. But one mentor, or teacher or parent or spouse offering encouragement is vital.
One of the RBTC initiatives under development is an analysis of existing research and studies on Indian Muslim women across the country. Many studies including Sachar Committee Report, statistical and micro studies on Muslim women reiterate that the majority are among the most disadvantaged, economically impoverished and politically marginalized sections of Indian society. Group inequalities persist as a significant social division and this is apparent in at least three areas- socio-economic status, education and work. Muslim women are differentiated along the fault lines of class, community and region. At the same time their minority location does qualitatively transform women’s experiences and perceptions in very distinct ways.
I continue to learn about and talk to Muslim women from different parts of the country. They have diversified my perspective and showed that Muslim women are not a monolith. As we take charge of the new narrative, inspired by their stories and successes, saying mashallah to their tenacity, we are shedding other people's narrow definitions of success and of us, Muslim women of India. The stories are for all young women and girls in India to seek their role models and mentors in their own districts and neighborhoods and to be inspirations themselves to future generations.
Dr. Farah K. UsmaniFounder Rising Beyond The Ceiling
Shattering Stereotypes in Uniform
Shattering Stereotypes in Uniform
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ANJUM ARA, Indian Police Service (2012), Himachal Pradesh Cadre. Hometown: Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Anjum Ara is a police officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS Batch 2012) Her family belongs to Kamharia, a village in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Her father Ayub Shaikh, a civil engineer, is a government employee. Since joining the Indian Police Service in Himachal Pradesh, Anjum has served as Additional Superintendent Police Shimla, Superintendent Police at Solan and Senior Superintendent Police at Shimla as well as in Cyber Crime Departments, among others. During her district postings she made special efforts to change the image of police for citizens. Anjum Ara and her husband IAS officer Yunus Khan’s offered to support the expenses of the 12-year old daughter of Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh, who was killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector in May 2017. The couple contacted the martyr’s wife, Paramjit Kaur, and expressed the desire to look after Khushdeep, the younger daughter of the soldier, till she grows up and is independent. SSP Ara emphasizes the importance of education and economic independence for girls. Anjum is a computer engineer by training, she completed her B.Tech. from Integral University at Lucknow. Anjum received her secondary education at Saharanpur’s Arya Kanya Inter-college and her higher secondary education at HR Inter College in first division. Source/References https://www.milligazette.com/news/1-community-news/13099-anjum-ara-ips/https://www.jansatta.com/photos/picture-gallery/ips-anjum-ara-is-indias-2nd-muslim-female-ips-know-all-about-her-struggle-and-family/1462572/https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/muslim-ias-ips-couple-offers-to-look-after-naib-subedar-paramjit-singh-s-younger-daughter/story-sqM2yjFuursNVQCR7frAeL.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTPY_dhNki8
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SARIA ABBASI, Lieutenant, Indian Army, Home Town: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Ms. Saria Abbasi, a lieutenant in the Indian Army, is a resident of Ramjanki Nagar, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Leaving her earlier profession as an engineer, she followed her desire to get trained for the Indian Army. She completed her training at the Officer Training Institute in Chennai and became a lieutenant. In the graduation parade of the Academy of Chennai, her father Dr Tehseen Abbasi and mother Ms. Rehana Shamim put a star on her shoulders on September 9, 2017.
“I always wanted to do something different. Being a first-generation officer, I was not aware of anything. There were a lot of challenges, but I worked hard" Ms. Abbasi took the CDS exam in 2015, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPAC), and was ranked 20th in the All India Ranking for Girls. Still, she could not get selected. Nevertheless, she did not lose courage and prepared for the exam again. She finally got selected in 2016. She is the third Muslim woman from India and the first from eastern Uttar Pradesh to get this honor.
Ms. Abbasi completed her high school and intermediate from GN National Public School, Gorakhpur. After doing Bachelors of Technology in Genetic Engineering from IMS, Ghaziabad in 2015, she got a job as an engineer in a Delhi-based company. She also worked as a Radio Jockey associated with the BBC.
Source / References
https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/story-saria-abbasi-lieutenant-bunny-1505535.html
“I always wanted to do something different. Being a first-generation officer, I was not aware of anything. There were a lot of challenges, but I worked hard" Ms. Abbasi took the CDS exam in 2015, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPAC), and was ranked 20th in the All India Ranking for Girls. Still, she could not get selected. Nevertheless, she did not lose courage and prepared for the exam again. She finally got selected in 2016. She is the third Muslim woman from India and the first from eastern Uttar Pradesh to get this honor.
Ms. Abbasi completed her high school and intermediate from GN National Public School, Gorakhpur. After doing Bachelors of Technology in Genetic Engineering from IMS, Ghaziabad in 2015, she got a job as an engineer in a Delhi-based company. She also worked as a Radio Jockey associated with the BBC.
Source / References
https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/story-saria-abbasi-lieutenant-bunny-1505535.html
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. AMREEN WARSI, Airline Pilot with Spice Jet Airways. First Muslim woman captain on a fleet. Home Town: Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Amreen Warsi, is an Airline Pilot working with Spice Jet Airways since 2017. Amreen completed her schooling from Mussoorie Public School and graduated in Tourism. She aspired to be a pilot since her childhood and soon after her studies she joined a flying school in India to give wings to her dreams. She got enrolled in Amber Aviation Academy at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand and got her Commercial Pilot License with flying colors.
In midst of recession in 2011 when there was scarcity of flying jobs in India, she made her way out and without any hesitation picked up a job in an African country, Tanzania. She flew Cessna Grand Caravan in command for over a period of 2 years. She returned to India in 2015 and joined an Air Charter company in Bangalore. In 2017 she got an opportunity to fly for Spice Jet Airlines and today she is flying in command on Bombardier Q400 aircraft making her the first Muslim woman captain on the fleet. She flies to different destinations all over India and abroad.
Source / References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amreen-warsi-443303a2Instagram: fieryaviator
In midst of recession in 2011 when there was scarcity of flying jobs in India, she made her way out and without any hesitation picked up a job in an African country, Tanzania. She flew Cessna Grand Caravan in command for over a period of 2 years. She returned to India in 2015 and joined an Air Charter company in Bangalore. In 2017 she got an opportunity to fly for Spice Jet Airlines and today she is flying in command on Bombardier Q400 aircraft making her the first Muslim woman captain on the fleet. She flies to different destinations all over India and abroad.
Source / References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amreen-warsi-443303a2Instagram: fieryaviator
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. HANA KHAN, Airline Pilot with Indigo Airlines. Noida. Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Hana Mohsin Khan is a pilot with Indigo Airlines since 2019. Hana Khan’s journey to becoming a pilot has been a wondrous one. She grew up in the Middle East, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At an early age she had started to envision a world where opportunities were equal for men and women. Her parents belonged to Shahjahanpur (paternal) and Pabli khas (maternal) to Zamindar families where a patriarchal setup was a given. Though she was privileged that they raised her the way they did. She believes it is the values she grew up with that had led her to believe that she could do anything she wanted to.
Hana came back to India and completed her graduation in Mass communications from Delhi University. After which she spent many years in the media industry. She later quit that to start her Event business. During that time, she was at a destination wedding in Trivandrum, a friend’s brother saw her there and invited her over for an evening get together. She was the only non-pilot there and felt close to envious of them talking about flying and was wondering why she wasn't doing what they were. After that there was no turning back. She gave her exams over the next few months. And left for Florida for her flight training.
She started her aviation journey in 2015. Gave her exams in early 2015 and left for training later that year. She got her license in January 2017. Completed her type rating on the Airbus 320 in March 2017.She got through both Go air and Indigo airlines in 2018. And decided to join Indigo airlines in 2019.
Source /References
https://twitter.com/girlpilothttps://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/oi-yahan-to-chorri-baithi-elderly-womans-reaction-on-seeingfemale-pilot-in-cockpit-of-delhi-gaya-flight/683702
Hana came back to India and completed her graduation in Mass communications from Delhi University. After which she spent many years in the media industry. She later quit that to start her Event business. During that time, she was at a destination wedding in Trivandrum, a friend’s brother saw her there and invited her over for an evening get together. She was the only non-pilot there and felt close to envious of them talking about flying and was wondering why she wasn't doing what they were. After that there was no turning back. She gave her exams over the next few months. And left for Florida for her flight training.
She started her aviation journey in 2015. Gave her exams in early 2015 and left for training later that year. She got her license in January 2017. Completed her type rating on the Airbus 320 in March 2017.She got through both Go air and Indigo airlines in 2018. And decided to join Indigo airlines in 2019.
Source /References
https://twitter.com/girlpilothttps://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/oi-yahan-to-chorri-baithi-elderly-womans-reaction-on-seeingfemale-pilot-in-cockpit-of-delhi-gaya-flight/683702
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SAHARISH SIDDIQUI, Railway Protection Force Service (2010). Senior Commandant, RPF, Lucknow. Click side arrow for profile details.
Saharish Siddiqui joined the Indian Railway Protection Force (RPF) Service, having qualified in the Civil Services examination in 2010. She currently serves as Senior Commandant, RFP at Lucknow.
The Railway Protection Force strives to ensure the safety and security of the Indian Railways, one of the largest employers in the world. More than 60 million people travel in the train on an average each day. Apart from protection of Railway property and passengers, Ms. Siddiqui has focused her efforts on the rescue to women and children. During her tenure as Divisional Security Commissioner, North Eastern Railway Lucknow more than 500 children were rescued from Railway premises and trains. Saharish has worked with NGOS such as Childline and Ehsaas in rescue and rehabilitation of lost, runaways and trafficked children from railway stations and trains. She been instrumental in designing and implementing several new professional courses such as Cyber Investigations Techniques for RPF. Saharish has taken up several challenges, such as during her tenure as Commandant 2nd Battalion Railway Protection Special Force at Gorakhpur, personnel under her command were deployed in sensitive locations in the North East, for election duty as well as emergency support across India.
Ms. Siddiqui completed her graduation from Lady Sri Ram College in Delhi in Philosophy Honors and went on to pursue Masters in Culture and Society on a full scholarship from the London School of Economics (LSE), University of London. She also worked at a Student Tutor at LSE while completing her Masters.
Saharish was awarded the DG Insignia in 2017. She also has the distinction of being selected as the ‘Best Probationary officer’ among her civil services batch.
Source / References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saharish-siddiqui-853aaa14/?originalSubdomain=uk
The Railway Protection Force strives to ensure the safety and security of the Indian Railways, one of the largest employers in the world. More than 60 million people travel in the train on an average each day. Apart from protection of Railway property and passengers, Ms. Siddiqui has focused her efforts on the rescue to women and children. During her tenure as Divisional Security Commissioner, North Eastern Railway Lucknow more than 500 children were rescued from Railway premises and trains. Saharish has worked with NGOS such as Childline and Ehsaas in rescue and rehabilitation of lost, runaways and trafficked children from railway stations and trains. She been instrumental in designing and implementing several new professional courses such as Cyber Investigations Techniques for RPF. Saharish has taken up several challenges, such as during her tenure as Commandant 2nd Battalion Railway Protection Special Force at Gorakhpur, personnel under her command were deployed in sensitive locations in the North East, for election duty as well as emergency support across India.
Ms. Siddiqui completed her graduation from Lady Sri Ram College in Delhi in Philosophy Honors and went on to pursue Masters in Culture and Society on a full scholarship from the London School of Economics (LSE), University of London. She also worked at a Student Tutor at LSE while completing her Masters.
Saharish was awarded the DG Insignia in 2017. She also has the distinction of being selected as the ‘Best Probationary officer’ among her civil services batch.
Source / References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saharish-siddiqui-853aaa14/?originalSubdomain=uk
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ANAM ALI, Commissioned Officer, Indian Air Force. Home town: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Anam Ali, born 1997, is a Commissioned Officer of the Indian Air Force. Ms. Ali was selected to the Air Force in 2019. She is one of the very few Muslim women in the Indian Air Force.
Anam has a B Tech in Electronics and communication from Shri Ram Swaroop College of Engineering and Management at Lucknow and completed her schooling at the Army Public School in Lucknow.
Anam believes that it require immense hard work to achieve ones dreams and that becoming an officer doesn't just involve studies, it also requires overall personality to take people with you and lead them. Anam's father was an officer in Indian Army and helped her since childhood to be like him. She also credits the role of her mother who is an MA in psychology in helping to develop her overall personality.
Source / References https://careerindianairforce.cdac.in/assets/images/Selection_List_Courses_Commecning_Jul_19.pdf
Anam has a B Tech in Electronics and communication from Shri Ram Swaroop College of Engineering and Management at Lucknow and completed her schooling at the Army Public School in Lucknow.
Anam believes that it require immense hard work to achieve ones dreams and that becoming an officer doesn't just involve studies, it also requires overall personality to take people with you and lead them. Anam's father was an officer in Indian Army and helped her since childhood to be like him. She also credits the role of her mother who is an MA in psychology in helping to develop her overall personality.
Source / References https://careerindianairforce.cdac.in/assets/images/Selection_List_Courses_Commecning_Jul_19.pdf
Achieving Academic Excellence
Achieving Academic Excellence
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NAHEED ABIDI, Sanskrit Scholar & Author, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Padma Shri Award Recipient (2019). Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Naheed Abidi, 59, is an Indian scholar of Sanskrit and writer. She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contributions to the field of literature.
Ms. Abidi was born in 1961, in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Choosing Sanskrit as her subject, Abidi secured her MA from the K. V. Degree College, Mirzapur. She went on to secure a doctoral degree (PhD) from the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi and published her thesis titled as Vedic Sahitya Mein Ashviniyon Ka Swaroop (The Form of Ashvinis in Vedic Literature) in 1993. She has also been conferred DLitt (Honoris Causa) by the Lucknow University. Dr. Abidi also serves as an Executive Council member at the Sampurnanad Sanskrit University.
In 2005, Abidi started working as a lecturer without any pay at Banaras Hindu University. Soon after, she joined the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith to work as a part-time lecturer on a daily wage scheme. However, the Sanskrit scholar,known as the first Muslim female to have worked as a lecturer in Sanskrit, had difficulties finding a regular job.
Her first book was published in 2008 and was titled Sanskrit Sahitya Mein Rahim - which is an account of the Sanskrit leanings of the renowned poet, Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana. This was followed by Devalayasya Deepa, a translation of Chairag-e-Dair, written by poet, Mirza Ghalib. The third book was Sirr-e-Akbar, a Hindi translation of 50 Upanishads, earlier translated by the Mughal prince, Dara Shikoh into Persian. She has published a Hindi translation of Vedanta, translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh and also the Sufi texts by the prince.
Source / References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naheed_Abidi https://peoplepill.com/people/naheed-abidi/
Ms. Abidi was born in 1961, in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Choosing Sanskrit as her subject, Abidi secured her MA from the K. V. Degree College, Mirzapur. She went on to secure a doctoral degree (PhD) from the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi and published her thesis titled as Vedic Sahitya Mein Ashviniyon Ka Swaroop (The Form of Ashvinis in Vedic Literature) in 1993. She has also been conferred DLitt (Honoris Causa) by the Lucknow University. Dr. Abidi also serves as an Executive Council member at the Sampurnanad Sanskrit University.
In 2005, Abidi started working as a lecturer without any pay at Banaras Hindu University. Soon after, she joined the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith to work as a part-time lecturer on a daily wage scheme. However, the Sanskrit scholar,known as the first Muslim female to have worked as a lecturer in Sanskrit, had difficulties finding a regular job.
Her first book was published in 2008 and was titled Sanskrit Sahitya Mein Rahim - which is an account of the Sanskrit leanings of the renowned poet, Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana. This was followed by Devalayasya Deepa, a translation of Chairag-e-Dair, written by poet, Mirza Ghalib. The third book was Sirr-e-Akbar, a Hindi translation of 50 Upanishads, earlier translated by the Mughal prince, Dara Shikoh into Persian. She has published a Hindi translation of Vedanta, translated into Persian by Dara Shikoh and also the Sufi texts by the prince.
Source / References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naheed_Abidi https://peoplepill.com/people/naheed-abidi/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHIREEN MOOSVI , Author, Historian, ex Chairperson Department of History, ex- Coordinator Centre for Women's Studies. Aligarh Muslim University. Aligarh/ Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Shireen Moosvi, 72, is an acclaimed author, a renowned historian and former Professor of History at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Born in Lucknow, U.P., Shireen has an impeccable academic record and proudly wears many feathers to her cap. From earning double Masters in Mathematics and in History to obtaining Ph.D in History after teaching Mathematics at the Karamat Hussain College, Lucknow, Shireen has defied the then prevalent stereotypes in research. She went on to become a Senior Full Bright Fellow (USA) (1983-84), was awarded Residency at Bellagio Centre, Milan, Italy by the Rockefeller Foundation, (1990- 91) and held the rare distinction of being at the helm of academic bureaucracy serving as the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences (2003-2005), Chairperson, Department of History, and Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study in History (1997-99, 2004-05) and Director at the Centre for Women's Studies, Aligarh Muslim University.
With four books titled, “Capitalism, Colonialism and Globalization: Studies in Economic Change”(2017), “Taxation, Trade and People in Mughal India (2008)”, “Episodes in the Life of Akbar Contemporary Records and Reminiscences(1994)”, “The Mughal Empire, c. 1595: A Statistical Study (1987)” , one edited book “Facets of the Great Rebellion, 1857 (2009)” , two monograms and more than a hundred research papers to her credit, Shireen stands tall in the world of historians and archaeologists.
Source / References https://www.amu.ac.in/empcv/7720.pdf
Born in Lucknow, U.P., Shireen has an impeccable academic record and proudly wears many feathers to her cap. From earning double Masters in Mathematics and in History to obtaining Ph.D in History after teaching Mathematics at the Karamat Hussain College, Lucknow, Shireen has defied the then prevalent stereotypes in research. She went on to become a Senior Full Bright Fellow (USA) (1983-84), was awarded Residency at Bellagio Centre, Milan, Italy by the Rockefeller Foundation, (1990- 91) and held the rare distinction of being at the helm of academic bureaucracy serving as the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences (2003-2005), Chairperson, Department of History, and Coordinator, Centre of Advanced Study in History (1997-99, 2004-05) and Director at the Centre for Women's Studies, Aligarh Muslim University.
With four books titled, “Capitalism, Colonialism and Globalization: Studies in Economic Change”(2017), “Taxation, Trade and People in Mughal India (2008)”, “Episodes in the Life of Akbar Contemporary Records and Reminiscences(1994)”, “The Mughal Empire, c. 1595: A Statistical Study (1987)” , one edited book “Facets of the Great Rebellion, 1857 (2009)” , two monograms and more than a hundred research papers to her credit, Shireen stands tall in the world of historians and archaeologists.
Source / References https://www.amu.ac.in/empcv/7720.pdf
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. AZARMI DUKHT SAFAVI, Professor, Persian Scholar, Founding Director of Institute of Persian Research & Dean Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University. Aligarh. Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Azarmi Dukht Safavi (born 1948) is an Indian scholar, founding director of the Institute of Persian Research and the head of the Persian Language Research Center at Aligarh Muslim University, known internationally as the Center of Advanced Persian Research. Dr. Safavi was instrumental in the establishment in 2006 of the Institute on Persian at Aligarh Muslim University and is currently its Founder-Director. The Institute is focused on developing Persian language and literature.
Dr. Safavi has served as the Dean Faculty of Arts, Head Persian Department, Director Persian Research Institute and Member Raza Library Board, Director General Education Centre, Member Editorial Board Encyclopedia, Persian Academy Iran. Azarmi is also the president of the All India Persian Teachers’ Association, New Delhi, and the editor of the magazine Ghand Parsi.
Azarmi has received several awards including the President of India Award for exemplary contribution to Persian studies, Life Time Achievement Award and Saadi Aaward by Iranian Government and the Ghalib Award.
Dr. Safavi has published 25 books and over 175 paper. She was recipient of the Tagore National Fellowship Awarded by Culture Ministry and has done international projects done with Smithsonian Institute, U.S.A. She has organized more than 30 international conferences and is the founder secretary of Vision Educational Society.
After completing her primary and secondary education, Dr. Safavi joined Aligarh Muslim University to pursue higher studies in Persian. She completed her B.A. in 1966, M.A. in 1968, and Ph.D. in Persian in 1974. The topic of her Ph.D. thesis was "Sadi as a Humanist and Lyricist".
After finishing her Ph.D., Dr. Safavi was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Persian, where she taught as a professor for 32 years. She speaks Persian, English, Urdu, and Hindi. Dr. Safavi imbibed the Persian language from her family. Her great grandfather Nawab Wali, was a prolific writer and author of more than 20 books in Persian. Her father, Mohammad Sadiq Safavi, was her first Persian teacher and inspired her to study the language.
Source / References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azarmi_Dukht_Safavi
Dr. Safavi has served as the Dean Faculty of Arts, Head Persian Department, Director Persian Research Institute and Member Raza Library Board, Director General Education Centre, Member Editorial Board Encyclopedia, Persian Academy Iran. Azarmi is also the president of the All India Persian Teachers’ Association, New Delhi, and the editor of the magazine Ghand Parsi.
Azarmi has received several awards including the President of India Award for exemplary contribution to Persian studies, Life Time Achievement Award and Saadi Aaward by Iranian Government and the Ghalib Award.
Dr. Safavi has published 25 books and over 175 paper. She was recipient of the Tagore National Fellowship Awarded by Culture Ministry and has done international projects done with Smithsonian Institute, U.S.A. She has organized more than 30 international conferences and is the founder secretary of Vision Educational Society.
After completing her primary and secondary education, Dr. Safavi joined Aligarh Muslim University to pursue higher studies in Persian. She completed her B.A. in 1966, M.A. in 1968, and Ph.D. in Persian in 1974. The topic of her Ph.D. thesis was "Sadi as a Humanist and Lyricist".
After finishing her Ph.D., Dr. Safavi was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Persian, where she taught as a professor for 32 years. She speaks Persian, English, Urdu, and Hindi. Dr. Safavi imbibed the Persian language from her family. Her great grandfather Nawab Wali, was a prolific writer and author of more than 20 books in Persian. Her father, Mohammad Sadiq Safavi, was her first Persian teacher and inspired her to study the language.
Source / References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azarmi_Dukht_Safavi
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SABRA HABIB , Russian Language Expert, Lucknow University, Lucknow. Recipient of Pushkin Award Moscow (1991). Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Sabra Habib, a Russian Language Expert, is a Professor Emeritus in the department of English and Modern European Languages, Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh. She has also interpreted, translated, and taught Russian language at HAL to the Engineers, and at Bhartendu Natya Academy for more than two decades. She has been the former chairperson of the standing committee of minority education under Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and has made a significant contribution in the field of women education.
Ms. Habib did her Master’s and Doctorate from the People’s Friendship University, Moscow, Russia, after obtaining a Master’s degree in English and Diploma in Russian language from Lucknow University. She came back to Lucknow University in 1981 and began her career as a teaching faculty in the Department of Russian Studies. Her book in Hindi script Aao Roosi Seekhein, published by Peoples Publishing House, is a unique effort in the field of Russian Language learning. In all, she has penned around ten books. Ms. Habib won the Pushkin Award in Moscow (1991) by the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL) for her services to the Russian language. She was also honoured with the prestigious UP Ratan Award by All India Conference of Intellectuals. She also received Upbhokta Shree Award (2011) by Bharat Jyoti, an organisation engaged in elevating the downtrodden, destitute, and poor. Sabra has also started an NGO, ‘Natasha Polycraft and Education Centre’ in 1995 for the underprivileged and poor women of all castes and creed, in order to train them in handicraft and educate them free of cost.
Source / References
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcMqQtbAxAMhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LU-teacher-made-Prof-Emeritus/articleshow/5087895.cms
Ms. Habib did her Master’s and Doctorate from the People’s Friendship University, Moscow, Russia, after obtaining a Master’s degree in English and Diploma in Russian language from Lucknow University. She came back to Lucknow University in 1981 and began her career as a teaching faculty in the Department of Russian Studies. Her book in Hindi script Aao Roosi Seekhein, published by Peoples Publishing House, is a unique effort in the field of Russian Language learning. In all, she has penned around ten books. Ms. Habib won the Pushkin Award in Moscow (1991) by the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature (MAPRYAL) for her services to the Russian language. She was also honoured with the prestigious UP Ratan Award by All India Conference of Intellectuals. She also received Upbhokta Shree Award (2011) by Bharat Jyoti, an organisation engaged in elevating the downtrodden, destitute, and poor. Sabra has also started an NGO, ‘Natasha Polycraft and Education Centre’ in 1995 for the underprivileged and poor women of all castes and creed, in order to train them in handicraft and educate them free of cost.
Source / References
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcMqQtbAxAMhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LU-teacher-made-Prof-Emeritus/articleshow/5087895.cms
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. BUSHRA ATEEQ , Associate Professor IIT, Kanpur. Recipient of the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize (2020). Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Bushra Ateeq is an Associate Professor and Senior Fellow of the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her research interest revolves around molecular oncology.
After receiving her Ph.D from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Bushra worked as a Research Associate at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. She holds the distinction of being trained as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan’s Group at Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, University of Michigan and the Postdoctoral Trainee in Dr. Shafaat Rabbani’s Group at McGill University, Montreal.
A proud Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Awardee, Bushra credits her success to her mother who instilled in her the ability to develop a right attitude, resilience and grit. Bushra initially tried her luck in the Indian Air Force before becoming a doyen in the world of science. She finds science liberating, as it allows her to passionately pursue research questions of her choice, brainstorm ideas with her team members, and keep her childlike inquisitiveness alive.
References/Sources
https://indiabioscience.org/media/articles/Spoorthi_Celebrating_Indian_Women_in_Science.pdfhttps://www.firstpost.com/living/women-in-science-bushra-ateeq-on-identifying-biomarkers-forprostate-cancer-improving-lives-of-patients-4865131.htmlhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bushra-ateeq-8587167https://www.iitk.ac.in/bsbe/bushra-ateeq
After receiving her Ph.D from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Bushra worked as a Research Associate at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. She holds the distinction of being trained as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan’s Group at Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, University of Michigan and the Postdoctoral Trainee in Dr. Shafaat Rabbani’s Group at McGill University, Montreal.
A proud Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Awardee, Bushra credits her success to her mother who instilled in her the ability to develop a right attitude, resilience and grit. Bushra initially tried her luck in the Indian Air Force before becoming a doyen in the world of science. She finds science liberating, as it allows her to passionately pursue research questions of her choice, brainstorm ideas with her team members, and keep her childlike inquisitiveness alive.
References/Sources
https://indiabioscience.org/media/articles/Spoorthi_Celebrating_Indian_Women_in_Science.pdfhttps://www.firstpost.com/living/women-in-science-bushra-ateeq-on-identifying-biomarkers-forprostate-cancer-improving-lives-of-patients-4865131.htmlhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bushra-ateeq-8587167https://www.iitk.ac.in/bsbe/bushra-ateeq
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. QUDSIA TAHSEEN, Professor of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University. Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America -ONTA- First Asian to receive the Special Award for sustained excellence in Nematology (2005). Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Qudsia Tahseen, Professor of Zoology at Aligarh Muslim University, is recognized for her extensive research on biodiversity, taxonomy, ecology and developmental biology of terrestrial and aquatic nematodes and has made remarkable contribution in the field of Nematology following a holistic approach.
Professor Tahseen’s critical analyses of species supplemented with electron microscopic details were commended by peers and her wide taxonomic skills have been accredited internationally. She remains so far the only Asian to receive ONTA (Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America) Special Award for sustained excellence in Nematology which she received in 2005. Qudsia has also conducted pioneering studies in India on nematode development while her ecological findings led to the understanding of shifts in subterranean food web.
Professor Tahseen has been invited to reputed labs of Europe and America under prestigious fellowships of Royal Society, Rothamsted International, INSA, DBT, TWAS, TWOWS, DFG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, European Union Consortium, and Australian Academy of Science, Max Planck Institute etc. for collaborative research or to teach/ guide post-graduate students at Erasmus Mundus and EUMAINE programmes.
She has the distinction of being the only women faculty of Aligarh Muslim University to be the fellow of all three coveted National Science academies, INSA, IASc and NASI. Coincidentally at present she is the only AMU faculty to hold this honour. Her biography has been included in “Lilawati’s Daughters-Top Hundred Women Scientists of India” published by Indian Academy of Sciences and in “The Girl’s Guide to a Life in Science” by Young Zubaan Publishers (One of the 23 selected biographies of renowned Indian Women Scientists to encourage young girls to opt for a science career).
Professor Tahseen is currently serving as the visitor nominee of Maulana Azad National Urdu University. She is the member of the National committee of International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). She has also served/ serving as an expert in INSA Sectional Committee, PAC of SERB, New Delhi, PAC of CSIR, New Delhi, Sectional Committee expert in Indian Academy of Sciences. Serving at many Boards and Technical Committees, she has also been a part of the Curriculum revision committee of University Grants Commission.
Professor Tahseen’s schooling was from Azamgarh. She moved to Aligarh to pursue higher education in Zoology from Aligarh Muslim University. She completed her M. Sc. in Zoology and was awarded a Babar Mirza Inayat Ali Gold Medal. She also completed her Diploma in Statistics with a gold medal. Dr. Tahseen received her PhD in Zoology in 1989 and has been working as a faculty at AMU since 1992.
References / Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qudsia_Tahseen https://www.amu.ac.in/dshowfacultydata.jsp?did=43&eid=4305 http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail/P18-1796 https://www.scribd.com/document/451632684/lilavatis-daughters http://confluence.ias.ac.in/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-education-at-amu/https://sites.google.com/view/dfot2020/panel-discussions/pd-2-evaluation
Professor Tahseen’s critical analyses of species supplemented with electron microscopic details were commended by peers and her wide taxonomic skills have been accredited internationally. She remains so far the only Asian to receive ONTA (Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America) Special Award for sustained excellence in Nematology which she received in 2005. Qudsia has also conducted pioneering studies in India on nematode development while her ecological findings led to the understanding of shifts in subterranean food web.
Professor Tahseen has been invited to reputed labs of Europe and America under prestigious fellowships of Royal Society, Rothamsted International, INSA, DBT, TWAS, TWOWS, DFG, Chinese Academy of Sciences, European Union Consortium, and Australian Academy of Science, Max Planck Institute etc. for collaborative research or to teach/ guide post-graduate students at Erasmus Mundus and EUMAINE programmes.
She has the distinction of being the only women faculty of Aligarh Muslim University to be the fellow of all three coveted National Science academies, INSA, IASc and NASI. Coincidentally at present she is the only AMU faculty to hold this honour. Her biography has been included in “Lilawati’s Daughters-Top Hundred Women Scientists of India” published by Indian Academy of Sciences and in “The Girl’s Guide to a Life in Science” by Young Zubaan Publishers (One of the 23 selected biographies of renowned Indian Women Scientists to encourage young girls to opt for a science career).
Professor Tahseen is currently serving as the visitor nominee of Maulana Azad National Urdu University. She is the member of the National committee of International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). She has also served/ serving as an expert in INSA Sectional Committee, PAC of SERB, New Delhi, PAC of CSIR, New Delhi, Sectional Committee expert in Indian Academy of Sciences. Serving at many Boards and Technical Committees, she has also been a part of the Curriculum revision committee of University Grants Commission.
Professor Tahseen’s schooling was from Azamgarh. She moved to Aligarh to pursue higher education in Zoology from Aligarh Muslim University. She completed her M. Sc. in Zoology and was awarded a Babar Mirza Inayat Ali Gold Medal. She also completed her Diploma in Statistics with a gold medal. Dr. Tahseen received her PhD in Zoology in 1989 and has been working as a faculty at AMU since 1992.
References / Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qudsia_Tahseen https://www.amu.ac.in/dshowfacultydata.jsp?did=43&eid=4305 http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail/P18-1796 https://www.scribd.com/document/451632684/lilavatis-daughters http://confluence.ias.ac.in/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-education-at-amu/https://sites.google.com/view/dfot2020/panel-discussions/pd-2-evaluation
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. QAMAR REHMAN, Nano Technology Scientist, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. First Indian to be awarded honorary doctorate by the 600-year old Rostock University Germany (2009). Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Qamar Rahman, 76, (Born 15th August 1944) is a Scientist who has worked extensively in the last 40 years to understand the physiological effects of nanoparticles. She is known nationally and internationally for her work on asbestosis, the effects of slate dust and other household and environmental particulate pollution and means for improving occupational health.
Focusing her research in nano toxicology and geno-toxicity, Dr. Rahman has conducted in-depth studies in asbestos mining areas, which includes, monitoring identification of asbestos varieties and complete medical examination along with specific biomarkers for risk assessment. Her extensive research on women and their occupational hazards, highlighted specific problems in different organized and unorganized sectors where women workers are exposed to toxic chemicals. Her research paper on “Evidence that ultrafine titanium dioxide induces micronuclei and apoptosis in Syrian hamster embryo fibroblasts.“ has been cited 350 times according to Google Scholar.
Dr. Rahman was awarded honorary doctorate by Rostock University Germany in 2009. She is the first Indian who achieved the distinction from this 600 year old University. She is invited every year as visiting Professor to teach the students at this University. Dr. Rahman has also collaborated and presented at many Universities in USA, U.K, France, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Finland and was external advisor to WHO Geneva on occupational safety of nanomaterials. She serves as European Union’s External Advisor on Risk Governance of Nanotechnology.
Dr. Rahman has served as the Deputy Director of the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow. She is currently Director & Dean Research (Science and Technology) at Amity University Lucknow Campus, India. Qamar has the distinction of being the first Muslim Fellow of National Academy of Science (FNA). In 2013 she was awarded the Vigyan Bhushan Award. She is also the recipient of the Yash Bharti Award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Rahman has been a member of Central Wakf Board and Chairperson of Minority Women’s Education.
Dr. Qamar Rehman did her schooling at Abdullah Girls’ High School of Aligarh Muslim University. She completed her M.Sc. and PhD from St. John College, Agra.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qamar_Rahmanhttps://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/Contributors/qamarrahman.pdf
Focusing her research in nano toxicology and geno-toxicity, Dr. Rahman has conducted in-depth studies in asbestos mining areas, which includes, monitoring identification of asbestos varieties and complete medical examination along with specific biomarkers for risk assessment. Her extensive research on women and their occupational hazards, highlighted specific problems in different organized and unorganized sectors where women workers are exposed to toxic chemicals. Her research paper on “Evidence that ultrafine titanium dioxide induces micronuclei and apoptosis in Syrian hamster embryo fibroblasts.“ has been cited 350 times according to Google Scholar.
Dr. Rahman was awarded honorary doctorate by Rostock University Germany in 2009. She is the first Indian who achieved the distinction from this 600 year old University. She is invited every year as visiting Professor to teach the students at this University. Dr. Rahman has also collaborated and presented at many Universities in USA, U.K, France, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Finland and was external advisor to WHO Geneva on occupational safety of nanomaterials. She serves as European Union’s External Advisor on Risk Governance of Nanotechnology.
Dr. Rahman has served as the Deputy Director of the Indian Institute of Toxicology Research in Lucknow. She is currently Director & Dean Research (Science and Technology) at Amity University Lucknow Campus, India. Qamar has the distinction of being the first Muslim Fellow of National Academy of Science (FNA). In 2013 she was awarded the Vigyan Bhushan Award. She is also the recipient of the Yash Bharti Award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Rahman has been a member of Central Wakf Board and Chairperson of Minority Women’s Education.
Dr. Qamar Rehman did her schooling at Abdullah Girls’ High School of Aligarh Muslim University. She completed her M.Sc. and PhD from St. John College, Agra.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qamar_Rahmanhttps://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/Initiatives/Women_in_Science/Contributors/qamarrahman.pdf
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. AYESHA FAROOQ, Professor of Management, Department of Business Administration. Frank & Debbie Islam Complex. Aligarh Muslim University. Aligarh. Leading on large project of Government of India for training of artisans in Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Professor Ayesha Farooq obtained her MBA and Ph.D. in Management from Aligarh Muslim University. She was awarded fellowship under the Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) in 2013 to attend the executive program on 'Strategic Management' at Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands. Her area of interest is General Management with a special focus on strategic management, organizational development, and OB. Her major themes of research are strategy, balanced scorecard, change management, corporate culture, and learning organizations.
Dr. Farooq has published research articles in international and national journals of academic repute and chapters in books. She has nearly five hundred citations to her credit in different publications. . She has been invited to present papers at international and national conferences and has presented papers at the University of Cambridge.
Dr. Farooq is a resource person to AIMA, New Delhi, and other management schools. She has conducted Management Development Program on Strategic Management at AIMA and workshops on leadership & TQM at Department of Business Administration, AMU. Prof. Farooq has visited UK (University of Cambridge & University of Oxford), France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Malaysia for academic purpose.
Dr. Farooq has been sanctioned projects worth Rs. 1.43 crores for skill development and training of artisans in Uttar Pradesh in 2019-2020 by the Development Commissioner Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
References/Sources
https://professorayeshafarooq.com/about/https://www.amu.ac.in/faculty/business-administration/ayesha-farooq
Dr. Farooq has published research articles in international and national journals of academic repute and chapters in books. She has nearly five hundred citations to her credit in different publications. . She has been invited to present papers at international and national conferences and has presented papers at the University of Cambridge.
Dr. Farooq is a resource person to AIMA, New Delhi, and other management schools. She has conducted Management Development Program on Strategic Management at AIMA and workshops on leadership & TQM at Department of Business Administration, AMU. Prof. Farooq has visited UK (University of Cambridge & University of Oxford), France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Malaysia for academic purpose.
Dr. Farooq has been sanctioned projects worth Rs. 1.43 crores for skill development and training of artisans in Uttar Pradesh in 2019-2020 by the Development Commissioner Handicrafts, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
References/Sources
https://professorayeshafarooq.com/about/https://www.amu.ac.in/faculty/business-administration/ayesha-farooq
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHEEBA HAMID, Professor of Tourism, Department of Commerce. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Joint Secretary of National Executive Committee of Indian Tourism and Hospitality Congress. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Sheeba Hamid, is Professor, Coordinator & Training and Placement Officer of Masters Programme in Tourism at Aligarh Muslim University. She was a Visiting Faculty at the University of Goa. She has recently been appointed as Member of National Rural Tourism Council at WICCI (Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry). Dr. Hameed has served as Assistant Dean Students’ Welfare, AMU, and Nodal Officer, UGC Online Grievance Redressal Portal. She is a member of seven committees (including NAAC and Discipline Committee) working on different aspects of AMU, Aligarh. She is also Joint Secretary of National Executive Committee of Indian Tourism and Hospitality Congress. Presently, she is Provost of Indira Gandhi Hall for Girls at AMU, responsible for residential arrangements of 600 girls. She is member of the AMU Women’s Club, a non-profit social welfare organization for women, and currently holding the position of its Treasurer.
Sheeba is the author of five books(including the first ever compilation of solved question papers cum guide to NET/JRF/Assistant Professor Eligibility examination in Tourism Administration and Management) and thirty five research papers on various aspects of Tourism. She has prepared study material for Open Universities and Distance Education Centers in India. Sheeba is a keen researcher and a skilled academia-industry event manager (organised national and international conferences, training programmes, students fest, handled delegations), besides being actively involved in University Administration.
Dr. Hamid has delivered more than 80 invited talks in various academic events across India. She is associated with a number of universities in various academic assignments. She is a regular resource person at various national and international conferences. She is member of several editorial boards of Journals, Research Committees, Selection Committees, and Boards of Studies, Conference Advisory Committees in Tourism and is also a Counselor for Tourism Programmes at IGNOU. She has also conducted AMU Entrance Test Examination (Engineering, Graduation) at outside centers (Lucknow and Srinagar) as member/team leader (2012-till date).She has won awards for Best Speaker, Best Paper and Insight award in various conferences and has several honors to her credit too. Besides this, she leads an active corporate and social life.
Sheeba is a keen traveler, connoisseur of literature, culture, art, cuisine and costumes.
Reference/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheeba-hamid-658b99202/https://www.amu.ac.in/empcv/2313.pdfhttps://www.amu.ac.in/dshowfacultydata.jsp?did=23&eid=2313
Sheeba is the author of five books(including the first ever compilation of solved question papers cum guide to NET/JRF/Assistant Professor Eligibility examination in Tourism Administration and Management) and thirty five research papers on various aspects of Tourism. She has prepared study material for Open Universities and Distance Education Centers in India. Sheeba is a keen researcher and a skilled academia-industry event manager (organised national and international conferences, training programmes, students fest, handled delegations), besides being actively involved in University Administration.
Dr. Hamid has delivered more than 80 invited talks in various academic events across India. She is associated with a number of universities in various academic assignments. She is a regular resource person at various national and international conferences. She is member of several editorial boards of Journals, Research Committees, Selection Committees, and Boards of Studies, Conference Advisory Committees in Tourism and is also a Counselor for Tourism Programmes at IGNOU. She has also conducted AMU Entrance Test Examination (Engineering, Graduation) at outside centers (Lucknow and Srinagar) as member/team leader (2012-till date).She has won awards for Best Speaker, Best Paper and Insight award in various conferences and has several honors to her credit too. Besides this, she leads an active corporate and social life.
Sheeba is a keen traveler, connoisseur of literature, culture, art, cuisine and costumes.
Reference/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheeba-hamid-658b99202/https://www.amu.ac.in/empcv/2313.pdfhttps://www.amu.ac.in/dshowfacultydata.jsp?did=23&eid=2313
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RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ANWAR JAHAN ZUBERI, First women Vice Chancellor of Calicut University (2007). First Muslim woman to become Vice Chancellor of an Indian University. ex- Dean Faculty of Social Sciences. AMU. Home Town: Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Anwar Jahan Zuberi, is an academician and former Vice- Chancellor of the University of Calicut. (2007 - 2011 ). She has the distinction of being the first' female Vice - Chancellor of Calicut University and first Muslim woman to serve as Vice - Chancellor of an Indian University. Prior to taking up the position, Prof. Zuberi worked as Professor of Education at Aligarh Muslim University, Chairman of the Department of Education and Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences and various other senior administrative posts in the University.
During her stewardship Calicut University witnessed a period of unprecedented progress, expansion and academic and administrative reforms. With the view to revamp the academic programs and bring about comprehensive changes in the structure, curriculum and examination, the University introduced choice based credit semester system at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This enabled greater academic choice and curricular flexibility۔ The academic departments were re-organised into a 'School System'. The re-organisation was designed to facilitate inter-departmental cooperation, inter-disciplinary teaching and research and the pooling of resources and expertise for greater academic effectiveness۔ New Departments of Nano Technology، Computer Science، Environmental Studies and Department of Political science were established and new centers such as Inter-University Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Tribal Studies and Research. Three academic Chairs for research in respective areas. Expansion also took place in the affiliated colleges۔ Sixty five new colleges were sanctioned by the University and one hundred and sixty one new courses were introduced at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. New overseas Centers in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras al Khaima and Kuwait, and new Colleges and courses were introduced in different islands of Lakshdweep.
Persisting endeavors of the University at upgradation of infrastructure facilities reflected in providing smart classrooms to all the departments and centres, and upgradation of laboratories and libraries. Central library was digitized and equipped with web resources and ICT Centre for Visually Challenged started which served the entire differently abled population of the State. Under the initiative of preserving the national heritage, manuscript library was constructed and fully equipped with the necessary modern facilities and digital technology. The University also commissioned an ambitious project of digitization of thousands of palm leaf and other manuscripts. A diploma course in ethnography and manuscriptology was also introduced. The most prestigious project undertaken by the University during that period was e - governance covering all areas of academic and administrative offices. All sections of Examination were digitised resulting into regularisation of exam schedule. In finance and administrative offices too digitisation benefitted the employees, pensioners, and students. In appreciation of the comprehensive e-governance project of the University, Government of Kerala's first e-governance award was conferred on Calicut University in 2009. University press was renovated with digital printing technology and most modern facilities. Among many other initiatives driven by academic excellence was collaborations with national and international institutions. MOU with Tubingen University, Germany and Charles University Prague were signed. Large number of lectures under newly launched Erudite lecture scheme and the existing Frontier lecture program of the University by renowned Scholars from different countries were conducted. Infrastructure development also included construction of twenty five new buildings on the campus and on the University off campus Centres.
Prof. Zuberi was represented on several prestigious Committees. She was nominated by the Government of India to USEFI, Governing body of Kerala State Higher Education Council, Advisory Committee of ICCR (Kerala chapter), Advisory committee of INFLIBNET, Governing Council of Indian Institute of Management Calicut, to name a few. She also received the Life time achievement award by Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy in 2017.
References/Sources
https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/Making-progress-in-academic-reform/article15446447.ece
During her stewardship Calicut University witnessed a period of unprecedented progress, expansion and academic and administrative reforms. With the view to revamp the academic programs and bring about comprehensive changes in the structure, curriculum and examination, the University introduced choice based credit semester system at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This enabled greater academic choice and curricular flexibility۔ The academic departments were re-organised into a 'School System'. The re-organisation was designed to facilitate inter-departmental cooperation, inter-disciplinary teaching and research and the pooling of resources and expertise for greater academic effectiveness۔ New Departments of Nano Technology، Computer Science، Environmental Studies and Department of Political science were established and new centers such as Inter-University Centre for Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Tribal Studies and Research. Three academic Chairs for research in respective areas. Expansion also took place in the affiliated colleges۔ Sixty five new colleges were sanctioned by the University and one hundred and sixty one new courses were introduced at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. New overseas Centers in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ras al Khaima and Kuwait, and new Colleges and courses were introduced in different islands of Lakshdweep.
Persisting endeavors of the University at upgradation of infrastructure facilities reflected in providing smart classrooms to all the departments and centres, and upgradation of laboratories and libraries. Central library was digitized and equipped with web resources and ICT Centre for Visually Challenged started which served the entire differently abled population of the State. Under the initiative of preserving the national heritage, manuscript library was constructed and fully equipped with the necessary modern facilities and digital technology. The University also commissioned an ambitious project of digitization of thousands of palm leaf and other manuscripts. A diploma course in ethnography and manuscriptology was also introduced. The most prestigious project undertaken by the University during that period was e - governance covering all areas of academic and administrative offices. All sections of Examination were digitised resulting into regularisation of exam schedule. In finance and administrative offices too digitisation benefitted the employees, pensioners, and students. In appreciation of the comprehensive e-governance project of the University, Government of Kerala's first e-governance award was conferred on Calicut University in 2009. University press was renovated with digital printing technology and most modern facilities. Among many other initiatives driven by academic excellence was collaborations with national and international institutions. MOU with Tubingen University, Germany and Charles University Prague were signed. Large number of lectures under newly launched Erudite lecture scheme and the existing Frontier lecture program of the University by renowned Scholars from different countries were conducted. Infrastructure development also included construction of twenty five new buildings on the campus and on the University off campus Centres.
Prof. Zuberi was represented on several prestigious Committees. She was nominated by the Government of India to USEFI, Governing body of Kerala State Higher Education Council, Advisory Committee of ICCR (Kerala chapter), Advisory committee of INFLIBNET, Governing Council of Indian Institute of Management Calicut, to name a few. She also received the Life time achievement award by Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy in 2017.
References/Sources
https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/Making-progress-in-academic-reform/article15446447.ece
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. FARZANA MAHDI, Vice Chancellor, Era University, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Farzana Mahdi, an renowned educator, is currently the Vice Chancellor of Era University, Lucknow. Dr. Mahdi was born on 28th June, 1966 in Lucknow. She pursued her bachelor’s and master’s from Lucknow University and earned her doctorate from Kanpur University.
She is also serves as Director Academics of the Era Lucknow Medical College and the Academic Dean, American University of Barbados.
Her field of specialization includes Molecular genetics, Free Radical Biology, Toxicology, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular aspects of metal toxicity, Male infertility, Autism, Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer. She had received a number of research grants from agencies like ICMR, DST and has published more than 50 papers in journals of international repute. Her new venture is to exploit molecular tools and techniques to establish a new healthcare/ treatment approach based on Personalized Medicine for the betterment of society.
She has tirelessly been contributing for improved Clinical skills training amongst the undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and allied health care students, for which she enthusiastically continues to conduct hands-on workshops for Clinical skills training in and outside Lucknow. She is one of the pioneers in establishing a Clinical Skills Lab in the Medical College, with the principle of setting it up with minimum resources as well. She is the Coordinator Medical Education and Technology Department She has pioneered the Inter professional education in the University by initiating the Certificate course in Health Professions Education.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-farzana-mahdi-9a852698\
She is also serves as Director Academics of the Era Lucknow Medical College and the Academic Dean, American University of Barbados.
Her field of specialization includes Molecular genetics, Free Radical Biology, Toxicology, Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular aspects of metal toxicity, Male infertility, Autism, Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer. She had received a number of research grants from agencies like ICMR, DST and has published more than 50 papers in journals of international repute. Her new venture is to exploit molecular tools and techniques to establish a new healthcare/ treatment approach based on Personalized Medicine for the betterment of society.
She has tirelessly been contributing for improved Clinical skills training amongst the undergraduate and postgraduate medical students and allied health care students, for which she enthusiastically continues to conduct hands-on workshops for Clinical skills training in and outside Lucknow. She is one of the pioneers in establishing a Clinical Skills Lab in the Medical College, with the principle of setting it up with minimum resources as well. She is the Coordinator Medical Education and Technology Department She has pioneered the Inter professional education in the University by initiating the Certificate course in Health Professions Education.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/prof-farzana-mahdi-9a852698\
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NUZHAT PARVEEN KHAN, Dean, School of Law, Bennett University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Nuzhat Parveen Khan (born 4 July 1964) is an Indian academician and author who serves as the dean of Bennett University's School of Law. She has formerly served as the dean of Jamia Millia Islamia's Faculty of Law. She has authored books such as Women and Child related Laws and Comparative Constitutional Law.
Khan graduated from the Lucknow University with a BSc in Chemistry. She received an LL.B and an LL.M degree from the Aligarh Muslim University. She completed her doctoral studies at the Jamia Millia Islamia.
Khan practiced as an advocate in 1989 before moving to academics. She joined the Faculty of Law of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) in 1992 as assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2008 and then a professor in 2013. She served as the dean of the JMI's Faculty of Law from 2016 to 2019. During her deanship, the faculty secured first rank among the law schools in India, in a ranking done by India Today in 2017.
As of 2021, Parveen serves as the dean of Bennett University's School of Law.[4] She has worked on a project for the Ministry of Women and Child Development, titled, A Study of Discriminative and Derogatory Practices against Women by Khap Panchayats, Kangaroo Courts and Shalishi Adalats in India: An Empirical Study in the States of Haryana, Rajasthan, Western U.P. and West Bengal. The project report was also presented before the Parliament of India in 2014 and was appreciated.[5]
Khan has authored books including Women and Child related Laws, Comparative Constitutional Law, Child Rights and the Law, Law and Justice in Globalized World, Legal Control of Air Pollution: Problems And Perspectives, Law relating to socio-economic offences and Disability Laws in India
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuzhat_Parveen_Khanhttps://www.bennett.edu.in/faculties/dr-nuzhat-parveen-khan/
Khan graduated from the Lucknow University with a BSc in Chemistry. She received an LL.B and an LL.M degree from the Aligarh Muslim University. She completed her doctoral studies at the Jamia Millia Islamia.
Khan practiced as an advocate in 1989 before moving to academics. She joined the Faculty of Law of the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) in 1992 as assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2008 and then a professor in 2013. She served as the dean of the JMI's Faculty of Law from 2016 to 2019. During her deanship, the faculty secured first rank among the law schools in India, in a ranking done by India Today in 2017.
As of 2021, Parveen serves as the dean of Bennett University's School of Law.[4] She has worked on a project for the Ministry of Women and Child Development, titled, A Study of Discriminative and Derogatory Practices against Women by Khap Panchayats, Kangaroo Courts and Shalishi Adalats in India: An Empirical Study in the States of Haryana, Rajasthan, Western U.P. and West Bengal. The project report was also presented before the Parliament of India in 2014 and was appreciated.[5]
Khan has authored books including Women and Child related Laws, Comparative Constitutional Law, Child Rights and the Law, Law and Justice in Globalized World, Legal Control of Air Pollution: Problems And Perspectives, Law relating to socio-economic offences and Disability Laws in India
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuzhat_Parveen_Khanhttps://www.bennett.edu.in/faculties/dr-nuzhat-parveen-khan/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ZAKIA A. SIDDIQUI, ex-Principal Women's College, Founder Director Centre of Women's Studies, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Zakia Athar Siddiqui, 81, Prof. Zakia A. Siddiqui Educationist. Former Principal Women's College, AMU, Founder Director, Center for Women's Studies AMU, Chairperson Minority Girls Education, HRD Ministry, Government of India, continues to champion for women education and gender parity, residing in Aligarh.
Born in Allahabad, Ms. Siddiqui received her early education under the tutelage of her eldest sister, Ms. Saeeda Faiz and went on to obtain her B.A.in 1954, B. Ed. in 1955, and M. Ed. in 1956. Later she moved to the USA to pursue M. S. Ed from Purdue University.
In 1961, Zakia joined the Women’s College, AMU as Assistant Professor and was later appointed as its Principal. Ms. Siddiqui, gave a new shape to the Women’s College by starting new courses and adding spark through cultural programs like Mushaira.
Zakia has the distinction of being a permanent member of the AMU Court for many years in various capacities viz a viz Provost, Member Executive Council, and as the Member of the Academic Council. She has also served as the Director, Career Planning Centre and was a part of the 3–member goodwill delegation of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India to four Scandinavian countries in 1994 and a 5–member delegation of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of India to Tashkent in 1998.
References/Sources
http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/Zakia_A_Siddiqi
Born in Allahabad, Ms. Siddiqui received her early education under the tutelage of her eldest sister, Ms. Saeeda Faiz and went on to obtain her B.A.in 1954, B. Ed. in 1955, and M. Ed. in 1956. Later she moved to the USA to pursue M. S. Ed from Purdue University.
In 1961, Zakia joined the Women’s College, AMU as Assistant Professor and was later appointed as its Principal. Ms. Siddiqui, gave a new shape to the Women’s College by starting new courses and adding spark through cultural programs like Mushaira.
Zakia has the distinction of being a permanent member of the AMU Court for many years in various capacities viz a viz Provost, Member Executive Council, and as the Member of the Academic Council. She has also served as the Director, Career Planning Centre and was a part of the 3–member goodwill delegation of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India to four Scandinavian countries in 1994 and a 5–member delegation of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Women and Child Development, Government of India to Tashkent in 1998.
References/Sources
http://aligarhmovement.com/aligarians/Zakia_A_Siddiqi
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. FAIZA ABBASI, Assistant Director, UGC Human Resource Development Centre; Coordinator, Centre of Academic Leadership. Aligarh Muslim University. Aligarh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr Faiza Abbasi is an academic, educationist, environmentalist, writer and philanthropist at Aligarh Muslim University. She holds the designation of Assistant Professor cum Assistant Director, UGC Human Resource Development Centre; and Coordinator, Centre of Academic Leadership, under Education Ministry Scheme. With a PhD in wildlife science she teaches at UG/PG levels. A scholar of Islamic eco-theology having diversified background in Quran studies she is committed to multi-disciplinary research for ecological conservation. An extensive traveler she lectures in Universities and colleges across the country. She attended the Ohio State University, US and the Monash University, Australia for in service professional development programmers. She is personality development coordinator, ‘Access Programmed’ for underprivileged children of AMU schools sponsored by American Centre New Delhi. Faiza is an acclaimed outstanding public speaker. and her online video lectures have thousands of hits. She has published seven books and numerous articles/ creative writing pieces in English and Urdu and also records regularly at the All India Radio.
Her dynamic organizational and communication skills enabled her to found the non-governmental ‘Ebadat Charities’ in her ancestral home in Gorakhpur and ASRA (Aligarh Self Reliance Alliance) for women in Sultan Jahan Manzil at Aligarh. She was also the founding Joint Secretary of the AMU Women’s Club.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/faiza-abbasi-105b991ahttps://twitter.com/DrFaizaAbbasi?s=08
Her dynamic organizational and communication skills enabled her to found the non-governmental ‘Ebadat Charities’ in her ancestral home in Gorakhpur and ASRA (Aligarh Self Reliance Alliance) for women in Sultan Jahan Manzil at Aligarh. She was also the founding Joint Secretary of the AMU Women’s Club.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/faiza-abbasi-105b991ahttps://twitter.com/DrFaizaAbbasi?s=08
Inspirations from Politics
Inspirations from Politics
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. MOHSINA KIDWAI. Politician. Served as Member of Lok Sabha and also Rajya Sabha. Served in several Ministerial positions in the Government of India and Government of Uttar Pradesh. Hometown: Baragaon, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Mohsina Kidwai, 88, (born 1 January 1932) is a leader of Indian National Congress party. Ms. Kidwai is a member of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the Indian Congress Party as well as the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Mohsina Kidwai started her political career in 1960 when she joined the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. During her long political career spanning over five decades, Mohsina has held several ministerial offices at State level in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and cabinet positioning in the Government of India. She also held a variety of leadership positions within the Congress party including General Secretary of AICC.
Key positions held: 1960-74 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council 1973-74 Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Uttar Pradesh 1974-77 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1974-75 Cabinet Minister for Harijan and Social Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh 1975-77 Cabinet Minister for Small Scale Industries, Government of Uttar Pradesh 1978-79 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha 1980-84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha 11 Sept. 1982 - 29 Jan. 1983 Union Minister of State for Labour and Rehabilitation 29 Jan. 1983 - 2Aug. 1984- Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare 1984-89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha 2 Aug. 1984 - 31 Oct. 1984 and 4 Nov. 1984 - 31 Dec. 1984 Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Rural Development 31 Dec. 1984 - 24 June 1986 Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare 24 June - 22 Oct. 1986 Union Cabinet Minister of Transport 22 Oct. 1986 - 2 Dec. 1989 Union Cabinet Minister of Urban Development 14 Feb. 1988 - 25 June 1989 Minister of Tourism (additional charge) June 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha July 2004 onwards Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim University Aug. 2004-May 2009 Member, Committee on Agriculture Nov. 2004-2008 Member, Anjuman (Court) of Jamia Millia Islamia University Oct. 2004-May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment May 2006-May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health July 2006-2008 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Oct. 2008 onwards Member, General Body of the Central Social Welfare Board Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource Development Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit June 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha Sept. 2010 onwards Member, House Committee March 2011 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit Oct. 2011 onwards Member, Sub-Committee-II on the Facilities, Infrastructure and Incentives for Sportspersons in India of the Committee on Human Resource Development.
Mohsina Kidwai is an alumni of Women’s College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. She attributes her political mentorship and encouragement to her father-in-law, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, who was a freedom fighter and Congress stalwart.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsina_Kidwaihttps://web.archive.org/web/20120205224401/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/Website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1955http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/khalil-r-kidwai/7/8643/http://indianmuslimlegends.blogspot.com/2011/12/269-mohsina-kidwai.html
Mohsina Kidwai started her political career in 1960 when she joined the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. During her long political career spanning over five decades, Mohsina has held several ministerial offices at State level in the Government of Uttar Pradesh and cabinet positioning in the Government of India. She also held a variety of leadership positions within the Congress party including General Secretary of AICC.
Key positions held: 1960-74 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council 1973-74 Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Uttar Pradesh 1974-77 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1974-75 Cabinet Minister for Harijan and Social Welfare, Government of Uttar Pradesh 1975-77 Cabinet Minister for Small Scale Industries, Government of Uttar Pradesh 1978-79 Member, Sixth Lok Sabha 1980-84 Member, Seventh Lok Sabha 11 Sept. 1982 - 29 Jan. 1983 Union Minister of State for Labour and Rehabilitation 29 Jan. 1983 - 2Aug. 1984- Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare 1984-89 Member, Eighth Lok Sabha 2 Aug. 1984 - 31 Oct. 1984 and 4 Nov. 1984 - 31 Dec. 1984 Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Rural Development 31 Dec. 1984 - 24 June 1986 Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare 24 June - 22 Oct. 1986 Union Cabinet Minister of Transport 22 Oct. 1986 - 2 Dec. 1989 Union Cabinet Minister of Urban Development 14 Feb. 1988 - 25 June 1989 Minister of Tourism (additional charge) June 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha July 2004 onwards Member, Court of the Aligarh Muslim University Aug. 2004-May 2009 Member, Committee on Agriculture Nov. 2004-2008 Member, Anjuman (Court) of Jamia Millia Islamia University Oct. 2004-May 2009 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment May 2006-May 2009 Member, Parliamentary Forum on Population and Public Health July 2006-2008 Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Oct. 2008 onwards Member, General Body of the Central Social Welfare Board Aug. 2009 onwards Member, Committee on Human Resource Development Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit June 2010 Re-elected to Rajya Sabha Sept. 2010 onwards Member, House Committee March 2011 onwards Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit Oct. 2011 onwards Member, Sub-Committee-II on the Facilities, Infrastructure and Incentives for Sportspersons in India of the Committee on Human Resource Development.
Mohsina Kidwai is an alumni of Women’s College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. She attributes her political mentorship and encouragement to her father-in-law, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, who was a freedom fighter and Congress stalwart.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsina_Kidwaihttps://web.archive.org/web/20120205224401/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/Website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1955http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/khalil-r-kidwai/7/8643/http://indianmuslimlegends.blogspot.com/2011/12/269-mohsina-kidwai.html
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. TABASSUM HASAN, Politician, Elected Member of Parliament (2019), Kairana, Shamli, Uttar Pradesh. First Muslim from Uttar Pradesh in the 16th Lok Sabha. Click side arrow for profile details.
Begum Tabassum Hasan (b 1970) is a Rashtriya Lok Dal political activist, former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from the Kairana Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and wife of former MP late Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan. She has been with Bahujan Samaj Party, Ajit Singh's Lok Dal, and Samajwadi Party.
Hasan is the sitting member of Parliament from Kairana parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Tabassum Hasan won the Kairana Lok Sabha seat as the opposition’s common candidate against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a by-election held on May 28 2019. Tabassum fought as the Bahujan Samal Party (BSP) candidate after her husband Munawwar Hasan’s death in an accident in 2009 and she became MP for the first time. In the 2018 bypoll for Kairana, she won by a margin of nearly 50,000 votes as a Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate supported by a "grand coalition" of Indian National Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Tabassum_Hasanhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/constituency-watch/lok-sabha-elections-2019-opposition-alliance-will-aim-to-retain-uttar-pradesh-s-kairana-constituency/story-HcWLxgSW7t6F1tnO4JqjTI.html
Hasan is the sitting member of Parliament from Kairana parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Tabassum Hasan won the Kairana Lok Sabha seat as the opposition’s common candidate against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a by-election held on May 28 2019. Tabassum fought as the Bahujan Samal Party (BSP) candidate after her husband Munawwar Hasan’s death in an accident in 2009 and she became MP for the first time. In the 2018 bypoll for Kairana, she won by a margin of nearly 50,000 votes as a Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate supported by a "grand coalition" of Indian National Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begum_Tabassum_Hasanhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/constituency-watch/lok-sabha-elections-2019-opposition-alliance-will-aim-to-retain-uttar-pradesh-s-kairana-constituency/story-HcWLxgSW7t6F1tnO4JqjTI.html
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NOOR BANO BEGUM, Politician, Elected Member of Parliament (11th and 13th Lok Sabha), Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Begum Noor Bano Mehtab Zamani, 81, also known as Begum of Rampur is a former two-time Member of Parliament, and Patron of Naine Devi Foundation and Rampur Gharana for music.Begum Noor Bano served as a Member of Parliament in the 11th Lok Sabha and 13th Lok Sabha, lower house of parliament of India. She was elected from Rampur on the ticket of Indian National Congress party.
As a Parliamentarian, Begum Noor Bano has served as a Member, Committee of the Papers laid on the table (1996–97), Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs (1996 -99), Committee on Commerce(1999–2000),Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemistry and Fertilizers. And has also been a Member various Statutory bodies including Aligarh Muslim University Court(1996), Central Wakf Council, Ministry of Welfare(1993), National Integration Council, Uttar Pradesh (1993) , Maulana Azad Foundation (1995-96) Court of), Informal Consultation Committee for Railway Zone (U.P.) (1996-97). She holds the rare honour of being a part of the ruling bodies both in the independent and the pre-independent India.
Born in Loharu, a princely state, now in Bhiwani District, she did her Senior Cambridge from Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School, Jaipur. Begum Noor who identifies herself as a social worker is a Nawab by descent being the daughter of Nawab Aminuddin Ahmad Khan of Loharu.
Apart from political engagements, she is actively involved and patronises research in Persian and Arabic on historical and cultural aspects of India, environment and forest protection. A sports fanatic, nature enthusiast and an avid traveller who loves to devour in music and dance to rejuvenate her mesmerising energy, Noor also manages her family estate.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Bano_(politician)
As a Parliamentarian, Begum Noor Bano has served as a Member, Committee of the Papers laid on the table (1996–97), Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs (1996 -99), Committee on Commerce(1999–2000),Consultative Committee, Ministry of Chemistry and Fertilizers. And has also been a Member various Statutory bodies including Aligarh Muslim University Court(1996), Central Wakf Council, Ministry of Welfare(1993), National Integration Council, Uttar Pradesh (1993) , Maulana Azad Foundation (1995-96) Court of), Informal Consultation Committee for Railway Zone (U.P.) (1996-97). She holds the rare honour of being a part of the ruling bodies both in the independent and the pre-independent India.
Born in Loharu, a princely state, now in Bhiwani District, she did her Senior Cambridge from Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School, Jaipur. Begum Noor who identifies herself as a social worker is a Nawab by descent being the daughter of Nawab Aminuddin Ahmad Khan of Loharu.
Apart from political engagements, she is actively involved and patronises research in Persian and Arabic on historical and cultural aspects of India, environment and forest protection. A sports fanatic, nature enthusiast and an avid traveller who loves to devour in music and dance to rejuvenate her mesmerising energy, Noor also manages her family estate.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Bano_(politician)
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NAJEEBA KHAN ZEENAT, Politician. Elected Member of 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Patiyali, Kasganj. Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Najeeba Khan Zeenat is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in India. She represents the Patiyali constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Samajwadi Party political party.
Listening to her calling to serve the people she answered the vociferous call of emergent socialist stalwart leader Mulayam Singh she joined the Samajwadi Party in 1994 to further add impetus to her social welfare orientation.
She had to strive hard in politics from being a 'Zila Upadhyaksh' to being a State Secretary on the upper echelon of the party leadership, thereupon she displayed a phenomenal display of courage and conviction leading from the front upholding the mighty spirit of socialist elements she led from the front, from 'Jail Bharo movement' to being a ground level party worker and a spirited fighter she struggled a lot; her tenacity was well paid off when in the year 2012 she contested the U.P assembly elections and came victorious with flying colors when she was elected as an MLA with a record victory margin of 28786 votes.
Ms. Zeenat was the first lady MLA from the native district of Kasganj often denoted as a very backward region on the catchment area of Ganga river, howsoever her constituency was taken to a new level of achievements never witnessed before she is dearly known as "Vikas Ki Devi" in her constituency. Over 150 roads and highway projects, Kaderganj bridge, 35 Villages were developed under the Ram Manohar Lohiya village development projects, over 10 villages were developed in Janeshwar Mishra Village development project, electrification of more than 405 villages were thoroughly executed, an ITI College and 2 Polytechnic colleges were raised in Patiyali as well as a Bridge over the Ganga and several other projects were successfully accomplished under her aegis in that region.
Ms. Zeenat was born in 1962 in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Aligarh Muslim University.However, in her life, she was confronted with hardships on several fronts of her life but she tackled such challenges and rigorous conditions with conviction and credence from raising a single daughter on her own and providing her with exemplary education.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najeeva_Khan_Zeenat
Listening to her calling to serve the people she answered the vociferous call of emergent socialist stalwart leader Mulayam Singh she joined the Samajwadi Party in 1994 to further add impetus to her social welfare orientation.
She had to strive hard in politics from being a 'Zila Upadhyaksh' to being a State Secretary on the upper echelon of the party leadership, thereupon she displayed a phenomenal display of courage and conviction leading from the front upholding the mighty spirit of socialist elements she led from the front, from 'Jail Bharo movement' to being a ground level party worker and a spirited fighter she struggled a lot; her tenacity was well paid off when in the year 2012 she contested the U.P assembly elections and came victorious with flying colors when she was elected as an MLA with a record victory margin of 28786 votes.
Ms. Zeenat was the first lady MLA from the native district of Kasganj often denoted as a very backward region on the catchment area of Ganga river, howsoever her constituency was taken to a new level of achievements never witnessed before she is dearly known as "Vikas Ki Devi" in her constituency. Over 150 roads and highway projects, Kaderganj bridge, 35 Villages were developed under the Ram Manohar Lohiya village development projects, over 10 villages were developed in Janeshwar Mishra Village development project, electrification of more than 405 villages were thoroughly executed, an ITI College and 2 Polytechnic colleges were raised in Patiyali as well as a Bridge over the Ganga and several other projects were successfully accomplished under her aegis in that region.
Ms. Zeenat was born in 1962 in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Aligarh Muslim University.However, in her life, she was confronted with hardships on several fronts of her life but she tackled such challenges and rigorous conditions with conviction and credence from raising a single daughter on her own and providing her with exemplary education.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najeeva_Khan_Zeenat
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. KAZMEEN JAHAN SIDDIQUI, Politician. Elected Chairperson, Nagar Panchayat, Phulpur, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Kazmeen Jahan Siddiqui, Social Worker and Politician Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Kazmeen Siddiqui is the current Nagar Panchayat Chairman of Phulpur district in Prayagraj (erstwhile Allahabad), Uttar Pradesh. She is an active member of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and represents the party in the Phulpur Nagar Panchayat, a town area under the larger Prayagraj city.
After completing her education, Kazmeen took to social work in her constituency and was subsequently picked up by the Samajwadi Party to run for the Chairman position in December 2017. She was successfully elected into the position which she has been holding since. As the Chairman, she was recently credited with taking up the panchayat-wide action and maintaining protocolsagainst the coronavirus pandemic.
Ms. Siddiqui has a Master’s degree in Anthropology from the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences in Prayagraj.
References/Sources
https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/gangapar/story-chairperson-and-eo-sanitize-phulpur3170335.html
After completing her education, Kazmeen took to social work in her constituency and was subsequently picked up by the Samajwadi Party to run for the Chairman position in December 2017. She was successfully elected into the position which she has been holding since. As the Chairman, she was recently credited with taking up the panchayat-wide action and maintaining protocolsagainst the coronavirus pandemic.
Ms. Siddiqui has a Master’s degree in Anthropology from the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences in Prayagraj.
References/Sources
https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/gangapar/story-chairperson-and-eo-sanitize-phulpur3170335.html
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ZARINA USMANI, Politician, ex-Chairperson, State Women's Commission, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Zarina Usmani, is a politician and served as the chairperson of UP State Commission for Women (UPSWC). Zarina has been associated with the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh. Ms. Usmani started her political career in 1991. She was appointed as the Secretary of the Samajwadi Party Women’s Wing in1993. Then, she was appointed as the member of Chief Working Committee of SamajwadiParty. She was also a member of U.P. State Commission for Women in 2004. Later, Ms. Usmani became the Chairperson of U.P. State Commission for Women (2013-2018). Ms. Usmani created the Salam Society in 1996, in which a group of women who were experts in the work of Chickankari were brought together. The clothes made by them were exported USA, Australia, UK, and various Gulf counties. As the chairperson of the State Women Commission, she played an integral role inorganizing ‘Jansunwai Programme’: an initiative for resolving problems of women in the state of Uttar Pradesh. She has also organized a number of seminars and meetings to discuss various issues faced by women. Zarina completed Bachelor’s in Law from Lucknow University and Master’s in Political Science from Kanpur University. References/Sources:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Zarina-Usmani-is-UPs-new-women-panel-chief/articleshow/18424931.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Zarina-Usmani-is-UPs-new-women-panel-chief/articleshow/18424931.cms
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHAHANA BIBI. Gram Pradhan, Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shahana Bibi’s story of getting elected, and then serving as the community leader of eight villages as Gram Pradhan of Savitapur-Chiharipur Farrukhabad is exemplary of leadership, focus and dedication to the cause of people in her village, in particular women and girls dignity.
Shahana was appalled by the challenges in her village due to lack of toilets and understood deeply the many problems that women and girls faced in the village due to open defecation of hygiene, dignity, health and safety. There were no good roads, hospital or electricity in her village. Motivated by these, she decided to stand for election of Gram Pradhan and vowed to address these issues when she got elected. Shabana faced a lot of barriers in her leadership quest to convincing people who questioned her dedication to the village and to the cause. However, she overcame these and won the election and took over the Gram Pradhan-ship covering eight villages. Shahana worked hard to deliver on her election promise of ensuring toilets in every home in the village. More than 300 new toilets have been constructed in all the villages under her jurisdiction which provide the promise of dignity, health and safety. Shabana continues to monitor the initiative on the use and functioning of the toilets and reduce open defecation in her villages.
Shahana Bibi’s leadership story of making a difference at the community grass roots level has been documented and shared by several media channels. A video at a programme by India TV on her inspirational story was seen across the country for others to emulate and make a difference where it really matters- at village community levels. Shahana has been selected as brand ambassador for Swatch Bharat Aabhiyan for Meerut.
Shahana received the Community Leadership Award 2020 by the World Association of Women Warriors for making a real difference for the cause of dignity of women and girls in her village.
References /Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYBpRf65QZo&feature=youtu.be
Shahana was appalled by the challenges in her village due to lack of toilets and understood deeply the many problems that women and girls faced in the village due to open defecation of hygiene, dignity, health and safety. There were no good roads, hospital or electricity in her village. Motivated by these, she decided to stand for election of Gram Pradhan and vowed to address these issues when she got elected. Shabana faced a lot of barriers in her leadership quest to convincing people who questioned her dedication to the village and to the cause. However, she overcame these and won the election and took over the Gram Pradhan-ship covering eight villages. Shahana worked hard to deliver on her election promise of ensuring toilets in every home in the village. More than 300 new toilets have been constructed in all the villages under her jurisdiction which provide the promise of dignity, health and safety. Shabana continues to monitor the initiative on the use and functioning of the toilets and reduce open defecation in her villages.
Shahana Bibi’s leadership story of making a difference at the community grass roots level has been documented and shared by several media channels. A video at a programme by India TV on her inspirational story was seen across the country for others to emulate and make a difference where it really matters- at village community levels. Shahana has been selected as brand ambassador for Swatch Bharat Aabhiyan for Meerut.
Shahana received the Community Leadership Award 2020 by the World Association of Women Warriors for making a real difference for the cause of dignity of women and girls in her village.
References /Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYBpRf65QZo&feature=youtu.be
RBTC Uttar Pradesh 100 Honoree. SHAMINA SHAFIQ, Politician, General Secretary, All India Mahila Congress. Ex-Member National Commission for Women. Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shamina Shafiq, a politician and public-speaker from Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, is the General Secretary, All India Mahila Congress (AIMC). She is also an ex-member of National Commission for Women (NCW). Shamina was nominated as a Member of BCCC in April 2013.She has also been the National Vice- President of Vishwa Dalit Parishad (India), General Secretary of All India Muslim Backward Class Federation and General Secretary of UP State Muslim Educational Society. Ms. Shafiq’s work in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in her home district of Sitapur won appreciation from the rural populace. Ms. Shafiq participated in an event, 'Innovating Governance for Sustainable Development' in Seoul, Republic of Korea, organised by the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the UNDESA, and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
On invitation from British High Commission of India Ms. Shafiq visited UK as part of high-level delegation of four prominent members of the Indian Muslim Community aimed at deepening co-operation and understanding between the two countries and communities and to enable build understanding on issues of inter-faith and multiculturalism in the UK and have participated in various International events including 'Innovating Governance for Sustainable Development' in Seoul, Republic of Korea, organised by the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the UNDESA, Panel Gender Issues - Women in Leadership (Global Forum), Geneva in 2014.
Shamina did her schooling at Christ Church College, Lucknow. She then earned a Master’s degree in English Literature and also a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She has been a political and social activist, working in the field of women’s empowerment and children’s education.
She also initiated a policy consultation on ICT for women, as a way to democratize information, communications and participation of women in the generation of knowledge. She chaired an expert committee on ‘Violence against Women of Minority Communities in India’ which focused on women of the six religious minority communities. In 2018, she received the prestigious ‘Anarkali Devi Rangbharti Sammaan’ for contributing towards women empowerment.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamina-shafiq-87603368
On invitation from British High Commission of India Ms. Shafiq visited UK as part of high-level delegation of four prominent members of the Indian Muslim Community aimed at deepening co-operation and understanding between the two countries and communities and to enable build understanding on issues of inter-faith and multiculturalism in the UK and have participated in various International events including 'Innovating Governance for Sustainable Development' in Seoul, Republic of Korea, organised by the Division for Public Administration and Development Management of the UNDESA, Panel Gender Issues - Women in Leadership (Global Forum), Geneva in 2014.
Shamina did her schooling at Christ Church College, Lucknow. She then earned a Master’s degree in English Literature and also a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She has been a political and social activist, working in the field of women’s empowerment and children’s education.
She also initiated a policy consultation on ICT for women, as a way to democratize information, communications and participation of women in the generation of knowledge. She chaired an expert committee on ‘Violence against Women of Minority Communities in India’ which focused on women of the six religious minority communities. In 2018, she received the prestigious ‘Anarkali Devi Rangbharti Sammaan’ for contributing towards women empowerment.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamina-shafiq-87603368
Leadership in Governance
Leadership in Governance
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. PARVEEN TALHA. Indian Revenue Service (1969). First Muslim woman to serve in the Civil Services and as Member of Union Public Service Commission. Padma Shri Award Recipient (2014). Home Town: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Parveen Talha is an Indian civil servant, the first Muslim woman to serve in any Class I civil service in India, the first woman to serve in the Central Bureau of Narcotics and the first and only Muslim woman to become a member of the Union Public Service Commission. Ms. Talha joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1969, becoming the first Muslim woman to enter the Revenue Service. Later, she served at the Commission at Mumbai and Kolkata and, also at the Central Excise Commission. The next move was to Narcotics Department as the Deputy Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh, fetching her another first as the only woman officer of the Central Bureau of Narcotics. After the stint at the Central Bureau of Narcotics, Parveen Talha was appointed as the Director General of the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), at their training department. She is credited with making NACEN an accredited training institute of the World Customs Organization's for Asia-Pacific region. Parveen Talha retired from the Revenue Service as the senior most woman officer of the Customs and Central Excise and on 30 September 2004, became a member of the Union Public Service Commission. After retirement from public service, Parveen Talha took up writing. In 2013, she brought out her first book, Fida-e-Lucknow – Tales of the city and its people, a collection of 22 short stories, placed in the landscape of Lucknow, telling the stories of its women. Parveen Talha is a recipient of President's Award for distinguished service, which she received in 2000. Fourteen years later, in 2014, the Government of India honored her services to the Indian Civil Service by awarding her Padma Shri, the fourth among the highest Indian civilian awards References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parveen_Talha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parveen_Talha
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ZOHRA HASAN CHATTERJEE. Indian Administrative Service (1979) Uttar Pradesh Cadre). First Muslim woman to join the Uttar Pradesh IAS cadre and to serve in the top position as Secretary, Government of India. Home Town: Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Zohra Chatterji retired on 31st July 2014 as Secretary, Ministry of Textiles in the Government of India. She belongs to the 1979 Batch of the IAS,UP Cadre and is the first lady officer of Muslim origin to attain the top post of Secretary to Govt of India. She is also the first Muslim lady officer in the UP Cadre of the IAS. She has held several important positions in her home state including Secretary and Director Industries, Labour Commissioner, Secy & DG Tourism, Secy & Project Director Basic Education, Secretary Women and Child Development etc.Her last assignment in UP was Principal Secy IT & Industries when she was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration. She also launched E-suvidha in Lucknow at this time.
Zohra joined Government of India on Central deputation in 2007 as Joint Secretary, Broadcasting in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and became Member Secretary, National Comission for Women on promotion as Additional Secretary. She was associated with drafting landmark amendments to the Criminal Law Amendment Bill and the Act for Prevention of Harrassment of Women at the Workplace. She went on to serve as Additional Secretary Coal where she also held additional charge of CMD Coal India as its first woman CMD. Her last posting was Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Textiles .She has a passionate interest in handlooms and handicrafts and was invited post retirement by the UP Govt. for setting up the UP Institute of Design in Lucknow as its Chairperson.
Zohra is a graduate in Physics from Miranda House, New Delhi. She did her post-graduation in English Literature from AMU and had her schooling in Loreto Convent, Lucknow where she won the Inter-Loreto gold medal and trophy for best all round student for 3 years running. Her many interests include painting, photography and dramatics.
Before joining the IAS, Zohra was a lecturer in English Literature at IT College; Lucknow. Presently she is pursuing a PhD at the University of Lucknow. She is also the President of Alliance francaise Lucknow, Member Managing Committee of Awadh Girls Degree College and Director, UP Industrial Consultants, Lucknow. At the national level Zohra is a member of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority, Chairperson, National Collateral Management Services Ltd(NCML) and Independent Director in several other Corporations.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zohra-chatterji-33669915/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://twitter.com/zchatting?lang=en
Zohra joined Government of India on Central deputation in 2007 as Joint Secretary, Broadcasting in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and became Member Secretary, National Comission for Women on promotion as Additional Secretary. She was associated with drafting landmark amendments to the Criminal Law Amendment Bill and the Act for Prevention of Harrassment of Women at the Workplace. She went on to serve as Additional Secretary Coal where she also held additional charge of CMD Coal India as its first woman CMD. Her last posting was Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Textiles .She has a passionate interest in handlooms and handicrafts and was invited post retirement by the UP Govt. for setting up the UP Institute of Design in Lucknow as its Chairperson.
Zohra is a graduate in Physics from Miranda House, New Delhi. She did her post-graduation in English Literature from AMU and had her schooling in Loreto Convent, Lucknow where she won the Inter-Loreto gold medal and trophy for best all round student for 3 years running. Her many interests include painting, photography and dramatics.
Before joining the IAS, Zohra was a lecturer in English Literature at IT College; Lucknow. Presently she is pursuing a PhD at the University of Lucknow. She is also the President of Alliance francaise Lucknow, Member Managing Committee of Awadh Girls Degree College and Director, UP Industrial Consultants, Lucknow. At the national level Zohra is a member of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority, Chairperson, National Collateral Management Services Ltd(NCML) and Independent Director in several other Corporations.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zohra-chatterji-33669915/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://twitter.com/zchatting?lang=en
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. HENA USMAN, Indian Postal Service (1999) . Deputy Director General (Marketing) at Dak Bhavan, Department of Posts. Home Town: Prayagraj ( formerly Allahabad) Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Hena Usman is a Civil Servant belonging to the 1999 batch of the Indian Postal Service. She is currently posted as Deputy Director General in-charge of Marketing of the Department of Posts.
Hena has held leadership posts of Senior Superintendent, Post Offices in Aurangabad and Mumbai where she has been incharge of Postal Divisions. She has also served in key positions of Asst . Director General, Establishment and Philately and Add. General Manager, Postal Life Insurance and Add . General Manager, Business Development. She has also worked as Director, Project Monitoring Unit where she was looking after the monitoring of the Technology Implementation Project. She has worked as Director, Ministry of Tourism for five years looking after portfolios of overseas marketing, publicity and public sector units.
Hena has done her schooling from St . Mary’s Convent , Allahabad and her Honours in History from Aligarh Muslim University. While in service , she did completed her LLB from Delhi University and Master’s Diploma in Public Administration from Indian Institute of Public Administration , New Delhi ( 2018- 2019).
References/Sources
https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/tag/hena-usman-ipos/
Hena has held leadership posts of Senior Superintendent, Post Offices in Aurangabad and Mumbai where she has been incharge of Postal Divisions. She has also served in key positions of Asst . Director General, Establishment and Philately and Add. General Manager, Postal Life Insurance and Add . General Manager, Business Development. She has also worked as Director, Project Monitoring Unit where she was looking after the monitoring of the Technology Implementation Project. She has worked as Director, Ministry of Tourism for five years looking after portfolios of overseas marketing, publicity and public sector units.
Hena has done her schooling from St . Mary’s Convent , Allahabad and her Honours in History from Aligarh Muslim University. While in service , she did completed her LLB from Delhi University and Master’s Diploma in Public Administration from Indian Institute of Public Administration , New Delhi ( 2018- 2019).
References/Sources
https://www.indianbureaucracy.com/tag/hena-usman-ipos/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHAMIMA SIDDIQUI, Indian Information Service (1996). Additional Director General, Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, New Delhi. Home Town: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shamima Siddiqui is a Civil Servant belonging to the 1996 batch of the Indian Information Service. Since February 2021 she is serving as Additional Director General in the Press Information Bureau , Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, New Delhi.
Ms. Siddiqui has served as Deputy Press Secretary to the thirteenth President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. She also has experience of working in multi-media organisations of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting both in Delhi and Lucknow. The over-all aim being dissemination of information on Government policies and achievements. Further, she has also served as Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Shamima was brought up and educated in Lucknow. She was awarded the Best Arts Student in 1988 at Lucknow's Loreto Convent College and was Student of the Year 1991 in Avadh Girls Degree College, Lucknow. She was also admitted to Roll of Honour of the Avadh Girls Degree College and was Vice-President of the College.
Ms. Siddiqui has served as Deputy Press Secretary to the thirteenth President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. She also has experience of working in multi-media organisations of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting both in Delhi and Lucknow. The over-all aim being dissemination of information on Government policies and achievements. Further, she has also served as Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
Shamima was brought up and educated in Lucknow. She was awarded the Best Arts Student in 1988 at Lucknow's Loreto Convent College and was Student of the Year 1991 in Avadh Girls Degree College, Lucknow. She was also admitted to Roll of Honour of the Avadh Girls Degree College and was Vice-President of the College.
References/Sources
https://pib.gov.in/MediaInvitationDetail.aspx?InvitationID=155583
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ANJUMAN NIKHAT JAFRI, Assistant Commissioner Sales Tax. Uttar Pradesh Provincial Civil Services (2010). Click side arrow for profile details.
Anjuman Nikhat Jafri, at present serving as Assistant Commissioner State Tax, Commercial Tax Department, Uttar Pradesh, belongs to the Uttar Pradesh Provincial Civil Services(PCS Batch 2010).
Followingtraining at Commercial Tax Officers’ Academy, Lucknow and UP Academy for Administration and Management, Lucknow, Ms. Jafri has held positions of Assistant Commissioner in Lucknow, Allahabad, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi and Aligarh. Nikhat is one of the first Muslim women in the workforce of about 2400 officials, selected through UP Public Service Commission in Uttar Pradesh.
Ms. Jafri has been conferred International Inspirational Women Award-2020 in the category Emerging Leader in the Government & Public Sector by GISR Foundation, UP. In recognition of her energy and commitment to encourage and empower women and for her relentless spirit, she was awarded Women Leadership Award-2020 by Dr. Zakir Hussain Foundation, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
References/Sources: To be added
Followingtraining at Commercial Tax Officers’ Academy, Lucknow and UP Academy for Administration and Management, Lucknow, Ms. Jafri has held positions of Assistant Commissioner in Lucknow, Allahabad, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi and Aligarh. Nikhat is one of the first Muslim women in the workforce of about 2400 officials, selected through UP Public Service Commission in Uttar Pradesh.
Ms. Jafri has been conferred International Inspirational Women Award-2020 in the category Emerging Leader in the Government & Public Sector by GISR Foundation, UP. In recognition of her energy and commitment to encourage and empower women and for her relentless spirit, she was awarded Women Leadership Award-2020 by Dr. Zakir Hussain Foundation, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
References/Sources: To be added
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. KANEEZ FATIMA, First Muslim women to join the Provincial Agricultural Services Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Kaneez Fatima is the first Muslim lady officer to join the Provincial Agriculture Services of Uttar Pradesh. She is currently serving as Associate Professor at the State Institute for Management of Agriculture, Rahmankhera, Lucknow where she is efficiently arranging the state-sponsored women empowerment training for women farmers of Uttar Pradesh. Through her efforts, over 700 rural women have crossed all barriers to come out of their homes to participate in this training.
Ms. Fatima has worked as Deputy Director, Plant Protection in Prayagraj Division (2008- 13) and had supervised the plant protection management of various crops. Thereafter, she was posted as Deputy Director, Plant Protection at Krishibhawan, Lucknow (2013-17). During this period, she prepared various awareness materials relating to pest and disease management of major crops in Uttar Pradesh. She was instrumental in curtailing the sale of spurious pesticides in the state. Kaneez has received commendations from the Principal Secretary, Agriculture, UP Government and the Director, Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh in recognition for her dedicated service, and vast administrative and technical experiences in the field of plant protection. She received the ‘Essential Women Award’ for her outstanding achievement in the field of plant protection.
Ms. Fatima completed her schooling at Canossa Convent, Faizabad, and later passed her 12th standard from Government Girls Inter College, Faizabad. She did her graduation from Aligarh Muslim University in 1989, and then obtained her Master’s in Agricultural Entomology from Zoology Department, AMU in 1991. She was awarded the University Gold Medal for standing first in the entire Agriculture Faculty of AMU. She completed her PhD in Integrated Pest Management from SHIATS, Allahabad in 2014.
References/Sources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/74b535201/
Ms. Fatima has worked as Deputy Director, Plant Protection in Prayagraj Division (2008- 13) and had supervised the plant protection management of various crops. Thereafter, she was posted as Deputy Director, Plant Protection at Krishibhawan, Lucknow (2013-17). During this period, she prepared various awareness materials relating to pest and disease management of major crops in Uttar Pradesh. She was instrumental in curtailing the sale of spurious pesticides in the state. Kaneez has received commendations from the Principal Secretary, Agriculture, UP Government and the Director, Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh in recognition for her dedicated service, and vast administrative and technical experiences in the field of plant protection. She received the ‘Essential Women Award’ for her outstanding achievement in the field of plant protection.
Ms. Fatima completed her schooling at Canossa Convent, Faizabad, and later passed her 12th standard from Government Girls Inter College, Faizabad. She did her graduation from Aligarh Muslim University in 1989, and then obtained her Master’s in Agricultural Entomology from Zoology Department, AMU in 1991. She was awarded the University Gold Medal for standing first in the entire Agriculture Faculty of AMU. She completed her PhD in Integrated Pest Management from SHIATS, Allahabad in 2014.
References/Sources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/74b535201/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NOORI ANSAR. Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court, Bahraich. Uttar Pradesh Judicial Services (2009). Click side arrow for profile details.
Noori Ansar, 40, is an Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court, Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh Judicial Services (2009). Noori hails from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and has pursued her LLB and LLM from Aligarh Muslim University. She went on to serve as a Judicial Magistrate, Addl. Civil Judge, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Addl. District and Sessions Judge in various districts of Uttar Pradesh namely, Bareilly, Gonda, Ghaziabad, and Bahraich.
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RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. BINNO ABBAS RIZVI, Zonal Officer, Nagar Nigam, Municipal Corporation & Urdu Poet. Lucknow. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Binno Abbas Rizvi is a Zonal Officer at Nagam Nigam, Lucknow. She started as a Tax Superintendent at Nagar Nigam and then she got promoted to the post of a Zonal Officer. Later, she joined the U.P Directorate Urban Local Body and served there for the previous two years. Now, Dr. Rizvi has rejoined Nagar Nigam as a Zonal Officer at Zone 6. She has served several zones of Nagar Nigam since 1996. She was also made the chairperson of a women harassment prevention group in Nagar Nigam.
Belonging to an orthodox family, Binno faced challenges regarding her education and career. Like any other Indian parents, Dr. Rizvi’s parents also wanted her to get married at an early age. However, Dr. Rizvi pursued as she was determined to become an independent woman. Binno did her post graduation in Economics and Urdu from Lucknow University. She also has a Ph.D in Urdu Literature. She received the Vice-chancellor gold medal from the honourable Governor of U.P. Motilal Bora in 1995.
Dr. Rizvi is known for her social services. From helping a poor child with his/her education to helping poor girls with their marriages, she has served the society in many ways. She has solved many domestic conflicts as the chairperson of the women harassment prevention group. She made sure that the lower sections of the society receive benefits of the various government schemes. She has been a determined worker in her field work. She has received many awards for her field work as well as her social work. “Utkrisht Seva Puraskar”, “Janhit Seva Puraskar”, “Bhartiya Nari Samman”, “Pride of Woman Award”, “ Essential Woman Award”, “Shan-e Awadh Puraskar” are to name a few.
Apart from her social work, Binno also has interest in urdu poetry. She herself is a Shayara. She goes by the name Wafa Lucknowi. She has written a few “ghazlein” and “nazmein”. She wrote two books on “ghazal” and “marsiya”:- “Jadeed Urdu Ghazal Riwayaat Wa Ikhtira’at” and “Pyarey Sahab Rasheed Shakhsiyat Aur Shayari”.
References/Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SycIMVfZbpo
Belonging to an orthodox family, Binno faced challenges regarding her education and career. Like any other Indian parents, Dr. Rizvi’s parents also wanted her to get married at an early age. However, Dr. Rizvi pursued as she was determined to become an independent woman. Binno did her post graduation in Economics and Urdu from Lucknow University. She also has a Ph.D in Urdu Literature. She received the Vice-chancellor gold medal from the honourable Governor of U.P. Motilal Bora in 1995.
Dr. Rizvi is known for her social services. From helping a poor child with his/her education to helping poor girls with their marriages, she has served the society in many ways. She has solved many domestic conflicts as the chairperson of the women harassment prevention group. She made sure that the lower sections of the society receive benefits of the various government schemes. She has been a determined worker in her field work. She has received many awards for her field work as well as her social work. “Utkrisht Seva Puraskar”, “Janhit Seva Puraskar”, “Bhartiya Nari Samman”, “Pride of Woman Award”, “ Essential Woman Award”, “Shan-e Awadh Puraskar” are to name a few.
Apart from her social work, Binno also has interest in urdu poetry. She herself is a Shayara. She goes by the name Wafa Lucknowi. She has written a few “ghazlein” and “nazmein”. She wrote two books on “ghazal” and “marsiya”:- “Jadeed Urdu Ghazal Riwayaat Wa Ikhtira’at” and “Pyarey Sahab Rasheed Shakhsiyat Aur Shayari”.
References/Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SycIMVfZbpo
Professionals in Science, Law and Medicine
Professionals in Science, Law and Medicine
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. KHUSBOO MIRZA. Scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore. Member of team of engineers for India's first lunar probe- Chandrayaan 1 in 2008. Hometown: Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Khushboo Mirza, 35, is a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at Bangalore. Khusboo was part of the team of 12 engineers of the Check-Out Division of Chandrayan 1 ( India's first lunar probe) which carried out the thermal, vacumm and assembling checks of each component of the satellite which was launched in 2008. Khusboo was also chosen in the group which was to build Chandrayaan 2. This second lunar lest to dispatch in 2009 got deferred and was launched on July 22, 2019. Khusboo was honored by the ISRO Team Excellence Award in April 2015. Ms. Mirza belongs to Chaugori Mohalla, a tiny, traditional Muslim neighbourhood in Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh. Khusboo’s father, an Engineer, died when she was seven. Her mother, Farhat, broke norms to run the family's petrol pump to keep her children in school. Khushboo graduated from Krishna Bal Mandir High School in Amroha. She applied for B. Tech at Aligarh Muslim University and completed her Engineering degree from the Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology, AMU, Aligarh. Besides her scientific achievements, Khusboo was a district level volleyball player. She also became the first girl to fight an election in AMU. Though she did not win, her participation encouraged other girls to take the opportunity in following years. Ms. Mirza started her career as a software engineer at Adobe Systems Incorporated in June 2006 and after working there for 5 months left the lucrative job to join ISRO in November 2006, Khushboo’s mother, Farhat, accompanied her daughter to ISRO training programmes across the country. Ms. Mirza has been working with ISRO for 14 years now and was recently promoted to director-rank Scientist-F position in June 2020.References/Sources
http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/amroha-girl-chose-jeans-not-burqa-joined-isro/376807/https://www.dreshare.com/khushboo-mirza/https://www.ummid.com/career/Khushboo_mirza_from_amroha_to_moon.htm
http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/amroha-girl-chose-jeans-not-burqa-joined-isro/376807/https://www.dreshare.com/khushboo-mirza/https://www.ummid.com/career/Khushboo_mirza_from_amroha_to_moon.htm
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SANIA AKHTAR, Principal Director (Senior Principal Scientist), Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Bengaluru. Home Town: Lucknow. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Sania Akhtar is the Principal Director (Senior Principal Scientist) atCentral Institute ofPlastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET),School for Advanced Research in Polymers, Bengaluru.She is a certified ISO and NABLassessor. With her team, She setup the first NABL-accredited Calibration Laboratoryat CIPET. She has also been involved in teaching, research activities, technical consultancy, and skill-development training, especially for underprivileged classes, apart from her administrative assignments. Ms. Akhtar, received her education at IIT Kharagpur. After doing M. Tech. and PhD, sheacquired the position as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Mining, Colorado, USA.She was also a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Ohio. After four years, Ms. Akhtar returned toIndia on being recruited as a scientist by the CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL),Pune. Post-marriage, she relocated to Lucknow and joined as the Manager at CIPET. In 2007, she became theHead of CIPET Centre, Mysore. In 2016 , she was appointed as the Principal Director (Academics) at CIPET Head Office, Chennai, wherein she was in charge of academic activities at all the 28 CIPET centresacross the country. Ms. Akhtar has published more than 30 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. She is the author of 3 international patents. She received the National Science Talent Scholarship,and also the Modi (Tyres) Prize for Best M.Tech.thesis inRubber Technology at IIT Kharagpur. She was also awarded the Best Paper Award byAmerican Chemical Society (ACS), Rubber Division, USA. She also gives consultancy toindustries on application development issues inthe field of polymers.She has travelled to various countries including USA, Canada, Russia, Netherlands, Germany, and Singaporeon professional visits. References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sania-akhtar-5162b866/?originalSubdomain=in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sania-akhtar-5162b866/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SEEMA WAHAB, Biotechnologist, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Delhi. Honored with species of nematode named after her. Home Town: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Seema Wahab, Former Advisor, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology at Govt. of India, is a celebrated biotechnologist contributing to the research and development of sustainable agriculture.
Dr. Wahab has been influential in promoting the concept of IPM for sustainable agriculture through her contribution to the development, large scale demonstrations, and adoption by farmers of biopesticide technology. Along with her extensive experience in the field of Fungal Immunology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Medical Mycology, she has also been an influential part of a research program in Animal Biotechnology during 2002-2007. Her contribution proved to be phenomenal for improving animal productivity and animal health care in the areas of nutrition, vaccine development, transgenic, disease diagnostics, animal reproduction, genomics, byproduct development, and many more.
Dr. Wahab has been recipient of various prestigious national and international postdoctoral fellowships and has worked with multiple international universities of high repute, such as Forschungs Fur Experimentelle Biologie Und Medizin, Institut Pasteur - Paris, France, Borstel, Germany, and National Institute of Health-Maryland, USA.
For her contribution of 20+ years in the field of science, she has been awarded various awards, some of which include: Distinguished Achievement Award (1998) for exceptional work in Pest Management, Dr. M.R Siddiqui Gold Medal (2002) for her research in the area of Biotechnology, and others. She is an elected fellow of Society of Biosciences and has received the lifetime achievement award in 2008 for her work in biotechnology. As a token of honour, a species of Entomopathogenic Nematode (EPN) has been named Steinernema seemae sp. N. after her.
Dr Seema Wahab obtained her M.Sc., PhD from Lucknow University and has been instrumental in promoting biological sciences in the country.
References/Sources:
https://rocketreach.co/seema-wahab-email_13088967
Dr. Wahab has been influential in promoting the concept of IPM for sustainable agriculture through her contribution to the development, large scale demonstrations, and adoption by farmers of biopesticide technology. Along with her extensive experience in the field of Fungal Immunology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Medical Mycology, she has also been an influential part of a research program in Animal Biotechnology during 2002-2007. Her contribution proved to be phenomenal for improving animal productivity and animal health care in the areas of nutrition, vaccine development, transgenic, disease diagnostics, animal reproduction, genomics, byproduct development, and many more.
Dr. Wahab has been recipient of various prestigious national and international postdoctoral fellowships and has worked with multiple international universities of high repute, such as Forschungs Fur Experimentelle Biologie Und Medizin, Institut Pasteur - Paris, France, Borstel, Germany, and National Institute of Health-Maryland, USA.
For her contribution of 20+ years in the field of science, she has been awarded various awards, some of which include: Distinguished Achievement Award (1998) for exceptional work in Pest Management, Dr. M.R Siddiqui Gold Medal (2002) for her research in the area of Biotechnology, and others. She is an elected fellow of Society of Biosciences and has received the lifetime achievement award in 2008 for her work in biotechnology. As a token of honour, a species of Entomopathogenic Nematode (EPN) has been named Steinernema seemae sp. N. after her.
Dr Seema Wahab obtained her M.Sc., PhD from Lucknow University and has been instrumental in promoting biological sciences in the country.
References/Sources:
https://rocketreach.co/seema-wahab-email_13088967
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. MOHSINA MIRZA, Aviation Robotics Expert, Drone Pilot, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for full profile.
Mohsina Arif Mirza, is a pioneer in introducing the concept of aviation and flying technology and aerial imaging in schools across the country. She started her career as Head of Drone Department, La Martiniere College, Lucknow; Founder, Invero Techno Robotics & Flying Club, Lucknow; and Dromera Aerial Imaging. She is Group Creative Head of Chain of City International School, Nurture International School, Global Classroom Pvt Ltd. & Global Dreams.
Mohsina launched her venture “Antriksh Invero Techno Kids” in 2017. This is one-of-its-kind robotics and aviation flying club where children in the age group of 6 to 18 years get exposure to aviation and flying technology. Children are trained to pilot their own self-made flying robots and fixed wings, and become future ready. The objective is to give every child wings to fly high. After thorough research on the sensory and learning difficulties of autistic kids, Mohsina designed a unique sensory robotic kit and curriculum for children with special needs. Antriksh, stimulates the children’s brain function with easy to do developmental activities which help in improving the child’s memory, attention, reaction time, with an abundance of customizable gadgets based on a variety of learning methods, used for enhancing progress and mind development. Mohsina has organized Robotics and Drone Piloting Summer camps. Invero Techno Robotics & Summer Camp 2018 was India’s first Robotics and Drone Piloting Summer Crash Course for Autistic Children across the Nation. She has trained more than 1000 children till now. Mohsina’s passion for aerial photography has been showcased in a series of coffee table books – ‘Secret of Mart’, ‘Mausoleum of Boulone Lise’ and ‘The Lat’, ‘The Mutiny’ and ‘Sibtainabad: Through the Lens of Time.’ She has received several awards and recognitions including the Uttar Pradesh Young Women Leaders Conclave Award, i-inspire Award at P.H.D. Chambers, Lucknow (2017) and recently the Devi Award (2019). Mohsina has participated in ISSET NASA Mentor Championship in 2019, and her idea was sent to international Space Station.
Mohsina has done her Bachelors of Technology and P.G.D.B.M from Leeds University, United Kingdom. She has also completed her Professional Sky Dive Accelerated Free Fall Course (A.F.F.) from Skydive Dubai in 2017. She is passionate about women’s participation in Robotics and she regularly provides global standard training to women and girls about drone making and piloting.
References/Sources
http://radianceweekly.in/portal/issue/youth-power-hopes-and-challenges/article/start-up-for-a-cause/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. IRAM MAJID. Lawyer, Arbitrator, Mediator. Director, India Institute of Arbitration and Mediation. New Delhi. Home Town: Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Iram Majid, a legal professional, serves as the Director of the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, India. She is also a partner at an ADR centre based in France.
Iram started her journey as a law practitioner at the Delhi High Court. ADR crossed her path accidentally, when she was appointed as a Sole Arbitrator in a dispute by the Hon'ble court. Her passion in this branch developed as she underwent training in Cross Culture Mediation from Pepperdine University, Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, USA and Advance Mediation training from the Harvard Law School, USA.
With professional membership of renowned international Arbitration Centres, Iram serves as the Executive Director for Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration & Mediation (APCAM), Secretary General of International Federal of Mediators and Regional Director of BIMS- Bangladesh International Mediation Society in India.
Ms. Majid has more than 15 years of experience in handling wide range of criminal, matrimonial, civil, commercial, banking and finance matters cases in the court as Advocate and outside the court as Mediator. She is also on the panel lawyer for Delhi Jal Board and DSIDC in Delhi High Court. As Faculty at the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, she co-authored a book on "Definition of Mediation” and a compilation of “Landmark Judgements on Mediation and Arbitration. "
Born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Iram pursued B. A. LL.B. (Hons.) at the Aligarh Muslim University and obtained a Masters in Law from Kurukshetra University. Iram holds the honor of being an APCAM certified Arbitrator and Mediator. As qualified mediator, she is enlisted on the panel of Delhi High Court Mediation Centre.
References/Sources
https://in.linkedin.com/in/iram-majid-89aa1390 https://superlawyer.in/iram-majid-advocate-supreme-court-of-india-on-career-in-arbitration-and-mediation-and-future-of-adr-in-india/
Iram started her journey as a law practitioner at the Delhi High Court. ADR crossed her path accidentally, when she was appointed as a Sole Arbitrator in a dispute by the Hon'ble court. Her passion in this branch developed as she underwent training in Cross Culture Mediation from Pepperdine University, Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, USA and Advance Mediation training from the Harvard Law School, USA.
With professional membership of renowned international Arbitration Centres, Iram serves as the Executive Director for Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration & Mediation (APCAM), Secretary General of International Federal of Mediators and Regional Director of BIMS- Bangladesh International Mediation Society in India.
Ms. Majid has more than 15 years of experience in handling wide range of criminal, matrimonial, civil, commercial, banking and finance matters cases in the court as Advocate and outside the court as Mediator. She is also on the panel lawyer for Delhi Jal Board and DSIDC in Delhi High Court. As Faculty at the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, she co-authored a book on "Definition of Mediation” and a compilation of “Landmark Judgements on Mediation and Arbitration. "
Born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Iram pursued B. A. LL.B. (Hons.) at the Aligarh Muslim University and obtained a Masters in Law from Kurukshetra University. Iram holds the honor of being an APCAM certified Arbitrator and Mediator. As qualified mediator, she is enlisted on the panel of Delhi High Court Mediation Centre.
References/Sources
https://in.linkedin.com/in/iram-majid-89aa1390 https://superlawyer.in/iram-majid-advocate-supreme-court-of-india-on-career-in-arbitration-and-mediation-and-future-of-adr-in-india/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NUZHAT HUSSAIN. Dean, Professor and Head of Pathology. Officer-in-Charge of State Referral Centre for Lab Investigations. ex-Director, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Insitute of Medical Sciences. Lucknow. Click side arrow for profile details.
Professor Nuzhat Husain is currently Dean, Professor and Head of Pathology and Officer In-charge State Referral Centre for Lab Investigations at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
She has completed a previous term as dean and also headed the institute in a director for two years. During her administrative tenures Dr Husain has been instrumental in development and expansion of the institute ensuring progress, commencement of new degrees addition of new facilities and campus while maintaining high standards. Her clinical interest areas include Oncopathology, Neuropathology and Molecular pathology.
Prof Husain has done her MBBS in 1985 from JN Medical College, Aligarh and her MD in Pathology from King George’s Medical University in 1989 with high merit and several awards including the prestigious President of India’s silver medal for best woman student at the University in 1985 and the KB Kunwar Gold medal for best thesis in 1989,
She commenced her academic career as lecturer to King George’s Medical University in 1991 where she served for 20 years. She has been honoured with several awards including the DSTs Boyscast fellowship under which she did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University Boston USA.
She has published 250 papers in peer reviewed journals, authored book chapters, delivered several prestigious lectures in India and abroad, guided more than 30 PhD students and over 60 MD, MS and MCh thesis. She is honorary secretary of the Indian College of Pathologists, and has been Member of the College of American Pathologist and the US-Canadian academy of Pathology. She has completed tenures as President of the UP Chapter of IAPM as well as President of the UP Chapter of IAC.
Dr. Husain has created a unique model of public-public partnership and referral services in govt sector. She taken leadership in implementing comprehensive and cost-effective diagnostic services bringing high end investigations like molecular pathology, flow cytometry, e-slides & telepathology, liquid based cytology in the reach of the common public. Research work has been her forte and he has been principal investigator in 20 research extramural projects. She is on the editorial board of several journals and reviewer for articles. On the social front she is active in active in promoting cancer screening in women as well as works for the cause of promoting education and health of underprivileged individuals.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuzhat_Husain
She has completed a previous term as dean and also headed the institute in a director for two years. During her administrative tenures Dr Husain has been instrumental in development and expansion of the institute ensuring progress, commencement of new degrees addition of new facilities and campus while maintaining high standards. Her clinical interest areas include Oncopathology, Neuropathology and Molecular pathology.
Prof Husain has done her MBBS in 1985 from JN Medical College, Aligarh and her MD in Pathology from King George’s Medical University in 1989 with high merit and several awards including the prestigious President of India’s silver medal for best woman student at the University in 1985 and the KB Kunwar Gold medal for best thesis in 1989,
She commenced her academic career as lecturer to King George’s Medical University in 1991 where she served for 20 years. She has been honoured with several awards including the DSTs Boyscast fellowship under which she did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University Boston USA.
She has published 250 papers in peer reviewed journals, authored book chapters, delivered several prestigious lectures in India and abroad, guided more than 30 PhD students and over 60 MD, MS and MCh thesis. She is honorary secretary of the Indian College of Pathologists, and has been Member of the College of American Pathologist and the US-Canadian academy of Pathology. She has completed tenures as President of the UP Chapter of IAPM as well as President of the UP Chapter of IAC.
Dr. Husain has created a unique model of public-public partnership and referral services in govt sector. She taken leadership in implementing comprehensive and cost-effective diagnostic services bringing high end investigations like molecular pathology, flow cytometry, e-slides & telepathology, liquid based cytology in the reach of the common public. Research work has been her forte and he has been principal investigator in 20 research extramural projects. She is on the editorial board of several journals and reviewer for articles. On the social front she is active in active in promoting cancer screening in women as well as works for the cause of promoting education and health of underprivileged individuals.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuzhat_Husain
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHEHLA JAMAL, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Founder, All India Society for Menstrual Disorders and Hygiene Management, Associate Professor at RMRI Bareilly, Greater Noida. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Shehla Jamal, Obsterician and Gynecologist, is the Founder of the All India Society for Menstrual Disorders and Hygiene Management. Dr. Jamal works as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sharda Medical and Research Centre in Greater Noida. Dr. Jamal is also Associate Professor at RMRI, Bareilly.
Dr. Jamal completed her MBBS and Diploma in Obstetrician & Gynaecology from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh. She later did her DNB from MR Bangur Hospital, Kolkata. Dr. Jamal has received a gold medal in her post graduate course. She was also part of a sensitization program of PPTCT –HIV during 2007 -2008.
Dr. Jamal has presented various papers in state level and national level conferences and received the best paper prize in UPCON-2008. She is an active participant in various urban and rural health camps for breast and cervical cancer awareness programs. Was also involved in Adolescent Health Care Programs and presently involved in various research projects in the hospital.
An active member of FOGSI- Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecological Societies of India, Shehla was also awarded the “ Leaders of Tomorrow” award by FOGSI.
References/Sources
https://www.shardahospital.org/meetourdoctors/dr-shehla-jamal https://www.vaidam.com/doctors/dr-shehla-jamal-gynecologist-obstetrician
Dr. Jamal completed her MBBS and Diploma in Obstetrician & Gynaecology from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh. She later did her DNB from MR Bangur Hospital, Kolkata. Dr. Jamal has received a gold medal in her post graduate course. She was also part of a sensitization program of PPTCT –HIV during 2007 -2008.
Dr. Jamal has presented various papers in state level and national level conferences and received the best paper prize in UPCON-2008. She is an active participant in various urban and rural health camps for breast and cervical cancer awareness programs. Was also involved in Adolescent Health Care Programs and presently involved in various research projects in the hospital.
An active member of FOGSI- Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecological Societies of India, Shehla was also awarded the “ Leaders of Tomorrow” award by FOGSI.
References/Sources
https://www.shardahospital.org/meetourdoctors/dr-shehla-jamal https://www.vaidam.com/doctors/dr-shehla-jamal-gynecologist-obstetrician
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. TAMKIN KHAN. Professor & ex-Chairperson Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Founder Stillbirth Society of India and South-East Asia. Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. AMU Aligarh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Tamkin Khan MS, DNB, MNAMS, FAIMER Fellow, MICOG, (Gold Medalist) completed her education at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh. She has 29 years of clinical and teaching experience. Her areas of Interest include Emergency Obstetric Care, Fetal Medicine and High Risk Pregnancy. She is a master trainer for Emergency Obstetric Care and HIV-AIDS and National Mentor for Quality Improvement in health care.
Dr. Khan is the founder of the first Stillbirth Society of India which will be working towards decreasing deaths before birth and providing bereavement care to families. She has authored one book ( add name of book), contributed six chapters to book, 95 scientific publications in indexed and peer reviewed journals and is a reviewer for national & international journals including BMJ Case Reports. She has presented her work at National and International conferences with 5 award winning presentations. She has guided 30 PG theses and PhDs and has been awarded 4 MHRD-GIAN projects.
Dr. Tamkin Khan has provided organizational and leadership roles as Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Provost, S N Hall. During her tenure the department developed HDU-ICU for critical care and was sanctioned a Rs. 28 crore grant for a new MCH wing. She is an active member of FOGSI, serving as a resource person at scientific meets and delivered prestigious Kamini Rao & Meera Mukherjee orations. She is passionate about teaching and creating a classroom environment that is non-threatening, interactive and inspires students to develop a love for life-long learning
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamkin-rabbani-55bb6049/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tamkin_Khan/publicationshttps://www.amu.ac.in/empcv/10055227.pdf
Dr. Khan is the founder of the first Stillbirth Society of India which will be working towards decreasing deaths before birth and providing bereavement care to families. She has authored one book ( add name of book), contributed six chapters to book, 95 scientific publications in indexed and peer reviewed journals and is a reviewer for national & international journals including BMJ Case Reports. She has presented her work at National and International conferences with 5 award winning presentations. She has guided 30 PG theses and PhDs and has been awarded 4 MHRD-GIAN projects.
Dr. Tamkin Khan has provided organizational and leadership roles as Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Provost, S N Hall. During her tenure the department developed HDU-ICU for critical care and was sanctioned a Rs. 28 crore grant for a new MCH wing. She is an active member of FOGSI, serving as a resource person at scientific meets and delivered prestigious Kamini Rao & Meera Mukherjee orations. She is passionate about teaching and creating a classroom environment that is non-threatening, interactive and inspires students to develop a love for life-long learning
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamkin-rabbani-55bb6049/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tamkin_Khan/publicationshttps://www.amu.ac.in/empcv/10055227.pdf
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. LUBNA KAMAL, Associate Professor at Nano Homeopathy. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru State Homeopathic Medical College, Kanpur. Manages chain of homeopathic clinics across several cities. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Lubna Kamal is serving as an Associate Professor at Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru State Homeopathic Medical College, Kanpur. She manages a chain of Homeopathic Clinics in New Delhi, Lucknow, Patna and Nainital.
Dr. Kamal has researched for nearly two decades in treating chronic renal failure, with homeopathy with the objective of reducing the need for dialysis and transplant. Dr. Lubna presented her Research Paper on the same subject with a study of over 250 subjects at LIGA International Conference, Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. She has treated several thousands of Renal Failure patients helping them get cured and leading a dialysis free life.
Dr. Kamal also volunteers with an NGO- The Nano Homeopathy Institute of Research and Welfare- which works towards providing first line of health supplements free of cost to the less privileged. She supports screening for diabetes and blood pressure and provides free renal checkup to high risk groups as well as helps patients who cannot afford treatment for Chronic Renal Failure, especially low cost dialysis. Lubna is also a certified pranic healer and is also helping people through distant healing during COVID Lockdown.
An avid reader, Dr. Kamal has contributed to various national and international publications in English, Hindi and Urdu. She is also Member to the Editorial Board, PNIB, ICN News and Homeopathic Journal of Nephrology.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lubna-kamal-a94aa71a0
Dr. Kamal has researched for nearly two decades in treating chronic renal failure, with homeopathy with the objective of reducing the need for dialysis and transplant. Dr. Lubna presented her Research Paper on the same subject with a study of over 250 subjects at LIGA International Conference, Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. She has treated several thousands of Renal Failure patients helping them get cured and leading a dialysis free life.
Dr. Kamal also volunteers with an NGO- The Nano Homeopathy Institute of Research and Welfare- which works towards providing first line of health supplements free of cost to the less privileged. She supports screening for diabetes and blood pressure and provides free renal checkup to high risk groups as well as helps patients who cannot afford treatment for Chronic Renal Failure, especially low cost dialysis. Lubna is also a certified pranic healer and is also helping people through distant healing during COVID Lockdown.
An avid reader, Dr. Kamal has contributed to various national and international publications in English, Hindi and Urdu. She is also Member to the Editorial Board, PNIB, ICN News and Homeopathic Journal of Nephrology.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lubna-kamal-a94aa71a0
Creative Contributors to the Arts
Creative Contributors to the Arts
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. FARRUKH JAFAR, Actor, First Announcer of Akashwani Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Farrukh Jaffar is an actress and a former radio presenter. She was born in 1933 in Chakesar village of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. She later moved to Lucknow for higher education and attended Lucknow University.
Farrukh has been associated with radio and television for over five decades and she started her career with radio in 1963 with Vividh Bharti. She was the first announcer of Akashwani Lucknow. Later, she slowly transitioned out of radio and into the world of movies.
Ms. Jaffar's first break was as a supporting role of Rekha’s mother in the 1981 musical drama Umrao Jaan. Post this she did small projects spread over four decades. Some of her other notable works are Swades, Peeple Live, Parched, The Lunch Box, Sultan, Secret Superstar, Amma ki Boli and her very recent and very well appreciated lead role in Gulabo Sitabo. She also acted in TV shows Husn-e-Jana, Adha Gaon, The Shawl and Neem Ka Ped.
What makes Farrukh Jaffar is the fact that even at 87 she continues to be a trailblazer who is doing sassy roles that gain her recognition. She is an inspiration for people around the country and a reminder that age is just a number. She has also been nominated by Guild Award for best Actress in a supporting role.
References/Sources
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1585543/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrukh_Jaffar
Farrukh has been associated with radio and television for over five decades and she started her career with radio in 1963 with Vividh Bharti. She was the first announcer of Akashwani Lucknow. Later, she slowly transitioned out of radio and into the world of movies.
Ms. Jaffar's first break was as a supporting role of Rekha’s mother in the 1981 musical drama Umrao Jaan. Post this she did small projects spread over four decades. Some of her other notable works are Swades, Peeple Live, Parched, The Lunch Box, Sultan, Secret Superstar, Amma ki Boli and her very recent and very well appreciated lead role in Gulabo Sitabo. She also acted in TV shows Husn-e-Jana, Adha Gaon, The Shawl and Neem Ka Ped.
What makes Farrukh Jaffar is the fact that even at 87 she continues to be a trailblazer who is doing sassy roles that gain her recognition. She is an inspiration for people around the country and a reminder that age is just a number. She has also been nominated by Guild Award for best Actress in a supporting role.
References/Sources
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1585543/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrukh_Jaffar
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. AISHA KHATOON, Short Film Maker. Co-Founder, Sanatkada Film Studio. Lucknow. Click side arrow for profile details.
Aisha Khatoon, a film maker, is the co-founder of the Sanatkada Film Studio. which is a unique initiative to teach the art of photography and filmmaking to the Muslim women and girls in Lucknow. Ms. Khatoon, along with her team members, organizes workshops on photography, videography and perspective building, thereby helping these women to improve their technical skills and establish their identity as independent women working in the media.
Coming from a marginalized community, which had limited resources and poor access to education, Ms. Khatoon struggled to continue her studies and became the first graduate woman of her village. With the help of a local NGO Sadhbavana Trust, she has fought restrictive cultural norms to learn photography, filmmaking, and video editing as mediums through which women could explore issues related to gender, identity, and social justice.
She envisioned the Sanatkada Film Studio with an aim to create a space for women in the media and support them in standing on equal footing with men in this field. The studio also develops documentaries on women’s issues and other important social problems, as well as short video profiles of women in the city.
Over the past nine years, Ms. Aisha Khatoon has worked with Sadhbavana Trust, Sanatkada, and various organizations across Lucknow, UP and other parts of India on many projects including the making of short documentaries on a range of issues like the RTI Act, stories of women community leaders, and Lucknow’s cultural heritage. Now, she is taking her services to the general public as an independent enterprise.
References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEV6Rv_tjP8https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEqy7w2-C0_YNVlDOvIAr8whttp://sadbhavanatrust.org.in/film-studio/
Coming from a marginalized community, which had limited resources and poor access to education, Ms. Khatoon struggled to continue her studies and became the first graduate woman of her village. With the help of a local NGO Sadhbavana Trust, she has fought restrictive cultural norms to learn photography, filmmaking, and video editing as mediums through which women could explore issues related to gender, identity, and social justice.
She envisioned the Sanatkada Film Studio with an aim to create a space for women in the media and support them in standing on equal footing with men in this field. The studio also develops documentaries on women’s issues and other important social problems, as well as short video profiles of women in the city.
Over the past nine years, Ms. Aisha Khatoon has worked with Sadhbavana Trust, Sanatkada, and various organizations across Lucknow, UP and other parts of India on many projects including the making of short documentaries on a range of issues like the RTI Act, stories of women community leaders, and Lucknow’s cultural heritage. Now, she is taking her services to the general public as an independent enterprise.
References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEV6Rv_tjP8https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEqy7w2-C0_YNVlDOvIAr8whttp://sadbhavanatrust.org.in/film-studio/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SABIHA HASAN SUMBUL Visual Artist and Painter. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sabiha Hasan Sumbul is a self-taught visual artist and painter. Born and brought up in Varanasi, she started painting during her early years in school. Initially, her work revolved around realistic and landscape form of painting. However, with growing maturity and new-found artistic imagination, her subject matter started taking shape into her current unique style and experimentation on the canvas.
Ms. Sumbul often uses abstract form to express her feelings. After observing her work closely, one can easily understand the impact of nature and its beauty on her work and her focus on flowers. Shades of liveliness, happiness, beauty, freshness, and love clearly dominate her work. Her style embodies her mission statement, “I do not want to bind myself with one particular subject and style, rather, I would love to showcase beauty and positivity to the world through my work”.
Sabiha Hasan Sumbul has showcased her work nationally and internationally, and has many group and solo shows to her credit. She was invited to participate in the ‘Calligraphy Art Exhibition’ in Sydney, Australia in 2018, including artists from all over the world. She was also invited by the Taj Group of Hotels to exhibit her work in Taj Bengal, Kolkata. Her works can be seen in many homes and corporate offices all over India and abroad (USA, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore to name a few).
Sabiha has to her credit many solo exhibitions at Lalit Kala Academy; All India Fine Art and Craft Society, New Delhi; DAV College of Education, Abohar (Punjab); Aligarh Muslim University; Birla Institute, Kolkata and many more. She has hosted a solo exhibition at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi in February, 2020. Sabiha's paintings are available on Saatchi Art platform. Sabiha has a Master’s in Business Administration and Master’s in Information Technology, and she has also completed a one-year Diploma in Acrylic from Birla Institute of Art and Culture. References/Sources
https://www.saatchiart.com/shsumbulhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/lucknow/flower-power-on-the-canvas/articleshow/60462821.cms
Ms. Sumbul often uses abstract form to express her feelings. After observing her work closely, one can easily understand the impact of nature and its beauty on her work and her focus on flowers. Shades of liveliness, happiness, beauty, freshness, and love clearly dominate her work. Her style embodies her mission statement, “I do not want to bind myself with one particular subject and style, rather, I would love to showcase beauty and positivity to the world through my work”.
Sabiha Hasan Sumbul has showcased her work nationally and internationally, and has many group and solo shows to her credit. She was invited to participate in the ‘Calligraphy Art Exhibition’ in Sydney, Australia in 2018, including artists from all over the world. She was also invited by the Taj Group of Hotels to exhibit her work in Taj Bengal, Kolkata. Her works can be seen in many homes and corporate offices all over India and abroad (USA, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore to name a few).
Sabiha has to her credit many solo exhibitions at Lalit Kala Academy; All India Fine Art and Craft Society, New Delhi; DAV College of Education, Abohar (Punjab); Aligarh Muslim University; Birla Institute, Kolkata and many more. She has hosted a solo exhibition at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi in February, 2020. Sabiha's paintings are available on Saatchi Art platform. Sabiha has a Master’s in Business Administration and Master’s in Information Technology, and she has also completed a one-year Diploma in Acrylic from Birla Institute of Art and Culture. References/Sources
https://www.saatchiart.com/shsumbulhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/lucknow/flower-power-on-the-canvas/articleshow/60462821.cms
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ANAMTA KHAN Singer, Song Writer and Music Composer. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Anamta Khan, is a versatile singer, music composer, songwriter and a live performer. She has worked in many genres. She mostly sings in Hindi, English and Urdu. Anamta has her YouTube channel which has recently crossed 1.5Lakh Subscribers and 1.3 crore views. She has written, composed and sung lots of sufi songs for tips music label (Tips Ibadat) which have crossed millions of views. Anamta has also worked for Zee music Company and T Series. Anamta has done various live performances in India and across the globe. She performed at The T10 Cricket League, Abu Dhabi in 2019.
Anamta has been singing since the tender age of 4. In 7th standard she started her formal vocal training from Mrs Shivkanti Singh and then Later from Ustad Gulshan Bharti and Bhatkhande University, Lucknow. In 2016 she sang the title song of the popular TV serial 'Ek Rishta Sajhedari Ka’ telecasted on Sony Entertainment Television. She has written, composed and sung in the recently released bollywood movie 'Sayonee’. It’s her duet with Mika Singh. She has sung for many popular ads like Dabur, Lux, Gemini Cooking oil and Nikon. She recreated the song ‘Aashayein’, as the famous Star Parivar Anthem for Star Plus. It featured all the popular actors of Star Plus like Erica Fernandes and Karan Singh Grover.
Anamta has also worked with The Maestro A R Rahman, as a songwriter for his recently released Bollywood movie ‘99 songs’. One of Anamta’s videos singing ‘Ye Mat Kaho Khuda Se' went viral on social media for which she was awarded from Filmfare Middle East.
She has worked for mental health by making lots of motivational songs like ‘Tu Mehnat ka phal payega’ and ‘koshish karne walo ki haar nahin hoti’ which have millions of views and have received a lot appreciation on social media. She also release her songs digitally on many platforms like iTunes, Spotify, Gaana; among others.
Anamta received her education in Lucknow at City Montessori School, Lamartine Girls College, and Lucknow University. References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ1XozjnOClyTdKPT0Qvr5Qhttp://linkedin.com/in/anamta-khan-29ba5a202
Anamta has been singing since the tender age of 4. In 7th standard she started her formal vocal training from Mrs Shivkanti Singh and then Later from Ustad Gulshan Bharti and Bhatkhande University, Lucknow. In 2016 she sang the title song of the popular TV serial 'Ek Rishta Sajhedari Ka’ telecasted on Sony Entertainment Television. She has written, composed and sung in the recently released bollywood movie 'Sayonee’. It’s her duet with Mika Singh. She has sung for many popular ads like Dabur, Lux, Gemini Cooking oil and Nikon. She recreated the song ‘Aashayein’, as the famous Star Parivar Anthem for Star Plus. It featured all the popular actors of Star Plus like Erica Fernandes and Karan Singh Grover.
Anamta has also worked with The Maestro A R Rahman, as a songwriter for his recently released Bollywood movie ‘99 songs’. One of Anamta’s videos singing ‘Ye Mat Kaho Khuda Se' went viral on social media for which she was awarded from Filmfare Middle East.
She has worked for mental health by making lots of motivational songs like ‘Tu Mehnat ka phal payega’ and ‘koshish karne walo ki haar nahin hoti’ which have millions of views and have received a lot appreciation on social media. She also release her songs digitally on many platforms like iTunes, Spotify, Gaana; among others.
Anamta received her education in Lucknow at City Montessori School, Lamartine Girls College, and Lucknow University. References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ1XozjnOClyTdKPT0Qvr5Qhttp://linkedin.com/in/anamta-khan-29ba5a202
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. FARHANA FATEMA, Classical Kathak Dancer & Actor, Lucknow Gharana. Home Town: Lucknow/Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Farhana Fatema is classical dancer of Lucknow gharana and exponent of classical Kathak dance exponent. She is also a versatile actress and activist for promoting and preserving art and culture traditions.
Farhana has been associated with the Song and Drama Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, New Delhi, as a classical dancer and choreographer. Here, she choreographed several production shows for Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force. She has also been a graded artist of Doordarshan. Ms. Fatema has performed extensively in various cultural festivals of India, dance ensembles, and collaborated performances with various national and international corporate companies.
Ms. Fatema started her initial training in professional Kathak dance at the age of 12 from Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow. She did her Master’s in Kathak Dance from Kheragarh University, and hasa Diploma in Kathak Dance from Kathak Kendra, Lucknow.
Farhana is a versatile actress with more than twenty years of experience in a diverse range of acting genres and platforms, including theatres, films, television, TV commercials, and musical broadways. She is associated with Cine and TV Artist Association (CINTAA), Mumbai, for almost a decade. Ms. Fatema has worked in films like Poster Boys (2017) , I Am Not Devdas (2016), One Night Stand (2015), Mahamaaya (2008), etc. She has been seen in TV serials like Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (Star Plus), DoliSajaKe (Sahara One), Balveer (Sony Sab), R K Lakshman Ki Duniya (Sony Sab), etc. She has done more than 3000 shows across the country performing Kathak, semi-classical, and Bollywood style. Farhana has received several awards including the Awadh Samman (2018), and she has been the Brand Ambassador for Pink City International Short Film Festival. Ms. Fatema completed her Bachelor’s in English and Arab Culture and Bachelor’s in Law from Lucknow University. She is also a cultural activist and conducts various seminars, workshops, and talks on dance and acting. Her organisation ‘Dhanak Society of Arts, Culture and Social Welfare’ works to preserve and promote India’s art, culture, and traditions. References/Sources
https://www.facebook.com/farhanafatemaofficial/https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhana-fatema-a28373125
Farhana has been associated with the Song and Drama Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, New Delhi, as a classical dancer and choreographer. Here, she choreographed several production shows for Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force. She has also been a graded artist of Doordarshan. Ms. Fatema has performed extensively in various cultural festivals of India, dance ensembles, and collaborated performances with various national and international corporate companies.
Ms. Fatema started her initial training in professional Kathak dance at the age of 12 from Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow. She did her Master’s in Kathak Dance from Kheragarh University, and hasa Diploma in Kathak Dance from Kathak Kendra, Lucknow.
Farhana is a versatile actress with more than twenty years of experience in a diverse range of acting genres and platforms, including theatres, films, television, TV commercials, and musical broadways. She is associated with Cine and TV Artist Association (CINTAA), Mumbai, for almost a decade. Ms. Fatema has worked in films like Poster Boys (2017) , I Am Not Devdas (2016), One Night Stand (2015), Mahamaaya (2008), etc. She has been seen in TV serials like Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (Star Plus), DoliSajaKe (Sahara One), Balveer (Sony Sab), R K Lakshman Ki Duniya (Sony Sab), etc. She has done more than 3000 shows across the country performing Kathak, semi-classical, and Bollywood style. Farhana has received several awards including the Awadh Samman (2018), and she has been the Brand Ambassador for Pink City International Short Film Festival. Ms. Fatema completed her Bachelor’s in English and Arab Culture and Bachelor’s in Law from Lucknow University. She is also a cultural activist and conducts various seminars, workshops, and talks on dance and acting. Her organisation ‘Dhanak Society of Arts, Culture and Social Welfare’ works to preserve and promote India’s art, culture, and traditions. References/Sources
https://www.facebook.com/farhanafatemaofficial/https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhana-fatema-a28373125
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. FARZANA SHAHAB, Artist. Recipient of Veerangana Samman from Governor of Uttar Pradesh (2016). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Farzana Shahab is a an artist based in Lucknow, who works with various art mediums such as water colour, acrylic, oil paints, charcoal, dry pastels, pen work , mixed media. She has done several solo and group exhibitions at the Nehru Centre in London, Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, Kala Sorot Art Gallery and Lalit Kala Academy in Lucknow, Indian Habitat Centre in Delhi, Taj Art Gallery, Taj Hotel in Mumbai among others.
Farzana’s work is inspired by the enigmatic woman of modern times who is free yet caged, on a path of self-discovery in a changing world. The presence of her city Lucknow is also spread all over her canvas. Minars and Gumbads depicting the architecture of the city emerge from every frame in forms abstract as well as realistic, with peace loving pigeons resting over them.
Ms. Shahab's Solo Exhibitions include "Anjum - the Quintessential Woman" at The Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow (2015) and "Khwab sa ek Sheher" in 2017. Her work has received great reviews from art connoisseurs, including from Padma Shri Muzaffar Ali, film maker, artist and fashion designer: “Farzana’s paintings unveil the drama of life. They evolve irony and a quest for freedom with form and faces seeking the balance between tranquility and movement, between dance and meditation.”
Farzana is also associated with a number of NGOs promoting the cause of women empowerment and child welfare; and the proceeds from the sale of her art exhibitions go towards supporting underprivileged women and orphaned children.
Farzana received the ‘Veerangana Samman’ Award in 2016 (an award given by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh to women achievers), for her contribution in the field of art and women empowerment. Farzana has a Masters in Urdu from B.G College, Kanpur.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/farzana-shahab-361b73202/
Farzana’s work is inspired by the enigmatic woman of modern times who is free yet caged, on a path of self-discovery in a changing world. The presence of her city Lucknow is also spread all over her canvas. Minars and Gumbads depicting the architecture of the city emerge from every frame in forms abstract as well as realistic, with peace loving pigeons resting over them.
Ms. Shahab's Solo Exhibitions include "Anjum - the Quintessential Woman" at The Lalit Kala Academy, Lucknow (2015) and "Khwab sa ek Sheher" in 2017. Her work has received great reviews from art connoisseurs, including from Padma Shri Muzaffar Ali, film maker, artist and fashion designer: “Farzana’s paintings unveil the drama of life. They evolve irony and a quest for freedom with form and faces seeking the balance between tranquility and movement, between dance and meditation.”
Farzana is also associated with a number of NGOs promoting the cause of women empowerment and child welfare; and the proceeds from the sale of her art exhibitions go towards supporting underprivileged women and orphaned children.
Farzana received the ‘Veerangana Samman’ Award in 2016 (an award given by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh to women achievers), for her contribution in the field of art and women empowerment. Farzana has a Masters in Urdu from B.G College, Kanpur.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/farzana-shahab-361b73202/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. MAHEJABEEN ALAM, Classical vocal singer and musical therapist, ex-Urdu News Anchor with Doordarshan. Superintendent at Northern Railways, Lucknow. Click side arrow for profile details.
Mahejabeen Alam, is a classical vocal singer and musical therapist. She completed her Bachelors in Sociology from Aligarh Muslim University. She is a Visharad in Music and M.A in Classical Vocal Music from Bhatkhandey Deemed University Lucknow.
Ms. Alam was an Urdu news anchor on Doordarshan in 1997. She was approved as a grade A artist from AIR Station & Doordarshan. She has performed at various music festivals in Lucknow, Bareilly, Etawah, Manipur, and Ghazipur. She has also performed at private ghazal and old melodies shows in Sikkim, Gangtok, Darjeeling, Jhansi, Agra, Gurdaspur, Patiala, Firozpur, and various other cities in India. Mahejabeen also uses her talent as a Musical Therapist in Nirvaan Psychiatrist Hospital, Lucknow.
Mahejabeen was interested in music since school and was awarded first position in Vocal Folk at the All India Telecom Cultural Competition, Northern Railways, Lucknow when she was in 12th Grade. She also received awards in Hindustani Folk at All India Telecom Cultural Competition at Thrissur, Kerela. Ms Alam is currently working in Northern Railways as the Office Superintendent and Female Cultural Representative.
References/Sources https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahejabeen-alam-khan-b71620200
Ms. Alam was an Urdu news anchor on Doordarshan in 1997. She was approved as a grade A artist from AIR Station & Doordarshan. She has performed at various music festivals in Lucknow, Bareilly, Etawah, Manipur, and Ghazipur. She has also performed at private ghazal and old melodies shows in Sikkim, Gangtok, Darjeeling, Jhansi, Agra, Gurdaspur, Patiala, Firozpur, and various other cities in India. Mahejabeen also uses her talent as a Musical Therapist in Nirvaan Psychiatrist Hospital, Lucknow.
Mahejabeen was interested in music since school and was awarded first position in Vocal Folk at the All India Telecom Cultural Competition, Northern Railways, Lucknow when she was in 12th Grade. She also received awards in Hindustani Folk at All India Telecom Cultural Competition at Thrissur, Kerela. Ms Alam is currently working in Northern Railways as the Office Superintendent and Female Cultural Representative.
References/Sources https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahejabeen-alam-khan-b71620200
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SABIKA ABBAS NAQVI, Performative Poet, Founder: Sar-e-Rahguzar: Poetry on the streets. Hometown: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sabika Abbas Naqvi is a performative poet and the founder of Sar-e-Rahguzar - Poetry on the Streets’. Her work revolves around intersectionality, gender, minority, LGBTQI+ issues. Naqvi writes in Urdu, Hindi, Hindustani, and English and believes in subverting public spaces with her poetry and storytelling. Sabika describes protest poetry as a natural result of urban communities and the thriving interest in the arts. “My poetry is not mere aesthetics, it’s not mere literature.” Sabika, starting writing in Hindustani and using her poetry to reclaim public spaces. Hailing from Lucknow and residing in Pune, Sabika has given a TEDx talk ‘Challenging The Order of Patriarchy’ and performed at several forums. She was on a panel on female representation in student politics at the India Today Conclave, in addition to the MIA Sheroes Summit, while also performing at Youth Ki Awaaz’s Convergence in 2016. She’s tired of these spaces though, where preaching to the already woke choir doesn’t lead to tangible change. The most compelling part of protest poetry for Sabika is that she’s grown as a performer and creator with the courage imbibed into her. “While the poetry does have forms of protest in them, I’m also protesting the existing types of poetry, essentially questioning a certain metre in which poetry is expected to be written. A lot of people do question how dare I speak in these metres and so on. Not everyone will like my form of poetry. In that sense, doing it on the streets is a protest in itself! Women, gender non-conforming individuals, those of a particular caste and so on are in public spaces, so vocalising is important.” Sabika also works as an educator and aims to start her own alternative school. As an educator she helps create and translate inclusive school curriculums based on social and emotional learning. She is a campaigner, and currently works at change.org. Sabika has been a student of history and conflict studies and former president of the student union of Lady Shri Ram College for women. References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQsD05Gt594https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbkxp8/slam-poet-sabika-naqvi-prods-the-public-with-her-rhymeshttps://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/protest-poetry-sabika-abbas-naqvi-interview/article26193274.ecehttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/wheels-of-poetry-turn-at-rajiv-chowk-metro-station/articleshow/59248889.cms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQsD05Gt594https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbkxp8/slam-poet-sabika-naqvi-prods-the-public-with-her-rhymeshttps://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/protest-poetry-sabika-abbas-naqvi-interview/article26193274.ecehttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/wheels-of-poetry-turn-at-rajiv-chowk-metro-station/articleshow/59248889.cms
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHAMSHIDA BEGUM, Crafts Professional, State Awardee by Government of UP for signature carpet weaving techniques. Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Mrs. Shamshida Begum, 48, is an artisan carpet weaving lives in Kalpi, Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. Married at a young age, she initially began to learn the craft of carpet weaving to help her husband out. As the years rolled on, Shamshida continued to experiment with her craft. Honing her skills for over 35 years, Shamshida Begum is now known for her signature techniques and delicate carpet weaving.
Shamshida's skills have been recognized by the Government of Uttar Pradesh and she has been awarded by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath for her exemplary weaving. In times of Covid, while every local artisan saw a drop in business, Kalpi was a sole town that continued to thrive owing to Shamshida Begum’s fame.
Shamshida's skills have been recognized by the Government of Uttar Pradesh and she has been awarded by Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath for her exemplary weaving. In times of Covid, while every local artisan saw a drop in business, Kalpi was a sole town that continued to thrive owing to Shamshida Begum’s fame.
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RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. TAAB SIDDIQUI, Owner, Harvest Gold Industries. Home Town: Aligarh Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Taab Siddiqui, is the owner of the leading bread brand, Harvest Gold. Taab embarked upon this journey with her husband, Adil Hassan, 25 years ago and created what pretty much every household in Delhi/NCR begins its day with. Now her operating revenue is in the range of INR 100- 500 crores.
Taab's story is simple, but full of a lot of passion. She chose to venture into the breads’ industry, as firstly she really wanted to start something of her own; and bread was a good option because it had become a de-licensed product, just when the Indian economy was opening up. Also, wrapped in wax-paper, Britannia and Modern were the only other options that people had. So, there certainly was potential in her decision to establish something unique.
Taab faced many challenges no doubt, but the ones she paid heed to were those that had to do with manufacturing, delivery and other technical hiccups, none gender-related, she just chose to ignore those and never really paused to think that anything could hinder her progress, particularly unwarranted societal biases. Mrs. Siddiqui recalls what helped her immensely was her family, particularly her very supportive in-laws.
Ms. Siddiqui completed her MBA from Aligarh Muslim University.
References/Sources
https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2019/02/harvest-gold-founder-taab-siddiqui-interview/https://www.linkedin.com/in/taab-siddiqi-a3169b20/?originalSubdomain=in
Taab's story is simple, but full of a lot of passion. She chose to venture into the breads’ industry, as firstly she really wanted to start something of her own; and bread was a good option because it had become a de-licensed product, just when the Indian economy was opening up. Also, wrapped in wax-paper, Britannia and Modern were the only other options that people had. So, there certainly was potential in her decision to establish something unique.
Taab faced many challenges no doubt, but the ones she paid heed to were those that had to do with manufacturing, delivery and other technical hiccups, none gender-related, she just chose to ignore those and never really paused to think that anything could hinder her progress, particularly unwarranted societal biases. Mrs. Siddiqui recalls what helped her immensely was her family, particularly her very supportive in-laws.
Ms. Siddiqui completed her MBA from Aligarh Muslim University.
References/Sources
https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2019/02/harvest-gold-founder-taab-siddiqui-interview/https://www.linkedin.com/in/taab-siddiqi-a3169b20/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ASMA HUSAIN, Designer & Founder AIFT, Asma Husain Institute of Fashion Technology, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Asma Hussain, is a fashion designer. She founded the Asma Hussain Institute of Fashion Technology (AIFT) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in 1995. The institute is recognized by Government of India’s National Council for Vocational Training. Ms. Hussain has a designer outlet in Lucknow, the Asma Hussain Fashion House for handicrafts and ensembles of Uttar Pradesh and other regions with its associated manufacturing unit for zari zardozi, chikan work, mukaish, appliqué embroideries and tailored garments.
Asma displayed her first collection in 1994. Since then she has showcased her designs in Dubai, Manchester, New York & Washington DC. Her shows have been a part of FTV, Star World, Discovery Travel & Living, BBC, Zee, ETv, NDTV, Sahara TV, Aaj Tak, Asia News and many more. She’s part of the Fashion Design Council of India and has been a part of Will’s India fashion Week & Lakme Fashion Week. Asma Hussain has organized a number of fashion shows in the name of her institute, including "Nazakat", "Costumes of Avadh" for the the Uttar Pradesh Khadi & Village industry board. A two-day fashion festival was also organized by her at Jahangirabad Palace among many others.
Ms. Hussain is known for reviving traditional crafts of Awadh & has won several prestigious awards. In 2005 she was awarded the Best Woman Entrepreneur Award given by the National Women Commission, GOI. In 2016 she received the skilling India award give by FICCI FLO India,
Asma Hussain is not only a Heritage Fashion Designer but also a social activist, involved in various welfare programs in India for training artisans, underprivileged women and girls and minority upliftment. Hussain is the Chairperson and Managing Director of the NGO Youth Upliftment and Welfare Association (YUWA). Asma has researched and presented papers on various design, fashion and entrepreneurship related topics including “Causes of Decline in Khadi Market & How to Promote Khadi in Present Scenario in Domestic & International Market”, “Women & Entrepreneurship”, “Importance of Designing for Successful Enterprises”, "Employment generation through Fashion Technology" "Upliftment of women and girl child by Education in handicraft and dress making“. References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asma_Hussainhttps://asmahussain.edu.in/asma-hussain/
Asma displayed her first collection in 1994. Since then she has showcased her designs in Dubai, Manchester, New York & Washington DC. Her shows have been a part of FTV, Star World, Discovery Travel & Living, BBC, Zee, ETv, NDTV, Sahara TV, Aaj Tak, Asia News and many more. She’s part of the Fashion Design Council of India and has been a part of Will’s India fashion Week & Lakme Fashion Week. Asma Hussain has organized a number of fashion shows in the name of her institute, including "Nazakat", "Costumes of Avadh" for the the Uttar Pradesh Khadi & Village industry board. A two-day fashion festival was also organized by her at Jahangirabad Palace among many others.
Ms. Hussain is known for reviving traditional crafts of Awadh & has won several prestigious awards. In 2005 she was awarded the Best Woman Entrepreneur Award given by the National Women Commission, GOI. In 2016 she received the skilling India award give by FICCI FLO India,
Asma Hussain is not only a Heritage Fashion Designer but also a social activist, involved in various welfare programs in India for training artisans, underprivileged women and girls and minority upliftment. Hussain is the Chairperson and Managing Director of the NGO Youth Upliftment and Welfare Association (YUWA). Asma has researched and presented papers on various design, fashion and entrepreneurship related topics including “Causes of Decline in Khadi Market & How to Promote Khadi in Present Scenario in Domestic & International Market”, “Women & Entrepreneurship”, “Importance of Designing for Successful Enterprises”, "Employment generation through Fashion Technology" "Upliftment of women and girl child by Education in handicraft and dress making“. References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asma_Hussainhttps://asmahussain.edu.in/asma-hussain/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ARJUMAN ZAIDI, Educationist, Founding Director St. Xavier's Convent School. Lucknow. National President of Youth For Human Rights India. Click side arrow for profile details.
Ms. Arjumand Zaidi, a Geographer, Environmentalist, Human Rights activist. Founder of Holy Vision International. Arjumant is the Founding Director of St. Xavier’s Convent School, Gomti Nagar. She is also the National President of Youth For Human Rights, India.
Ms. Zaidi's NGO Holy Vision International is fully financed by her and no financial support has been taken from Government or any other organisation so far and is doing social work in many areas. She is also a partner for Reliance Education.
Dr. Zaidi has been the recipient of a number of National and International awards for her outstanding social work and contribution to society. Some of these include Award From News Paper Avadhnama For The Contribution Towards Women Empowerment, Human Rights Educator Award 2016, “Edupreneur Award” in 2017 at World Education Summit At Bahrain; Best Educationist Award From News Paper Dainik Jagran, Best Women Entrepreneur Award 2017.
References/Sources
https://www.arjumandzaidi.info/
Ms. Zaidi's NGO Holy Vision International is fully financed by her and no financial support has been taken from Government or any other organisation so far and is doing social work in many areas. She is also a partner for Reliance Education.
Dr. Zaidi has been the recipient of a number of National and International awards for her outstanding social work and contribution to society. Some of these include Award From News Paper Avadhnama For The Contribution Towards Women Empowerment, Human Rights Educator Award 2016, “Edupreneur Award” in 2017 at World Education Summit At Bahrain; Best Educationist Award From News Paper Dainik Jagran, Best Women Entrepreneur Award 2017.
References/Sources
https://www.arjumandzaidi.info/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. HINA ZAIDI, Founder & Director Sheeraz Tours Private Limited, a leading travel company. Kanpur. Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Hina Zaidi, is one of the two Directors at Sheeraz Tours Private Limited with offices in Lucknow. Ms. Zaidi started her career with the hospitality industry. She then moved on to automobiles industry and worked for the giants like Bajaj Automotive and Tata Motors for five years as a Marketing Head for Lucknow. Later, she switched to insurance sector and worked for Max Life Insurance as an Associate Partner Sales for six years.
After dedicating ten years of her life in the corporate world, Hina decided to work on her own terms and became an entrepreneur. Her passion for travel and meeting new people influenced her to launch her own travel company ‘Sheeraz Tours’ with the support of her husband, who was already working in tourism sector.
Incorporated in January 2008, Sheeraz Tours is North India's one of the most leading travel companies. Under her professional leadership and guidance, the company has grown leaps and bounds by focusing on the customer services at affordable prices, thus enabling thousands of tourists to cherish their holiday experiences for a lifetime. Sheeraz tours are one of its kind that arrange woman only trips, mom and kid trips.
The company has been certified by Govt. of India, Department of Tourism and affiliated with several International and National travel associations such as International Air Transport Association (IATA), Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI), Registered with Ministry of Tourism (Incredible India), India.
Ms. Zaidi's company has been awarded with the India Travel Awards 2018 Face of the Future Award to her co-Director of Sheeraz Tours and the Scoot Airlines Outstanding Performance Top Agent award by Mr. Brain Torry Senior Manager Sales (South East Asia & West Asia). Hina herself is a recipient of various awards including the Women Entrepreneur of the Year, Face of the Year, Inspiring Woman, and Nari Shakti awards. References/Sources
https://www.tofler.in/sheeraz-tours-private-limited/company/U63090UP2008PTC034504https://tourismbreakingnews.com/stb-and-sheeraz-tours-organise-product-update-session-in-lucknow-today/ https://www.facebook.com/1677555202547754/posts/meet-hina-zaidi-director-of-sheeraz-toursof-course-our-travel-partner-sheeraz-to/2008561046113833/
After dedicating ten years of her life in the corporate world, Hina decided to work on her own terms and became an entrepreneur. Her passion for travel and meeting new people influenced her to launch her own travel company ‘Sheeraz Tours’ with the support of her husband, who was already working in tourism sector.
Incorporated in January 2008, Sheeraz Tours is North India's one of the most leading travel companies. Under her professional leadership and guidance, the company has grown leaps and bounds by focusing on the customer services at affordable prices, thus enabling thousands of tourists to cherish their holiday experiences for a lifetime. Sheeraz tours are one of its kind that arrange woman only trips, mom and kid trips.
The company has been certified by Govt. of India, Department of Tourism and affiliated with several International and National travel associations such as International Air Transport Association (IATA), Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI), Registered with Ministry of Tourism (Incredible India), India.
Ms. Zaidi's company has been awarded with the India Travel Awards 2018 Face of the Future Award to her co-Director of Sheeraz Tours and the Scoot Airlines Outstanding Performance Top Agent award by Mr. Brain Torry Senior Manager Sales (South East Asia & West Asia). Hina herself is a recipient of various awards including the Women Entrepreneur of the Year, Face of the Year, Inspiring Woman, and Nari Shakti awards. References/Sources
https://www.tofler.in/sheeraz-tours-private-limited/company/U63090UP2008PTC034504https://tourismbreakingnews.com/stb-and-sheeraz-tours-organise-product-update-session-in-lucknow-today/ https://www.facebook.com/1677555202547754/posts/meet-hina-zaidi-director-of-sheeraz-toursof-course-our-travel-partner-sheeraz-to/2008561046113833/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NIGHAT AHMED, CEO & Creative Head of The Hijab Lee fashion label. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Nighat Ahmad, CEO & Creative Head and founder of "The Hijab Lee" India's first Islamic fashion brand.
A designer by passion, Nighat says that she took to wearing the hijab later in life with no pressure from anyone. She discovered that were no alternatives available except in black attire and that drew her to explore her creativity for providing options to women to represent their faith confidently in their communities and societies as well as adapt fashion trends. Initially Nikhat designed for herself and found that people around her started appreciating and adapting her ideas. This gave birth to The Hijab Lee.
In 2014 Nikhat opened her first flagship store in Kanpur. She also has an online shopping store to cater to India and abroad. In 2017, Hina participated in Dubai platform on Modest Fashion which had 28 other designers and realized the untapped potential of this market. She was the only designer from India and found that global brands such as Michel Kors, Dolce and Gabana and others are developing products for the modest fashion industry, which is believed to be $ 500 Billion industry today. Women with Hijab had been earlier ignored by the fashion industry.
Providing unique designs to the young fashionistas and livelihood to the Indian craftsmen, Nikhat aims to take indigenous skills to International platforms. Affordable luxury with craftsmanship, her unique proposition is hand embroidery. Nikhat experiments with fusion of west, Arab culture with Indian.
Hina fought against all odds and given Islamic Fashion a new horizon. She faced backlash, starting in Kanpur and worked through conducting workshops and tutorials on how to present yourself in work and other situations, keeping your faith practices as well as stigma related to hijab which include oppression and forcing against will, which is often not the case. The attire should be accepted without stigma. Providing unique designs to the young fashionistas and livelihood to the Indian craftsmen, she aims to take indigenous skills to International platforms . Hina plans to expand her franchisee stores to malls in different cities in India as well as in international markets.
Nighat Ahmad is a true believer of the 'Women Power'. The tag line for her brand is "Covered and Confident Equally Competent " and her vision is of creating acceptance of the attire in society and empowering women to come out of the taboo of physical beauty and start believing and trusting themselves to overcome the fears and stigmas. Nikhat works with a strong team which translates her creative vision along with the embroidery technicians, masters. Modest Fashion & Love for Freedom are Nighat Ahmad’s inspirations to creativity.
Originally from Kashmir, Hina is graduate in Unani Medicine & Surgery from Aligarh Muslim University. Apart from running her fashion label, Nikhat gives part of the earnings from the sales of The Hijab Lee, to her project ‘No More Hungry’ which provides food ration to feeding hundreds of families every year and the vision is for figures to keep rising.
Reference/Sources
https://goltune.com/modest-fashion-love-for-freedom-are-nighat-ahmads-inspirations-to-create/https://medium.com/@anuragpositive/success-story-of-nighat-ahmad-founder-of-indias-first-luxury-islamic-fashion-label-the-hijab-a187f6961064https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAlpQElMqp0https://www.linkedin.com/in/nighat-ahmad-883716173/?originalSubdomain=in
A designer by passion, Nighat says that she took to wearing the hijab later in life with no pressure from anyone. She discovered that were no alternatives available except in black attire and that drew her to explore her creativity for providing options to women to represent their faith confidently in their communities and societies as well as adapt fashion trends. Initially Nikhat designed for herself and found that people around her started appreciating and adapting her ideas. This gave birth to The Hijab Lee.
In 2014 Nikhat opened her first flagship store in Kanpur. She also has an online shopping store to cater to India and abroad. In 2017, Hina participated in Dubai platform on Modest Fashion which had 28 other designers and realized the untapped potential of this market. She was the only designer from India and found that global brands such as Michel Kors, Dolce and Gabana and others are developing products for the modest fashion industry, which is believed to be $ 500 Billion industry today. Women with Hijab had been earlier ignored by the fashion industry.
Providing unique designs to the young fashionistas and livelihood to the Indian craftsmen, Nikhat aims to take indigenous skills to International platforms. Affordable luxury with craftsmanship, her unique proposition is hand embroidery. Nikhat experiments with fusion of west, Arab culture with Indian.
Hina fought against all odds and given Islamic Fashion a new horizon. She faced backlash, starting in Kanpur and worked through conducting workshops and tutorials on how to present yourself in work and other situations, keeping your faith practices as well as stigma related to hijab which include oppression and forcing against will, which is often not the case. The attire should be accepted without stigma. Providing unique designs to the young fashionistas and livelihood to the Indian craftsmen, she aims to take indigenous skills to International platforms . Hina plans to expand her franchisee stores to malls in different cities in India as well as in international markets.
Nighat Ahmad is a true believer of the 'Women Power'. The tag line for her brand is "Covered and Confident Equally Competent " and her vision is of creating acceptance of the attire in society and empowering women to come out of the taboo of physical beauty and start believing and trusting themselves to overcome the fears and stigmas. Nikhat works with a strong team which translates her creative vision along with the embroidery technicians, masters. Modest Fashion & Love for Freedom are Nighat Ahmad’s inspirations to creativity.
Originally from Kashmir, Hina is graduate in Unani Medicine & Surgery from Aligarh Muslim University. Apart from running her fashion label, Nikhat gives part of the earnings from the sales of The Hijab Lee, to her project ‘No More Hungry’ which provides food ration to feeding hundreds of families every year and the vision is for figures to keep rising.
Reference/Sources
https://goltune.com/modest-fashion-love-for-freedom-are-nighat-ahmads-inspirations-to-create/https://medium.com/@anuragpositive/success-story-of-nighat-ahmad-founder-of-indias-first-luxury-islamic-fashion-label-the-hijab-a187f6961064https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAlpQElMqp0https://www.linkedin.com/in/nighat-ahmad-883716173/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. RUMMANA AMAAN, Entrepreneur, Founder "Rummi's" Phool Patti Applique Brand. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Rummana Amaan nee Khan, better known as “Rummi” which is also the brand name of her clothing line dedicated to the traditional Phool Patti applique of Aligarh. This is a form of embroidery whereby small bits of cloth are cut into pieces and deftly shaped ,whereby creating patterns of flowers and leaves and then adorning kurtas dupattas and sarees.
Rummana was very moved by the poverty and subjugation of the underprivileged women in this city and decided to make them self sufficient. With the help of some volunteers she trained all those who came forward with a hunger to learn and and then earn a living. Within a short period , these women learnt the embroidery and started earning enough to support their families . Over a period of time, many women joined Rummi’s workshop, first to learn the art and then contribute their freshly acquired skills on the garments created by Rummana. Soon enough , something that was a small enterprise flourished into a brand which is a well known name in ethnic summer wear for ladies.
18 years ago Rummana began with 8 workers and made sure that she paid them the highest daily wage and priced her dupattas well and sold them quickly before starting a fresh order. Rummi now has a force of women workers who are embroiderers, tailors, Ari and Mukaisk work karigars . Rummana holds dedicated exhibitions periodically in various cities to market her creations She travelled to Mumbai ,Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, others to share the craft, traditionally known in Uttar Pradesh. She has more than 15o women working on her creations. The work is done in the homes by the women/girls and one member will collect the work and distribute it to the women folk (bahus; daughters etc as well others in the mohalla.)
The limitation of using patti on organdie was preventing its growth so Rummi's introduced a choice of fabrics and designs with patti ka kaam on various cotton fabrics, chanderi, block prints, bagh, kalamkari, leheria, kota, maheshwari, mul-mul, voile and even net.
Rumanna's team travels to Jaipur Lucknow Kota and other parts of Bihar MP and Andhra to Source fabrics. Their designs are inspired by Mughal architecture. Rummi has supplied sarees, kurtas, dupattas in bulk to groups such as FabIndia. They were very large orders of the same style and difficult to execute but she managed them professionally and it helped to generate income for the workers. However, Rummana's creativity took a back seat with these orders and she does not take them now. Her preference with two decades of experience is to do her own exhibitions which are also in collaboration with FabIndia.
"The transition of the phool-patti artisans in Aligarh has been amazing," Rummi says and " when you see it your self will u believe the change in their lifestyle. Their standard of living is proof enough. And in their own words, our husbands have given us more respect ever since we are earning".
References/Sources
https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad-Tab/2017-08-22/Antaras-Phool-Patti-in-Hyderabad/321018http://kalyanpchakravarthy.blogspot.com/2008/05/patti-ka-kaam.html
Rummana was very moved by the poverty and subjugation of the underprivileged women in this city and decided to make them self sufficient. With the help of some volunteers she trained all those who came forward with a hunger to learn and and then earn a living. Within a short period , these women learnt the embroidery and started earning enough to support their families . Over a period of time, many women joined Rummi’s workshop, first to learn the art and then contribute their freshly acquired skills on the garments created by Rummana. Soon enough , something that was a small enterprise flourished into a brand which is a well known name in ethnic summer wear for ladies.
18 years ago Rummana began with 8 workers and made sure that she paid them the highest daily wage and priced her dupattas well and sold them quickly before starting a fresh order. Rummi now has a force of women workers who are embroiderers, tailors, Ari and Mukaisk work karigars . Rummana holds dedicated exhibitions periodically in various cities to market her creations She travelled to Mumbai ,Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, others to share the craft, traditionally known in Uttar Pradesh. She has more than 15o women working on her creations. The work is done in the homes by the women/girls and one member will collect the work and distribute it to the women folk (bahus; daughters etc as well others in the mohalla.)
The limitation of using patti on organdie was preventing its growth so Rummi's introduced a choice of fabrics and designs with patti ka kaam on various cotton fabrics, chanderi, block prints, bagh, kalamkari, leheria, kota, maheshwari, mul-mul, voile and even net.
Rumanna's team travels to Jaipur Lucknow Kota and other parts of Bihar MP and Andhra to Source fabrics. Their designs are inspired by Mughal architecture. Rummi has supplied sarees, kurtas, dupattas in bulk to groups such as FabIndia. They were very large orders of the same style and difficult to execute but she managed them professionally and it helped to generate income for the workers. However, Rummana's creativity took a back seat with these orders and she does not take them now. Her preference with two decades of experience is to do her own exhibitions which are also in collaboration with FabIndia.
"The transition of the phool-patti artisans in Aligarh has been amazing," Rummi says and " when you see it your self will u believe the change in their lifestyle. Their standard of living is proof enough. And in their own words, our husbands have given us more respect ever since we are earning".
References/Sources
https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad-Tab/2017-08-22/Antaras-Phool-Patti-in-Hyderabad/321018http://kalyanpchakravarthy.blogspot.com/2008/05/patti-ka-kaam.html
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SANA REHMAN, Founder of SOLBEES, Company for Manufacture for range of women's apparels, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sana Rehman is the founder of SOLBEES, a manufacturer company in apparel sector, dealing in entire range of women apparels. Sana's company has manufactured for many brands in India & are exporting many of our quality products through various channels across the globe.
Sana has earlier worked in the corporate sector as the Marketing Head at Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), Mumbai (2008-10). She was the Modern Trade Head, UPE, at Vodafone India (2010-13). Ms. Rehman slowly developed interest in the garment industry and first started a retail outlet called ‘Rehmans’ which she successfully ran for over a year. It had a complete range of women collection- handbags, accessories, leather products, and garments. As she advanced into the trade, the details of this work started to fascinate her and she decided to enter into hardcore manufacturing.
In 2013, Sana established her new company SOLBEES. With only two tailors, she began her cloth manufacturing business with the first order of 500 pieces for a school. It boosted her morale and gave new dimensions to her life. The moment her manufacturing unit started gaining grounds, she closed her retail unit and became a full-time garment supplier. Today, she has a team of 60 people and delivers around 30,000 pieces on a monthly basis. With in-house designing, she caters to the needs of leading retailers like Hyper city, Vishal Mega Mart, and V-mart to name a few. Ms. Rehman’s company deals in the entire range of women apparels. They manufacture clothes for many brands in India and also export their quality products through various channels across the globe. The vision of this company is to be the best in production quality, service, price and timelines, in order to build a long-term satisfied partnership. Their services include development of designs, physical samples at her house workshop, making of collections, and facilitating production, control and handling of shipment procedures. Sana completed her schooling from International Indian School, Riyadh, and Christ Church College, Kanpur. She also has a Master’s in Business Administration in Marketing from IMT, Ghaziabad. References/ Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sana-rehman-b88182a1/?originalSubdomain=in
Sana has earlier worked in the corporate sector as the Marketing Head at Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), Mumbai (2008-10). She was the Modern Trade Head, UPE, at Vodafone India (2010-13). Ms. Rehman slowly developed interest in the garment industry and first started a retail outlet called ‘Rehmans’ which she successfully ran for over a year. It had a complete range of women collection- handbags, accessories, leather products, and garments. As she advanced into the trade, the details of this work started to fascinate her and she decided to enter into hardcore manufacturing.
In 2013, Sana established her new company SOLBEES. With only two tailors, she began her cloth manufacturing business with the first order of 500 pieces for a school. It boosted her morale and gave new dimensions to her life. The moment her manufacturing unit started gaining grounds, she closed her retail unit and became a full-time garment supplier. Today, she has a team of 60 people and delivers around 30,000 pieces on a monthly basis. With in-house designing, she caters to the needs of leading retailers like Hyper city, Vishal Mega Mart, and V-mart to name a few. Ms. Rehman’s company deals in the entire range of women apparels. They manufacture clothes for many brands in India and also export their quality products through various channels across the globe. The vision of this company is to be the best in production quality, service, price and timelines, in order to build a long-term satisfied partnership. Their services include development of designs, physical samples at her house workshop, making of collections, and facilitating production, control and handling of shipment procedures. Sana completed her schooling from International Indian School, Riyadh, and Christ Church College, Kanpur. She also has a Master’s in Business Administration in Marketing from IMT, Ghaziabad. References/ Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sana-rehman-b88182a1/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHAHWAR SHORAT, CEO and co-Founder The Luxe Story; President of the the Handicrafts Council of WICCI for Uttar Pradesh. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shahwar Shohrat is social activist for women entrepreneurship has hands on experience in incubating businesses and brands in diverse arenas. She has over the years set up and successfully run multiple businesses in India as well as abroad. Her most recent entrepreneurial venture, The Luxe Story, which she is the CEO and co-founder of has a vision of reviving the handicrafts and rejuvenate them through use of innovative technology and give them a global marketplace.
A NIFT and AMU alumni, she has multiple firsts to her name which defies social constraints. Shahwar started her fashion line - Shayve. She ventured into hospitality with a multicuisine fine-dine restaurant. She set up a successful events management company, Nash Events in Africa. She worked with the world's biggest IT company, IBM.
The juxtaposition of successful business with social benefits for the community drives her day in and day out. She actively advocates not only the cause of women's empowerment but also women entrepreneurship. She is a Global Goodwill Ambassador and Chairperson for All Ladies League for Aligarh and a State Influencer for Womennovator in Uttar Pradesh. She is associated with multiple organizations and societies supporting their causes for the good of the community and mankind.
Shahwar has featured in Australia’s eYs Magazine’s 10th anniversary celebratory edition as “Top 50 Global Key Influencers”. She was conferred the Dr. Sarojini Naidu International Award for Women, one of the most prestigious international awards for working women presented to 100 eminent women from fifteen countries by the Asian Academy of Arts in association with International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry during the 6th Global Literary Festival 2020.
References/ Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shayve/https://wicci.in/shahwar-shohrathttps://www.countryandpolitics.in/2020/10/05/shahwar-shohrat-going-global-with-the-true-spirit-to-empower-women/
A NIFT and AMU alumni, she has multiple firsts to her name which defies social constraints. Shahwar started her fashion line - Shayve. She ventured into hospitality with a multicuisine fine-dine restaurant. She set up a successful events management company, Nash Events in Africa. She worked with the world's biggest IT company, IBM.
The juxtaposition of successful business with social benefits for the community drives her day in and day out. She actively advocates not only the cause of women's empowerment but also women entrepreneurship. She is a Global Goodwill Ambassador and Chairperson for All Ladies League for Aligarh and a State Influencer for Womennovator in Uttar Pradesh. She is associated with multiple organizations and societies supporting their causes for the good of the community and mankind.
Shahwar has featured in Australia’s eYs Magazine’s 10th anniversary celebratory edition as “Top 50 Global Key Influencers”. She was conferred the Dr. Sarojini Naidu International Award for Women, one of the most prestigious international awards for working women presented to 100 eminent women from fifteen countries by the Asian Academy of Arts in association with International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry during the 6th Global Literary Festival 2020.
References/ Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shayve/https://wicci.in/shahwar-shohrathttps://www.countryandpolitics.in/2020/10/05/shahwar-shohrat-going-global-with-the-true-spirit-to-empower-women/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SANA KHAN, Founder SJ Organics Vermicomposting Company. Brand Ambassador for Swacch Bharat Abhiyan. Meerut Uttar Pradesh.
Sana Khan, started Meerut-based SJ Organics vermicomposting company when she was in her fourth year of college. Today, her company makes Rs 1 crore a year and provides employment to more than 30 people. Sana, an engineer by education, was fascinated by earthworms after taking part in a college project on vermicomposting, which led her to set up her own business. During her fourth year at college she had to work on a vermicomposting project prior to which she had no knowledge of the practice.
As Sana began to see the multiple benefits of this method and realised its limited practical application by farmers, she decided to implement her ongoing project on the field. “During the project I became fascinated with and attached to the worms and thought — why not implement this project on a large scale. I started breeding these worms and began commercialising this product,” says Sana.In 2014, at the age of 23, Sana started SJ Organics with the help of her brother, Junaid Khan who helped finance the business. When she started the business, Sana had tied up with dairy owners directly to source the waste generated at their units for a unique method of vermicomposting. However, that business model didn’t work out.
Sana then began employing contractors to bring in the dairy and biodegradable household waste—that they source from the Ghaziabad and Meerut area—to the Government Inter College where she is running a vermicomposting site. This waste is then immediately fed to the red earthworms, a particular type of worm that is highly efficient, that Sana uses for her vermicomposting. The entire process of converting the organic matter into vermicompost takes about a month and a half.
By 2015, Sana started earning profits and began scaling up operations. By 2020, the company received 500 tonnes of waste and produced 150 tonnes of vermicompost per month with an annual turnover of Rs 1 crore.
Sana was chosen as Brand Ambassador of Swatch Bharat Abhyan from Meerut. She is a b tech Engineer and is now known for Vermicompost (or vermi-compost) is the product of the composting process using various species of worms.
Apart from creating employment opportunities SJ Organics has also helped popularise vermicomposting. Across Meerut 104 schools have set up vermicomposting sites under the consultancy of SJ Organics. Sana hopes that by sharing her knowledge of vermicomposting she can help other entrepreneurs popularise organic farming methods not just in Uttar Pradesh but all over India.
References/Sources
https://www.thebetterindia.com/249941/how-to-vermicompost-earn-revenue-sana-khan-sj-organics-earthworms-uttar-pradesh-sustainability-c24/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=628885774576618&set=pcb.628886247909904https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67D0YWtOhVQ
As Sana began to see the multiple benefits of this method and realised its limited practical application by farmers, she decided to implement her ongoing project on the field. “During the project I became fascinated with and attached to the worms and thought — why not implement this project on a large scale. I started breeding these worms and began commercialising this product,” says Sana.In 2014, at the age of 23, Sana started SJ Organics with the help of her brother, Junaid Khan who helped finance the business. When she started the business, Sana had tied up with dairy owners directly to source the waste generated at their units for a unique method of vermicomposting. However, that business model didn’t work out.
Sana then began employing contractors to bring in the dairy and biodegradable household waste—that they source from the Ghaziabad and Meerut area—to the Government Inter College where she is running a vermicomposting site. This waste is then immediately fed to the red earthworms, a particular type of worm that is highly efficient, that Sana uses for her vermicomposting. The entire process of converting the organic matter into vermicompost takes about a month and a half.
By 2015, Sana started earning profits and began scaling up operations. By 2020, the company received 500 tonnes of waste and produced 150 tonnes of vermicompost per month with an annual turnover of Rs 1 crore.
Sana was chosen as Brand Ambassador of Swatch Bharat Abhyan from Meerut. She is a b tech Engineer and is now known for Vermicompost (or vermi-compost) is the product of the composting process using various species of worms.
Apart from creating employment opportunities SJ Organics has also helped popularise vermicomposting. Across Meerut 104 schools have set up vermicomposting sites under the consultancy of SJ Organics. Sana hopes that by sharing her knowledge of vermicomposting she can help other entrepreneurs popularise organic farming methods not just in Uttar Pradesh but all over India.
References/Sources
https://www.thebetterindia.com/249941/how-to-vermicompost-earn-revenue-sana-khan-sj-organics-earthworms-uttar-pradesh-sustainability-c24/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=628885774576618&set=pcb.628886247909904https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67D0YWtOhVQ
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHERIN SHERVANI, Founder & Director, Angel Global School and Academy for Teachers Training, Aligarh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Sherin Shervani is the Founder and Director, Angel Global School and Academy for Teachers Training, Aligarh. Sherin established the Academy for Teachers Training at Aligarh in 2013. This Academy runs short term certificate Programs to train teachers of Private Schools in India. She has established the Angel Global School in 2017.
Dr. Shervani has been working in administrative and managerial capacity at different institutions in the Middle-east Universities and Colleges: As Assistant Professor, English Language Institute, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah and College of Business Studies. She is also a Teacher Trainer for English Access Micro-scholarship Program (Regional English Language Program, Department of State, USA) since 2014.
Sherin has taught Programs of (ESP) English for Specific Purposes for School teachers. She has developed the English Language Proficiency Program to enhance English as a medium of teaching in Indian schools. She has also conducted Soft-skills training sessions for Professionals like Charted Accountants, Management trainees and Computer specialists.
Dr. Shervani has a PhD and Masters in English Literature from Aligarh Muslim University. Aligarh. She also has several certifications including Teacher Trainer at ACCESS Program (RELO, US Embassy, India ). Subject Matter Expert at Merit Track, India. Teacher Trainer and Content Developer for Collins. Dr. Shervani has co-edited and written books like: Writing Skills published by Viva Books, 2019. ‘TUNE IN!’ A Listening and Speaking Series for class 1-8 published by Collins- India 2018. Sherin co-edited the book Literary Selfies: Self Identity in Indian Muslim English Fiction published by Kitaab, Singapore 2017.
Sherin has been engaging in the social work as Director, Ilyas Charitable Trust. Adult Education Advisor, Disha: Unique Social Welfare & Charitable Society. Executive Board Member of Muslim Social Uplift Society.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sherin-shervani-57189616/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://old.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=5875http://www.vivagroupindia.com/frmBookDetail.aspx?BookId=79856&Status=N
Dr. Shervani has been working in administrative and managerial capacity at different institutions in the Middle-east Universities and Colleges: As Assistant Professor, English Language Institute, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah and College of Business Studies. She is also a Teacher Trainer for English Access Micro-scholarship Program (Regional English Language Program, Department of State, USA) since 2014.
Sherin has taught Programs of (ESP) English for Specific Purposes for School teachers. She has developed the English Language Proficiency Program to enhance English as a medium of teaching in Indian schools. She has also conducted Soft-skills training sessions for Professionals like Charted Accountants, Management trainees and Computer specialists.
Dr. Shervani has a PhD and Masters in English Literature from Aligarh Muslim University. Aligarh. She also has several certifications including Teacher Trainer at ACCESS Program (RELO, US Embassy, India ). Subject Matter Expert at Merit Track, India. Teacher Trainer and Content Developer for Collins. Dr. Shervani has co-edited and written books like: Writing Skills published by Viva Books, 2019. ‘TUNE IN!’ A Listening and Speaking Series for class 1-8 published by Collins- India 2018. Sherin co-edited the book Literary Selfies: Self Identity in Indian Muslim English Fiction published by Kitaab, Singapore 2017.
Sherin has been engaging in the social work as Director, Ilyas Charitable Trust. Adult Education Advisor, Disha: Unique Social Welfare & Charitable Society. Executive Board Member of Muslim Social Uplift Society.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sherin-shervani-57189616/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://old.amu.ac.in/about3.jsp?did=5875http://www.vivagroupindia.com/frmBookDetail.aspx?BookId=79856&Status=N
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHAZIA KHAN, Founder & Managing Director, SANDP Private Ltd. Delhi. Hometown: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shazia Khan, is the Founder and Managing Director of Sandp Private limited, which is an education consultancy that provides support and advice to students who intend to pursue higher education abroad since 2019. Shazia has experience of over 12 years with companies like Wipro, GE, B&Q UK.
Ms. Khan executed the Ohio University’s educational promotion project pan-India. She provided operational support to ‘Education in Ireland’ fair in different cities. She also represented Trinity College, Dublin, and Dublin City University at ‘Education in Ireland’ fairs. She has imparted training to 44 educational consultants, eleven colleges and four institutes in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Bangalore. She has contributed to promoting young entrepreneurs and initiated various changes in the educational field.
Ms. Khan received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Commerce from Kanpur University, Uttar Pradesh. She then completed Master’s in Business Administration in Marketing from Birmingham University, UK (2007). She also received the NVQ Retail Certificate from British Government (2010). She then did her Master’s in Science (Project Management) from Birmingham University, UK (2011) and is a Certified Education Consultant from University of California.
Ms. Khan was felicitated by Delhi University for ‘Be the Change Event’(2019), by Deen Dayal Upadhya College for promoting start-ups (February, 2020), and by NIET, Greater Noida, for Dr Kalam start-up Parikrama.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shazia-khan-99847510/ https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=1k157jkqsyxk8&utm_content=7xyfd06
Ms. Khan executed the Ohio University’s educational promotion project pan-India. She provided operational support to ‘Education in Ireland’ fair in different cities. She also represented Trinity College, Dublin, and Dublin City University at ‘Education in Ireland’ fairs. She has imparted training to 44 educational consultants, eleven colleges and four institutes in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune and Bangalore. She has contributed to promoting young entrepreneurs and initiated various changes in the educational field.
Ms. Khan received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Commerce from Kanpur University, Uttar Pradesh. She then completed Master’s in Business Administration in Marketing from Birmingham University, UK (2007). She also received the NVQ Retail Certificate from British Government (2010). She then did her Master’s in Science (Project Management) from Birmingham University, UK (2011) and is a Certified Education Consultant from University of California.
Ms. Khan was felicitated by Delhi University for ‘Be the Change Event’(2019), by Deen Dayal Upadhya College for promoting start-ups (February, 2020), and by NIET, Greater Noida, for Dr Kalam start-up Parikrama.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shazia-khan-99847510/ https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=1k157jkqsyxk8&utm_content=7xyfd06
Making an Impact through Media
Making an Impact through Media
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. GHAZALA WAHAB, Journalist, Executive Editor of FORCE, News Magazine on National Security, Noida. Hometown: Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Ghazala Wahab, a journalist for over 25 years, is the Executive Editor of FORCE, a monthly news magazine on national security. It is the only newsmagazine in its niche category. from Agra and has been a journalist for 25 years. She started FORCE in August 2003 along with Pravin Sawhney. Apart from writing on issues like homeland security, terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir, Left-Wing Extremism and religious extremism, Ghazala is responsible for the overall production of the magazine and also writes a monthly column called First Person.
Ghazala specialises in issues pertaining to terrorism, religious extremism, communalism and human rights. She has written articles on global terrorism, radicalisation of the Islamic world, insurgency in Kashmir, growing Left-wing extremism in India and overall intolerance. FORCE as a magazine covers all aspects of national security, including the Indian armed and para-military forces, strategic issues, weapon systems, foreign policy and so on.
Ms. Wahab is the co-author of Dragon On Our Doorstep: Managing China Through Military Power, along with Pravin Sawhney. A book that analyses the geopolitics of the region and the military strategies of the three Asian countries to tell us exactly why India is in this precarious position and how it can transform itself through deft strategy into a leading power. She also contributed a chapter on the changing profile of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir for the book Operation Parakram.
From 1998-2003, Ghazala worked as a principal correspondent in the Delhi bureau (features) of The Telegraph newspaper focusing on subjects like terrorism, communalism, international refugees and internally displace people, and insurgency. Ghazala started her career in journalism with The Asian Age newspaper in 1994, where apart from routine reporting and sub-editing, she brought out a weekly defense and security page.
In 2018, when the #MeToo campaign hit India, Ghazala took the bold and personally tramatic decision to share her story of sexual assault along with 15 other women to bring this issue to the forefront. Ms. Wahab has a B.A. Honors in Journalism from Delhi University.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghazala-wahab-b775537/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/what-the-state-of-toilets-at-indias-aerospace-megashow-tells-us-about-our-aspiration-to-be-a-leading-power/http://www.alephbookcompany.com/pravin-sawhney-ghazala-wahab/
Ghazala specialises in issues pertaining to terrorism, religious extremism, communalism and human rights. She has written articles on global terrorism, radicalisation of the Islamic world, insurgency in Kashmir, growing Left-wing extremism in India and overall intolerance. FORCE as a magazine covers all aspects of national security, including the Indian armed and para-military forces, strategic issues, weapon systems, foreign policy and so on.
Ms. Wahab is the co-author of Dragon On Our Doorstep: Managing China Through Military Power, along with Pravin Sawhney. A book that analyses the geopolitics of the region and the military strategies of the three Asian countries to tell us exactly why India is in this precarious position and how it can transform itself through deft strategy into a leading power. She also contributed a chapter on the changing profile of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir for the book Operation Parakram.
From 1998-2003, Ghazala worked as a principal correspondent in the Delhi bureau (features) of The Telegraph newspaper focusing on subjects like terrorism, communalism, international refugees and internally displace people, and insurgency. Ghazala started her career in journalism with The Asian Age newspaper in 1994, where apart from routine reporting and sub-editing, she brought out a weekly defense and security page.
In 2018, when the #MeToo campaign hit India, Ghazala took the bold and personally tramatic decision to share her story of sexual assault along with 15 other women to bring this issue to the forefront. Ms. Wahab has a B.A. Honors in Journalism from Delhi University.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ghazala-wahab-b775537/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/what-the-state-of-toilets-at-indias-aerospace-megashow-tells-us-about-our-aspiration-to-be-a-leading-power/http://www.alephbookcompany.com/pravin-sawhney-ghazala-wahab/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. IRENA AKBAR, Entrepreneur, former full-time Journalist with The Indian Express. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Irena Akbar has been a journalist for over 13 years, having spent more than a decade working with major English-language newspapers. Ms. Akbar worked as Special Correspondent with The Indian Express, for over eight years before quitting in January 2016. Previously, she worked with The India Today Group, The Asian Age and The Pioneer. Irena has also been a newsreader. She was on the panel of English-language newsreaders with All India Radio for three years. She has read news for mobile phone operators and done voice-overs for documentaries as well.
Since November 2016, Irena quit full time journalism and took to entrepreneurship. She is the owner of an art-cum-decor store called Baradari: A House of Arts and Crafts, which creates and promotes original, handwritten Islamic calligraphy with a modern, contemporary twist and making it available at affordable rates in India and overseas. In May 2017, Baradari hosted an Islamic calligraphy exhibition at the Lucknow centre of Lalit Kala Academy, India’s apex fine arts institution. Irena single-handedly oversaw all the operations for the exhibition – commissioning and procuring handmade calligraphic artworks, overseeing digital enhancements, printing and framing, and handling marketing, sales and publicity. The exhibition drew impressive footfalls, an encouraging number of sales and orders, and extensive coverage in the media.
Ms. Akbar continues to write and contribute opinion pieces to news publications on a freelance basis. She has a Bachelors in Management Science from University of Lucknow and Masters in Mass Communication from Hisar.
References/Sources
https://indianexpress.com/profile/author/irena-akbar/https://muckrack.com/irena-akbar/articleshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/irena-akbar-99b9167
Since November 2016, Irena quit full time journalism and took to entrepreneurship. She is the owner of an art-cum-decor store called Baradari: A House of Arts and Crafts, which creates and promotes original, handwritten Islamic calligraphy with a modern, contemporary twist and making it available at affordable rates in India and overseas. In May 2017, Baradari hosted an Islamic calligraphy exhibition at the Lucknow centre of Lalit Kala Academy, India’s apex fine arts institution. Irena single-handedly oversaw all the operations for the exhibition – commissioning and procuring handmade calligraphic artworks, overseeing digital enhancements, printing and framing, and handling marketing, sales and publicity. The exhibition drew impressive footfalls, an encouraging number of sales and orders, and extensive coverage in the media.
Ms. Akbar continues to write and contribute opinion pieces to news publications on a freelance basis. She has a Bachelors in Management Science from University of Lucknow and Masters in Mass Communication from Hisar.
References/Sources
https://indianexpress.com/profile/author/irena-akbar/https://muckrack.com/irena-akbar/articleshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/irena-akbar-99b9167
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. MEHRU JAFFAR, Author and Journalist, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Mehru Jaffer is an author and journalist. Mehru began her career in journalism in Lucknow as a staff reporter of the ‘Pioneer’, an English language newspaper founded in 1865.
Mehru has been a reporter for the BBC Hindi service and the Indian media from Jakarta, Indonesia. She has also taught Islam related topics at the Institute of South Asian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, and at the Vienna American Webster University. Ms. Jaffer lived in Europe for 30 years before returning again to Lucknow in 2012.
Ms. Jaffer is the author of several books - The Book of Muhammad, The Book of Muinuddin Chishti and The Book of Nizamuddin Aulia, all published by Penguin India. She is also published "Love and Life in Lucknow: An imaginary biography of a city". Mehru has created a 50-minute long documentary on the European fans of Bollywood heartthrob Shahrukh Khan called 'Mr Khan, Vienna Loves You'.
Currently Mehru is translating into English the works of eleven Urdu poets of 19th century Lucknow. She is a contributor on women's stories with Better India and is engaged in a multi-media campaign on preservation of the heritage of her hometown Lucknow.
Ms. Jaffer has a postgraduate degree in English Literature from Lucknow University. She is also an alumni of Lucknow's prestigious Bhartendu Natya Academy.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehru-jaffer-18aa56202/https://www.thebetterindia.com/author/mehru-jaffer/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/contributer/detail/MEHRU-JAFFERhttps://twitter.com/mehrujaffer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Mehru has been a reporter for the BBC Hindi service and the Indian media from Jakarta, Indonesia. She has also taught Islam related topics at the Institute of South Asian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, and at the Vienna American Webster University. Ms. Jaffer lived in Europe for 30 years before returning again to Lucknow in 2012.
Ms. Jaffer is the author of several books - The Book of Muhammad, The Book of Muinuddin Chishti and The Book of Nizamuddin Aulia, all published by Penguin India. She is also published "Love and Life in Lucknow: An imaginary biography of a city". Mehru has created a 50-minute long documentary on the European fans of Bollywood heartthrob Shahrukh Khan called 'Mr Khan, Vienna Loves You'.
Currently Mehru is translating into English the works of eleven Urdu poets of 19th century Lucknow. She is a contributor on women's stories with Better India and is engaged in a multi-media campaign on preservation of the heritage of her hometown Lucknow.
Ms. Jaffer has a postgraduate degree in English Literature from Lucknow University. She is also an alumni of Lucknow's prestigious Bhartendu Natya Academy.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehru-jaffer-18aa56202/https://www.thebetterindia.com/author/mehru-jaffer/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/contributer/detail/MEHRU-JAFFERhttps://twitter.com/mehrujaffer?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. KULSUM MUSTAFA TALHA , Journalist & Founder Kishwari Konnect. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Women Achievers Award from Government of Uttar Pradesh (2005). National Ladli Media Award for Gender Sensitive Content. Click side arrow for profile details.
Kulsum Mustafa Talha is a senior journalist and communicator for over 35 years. She has worked with some of India’s leading newspapers like Times of India and Indian Express and has been a media consultant to UNICEF and to Reliance Industries. Ms. Talha is a freelance development journalist and a political analyst.
Starting her career with the Northern India Patrika in 1983 as a trainee sub editor, Kulsum later switched to The Times of India, Lucknow, and worked there for 17 years before joining the Indian Express as principal correspondent when the Lucknow edition was launched in July 2001. In August 2004, she joined the Associated Press news agency which has its headquarters in Washington. With a vast and rich experience both on desk as well as in reporting, Ms. Mustafa holds the distinction of being the first woman journalist to bring out night editions in Uttar Pradesh.
Kulsum has worked with international media agencies like Associated Press, Voice of America, and AFP. Kulsum is the Uttar Pradesh representative for the World Service of Voice of America. She has travelled to various places with the Bureau Chiefs of the Voice of America for various news coverage, including that of Ayodhya on 6th December, 1992. Kulsum is on the panel of Deutche Welle, German Radio. She has also participated in various programmes on BBC, both in India and in London.
Ms. Talha contributes articles to BBC (online), UNICEF websites, Milli Gazette, Women Features Service, Uday India, Tehelka, Siasat group of publications, others. Her chief areas of interest are social issues including minority, children, and is women, with a special focus on health, environment, travel and educational writing. Ms. Talha is an approved panelist for All India Radio, Doordarshan, Lucknow, and has anchored its first live talk show. She has interviewed celebrities like Dilip Kumar, Gulzar, Ali Sardar Jafri, Muzaffar Ali, and Priyanka Chopra.
Kulsum is also the Founder member of Kishwari Konnect, a gender-sensitive forum under Talha Society that works on four core flagship programmes- health, education, environment and careers. She has travelled intensively in Uttar Pradesh to write on issues of health, education, sanitation and gender equality. Ms. Talha is a Fellow of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), 2005. She is the recipient of UP’s State Women Commission Award in 2005, and National Ladli Media Award for gender sensitivity. Kulsum completed her college studies at Lucknow's reputed Isabella Thorborn College.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulsum-mustafa-talha-766b5a40https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2005/16-31Mar05-Print-Edition/163103200548.htm
Starting her career with the Northern India Patrika in 1983 as a trainee sub editor, Kulsum later switched to The Times of India, Lucknow, and worked there for 17 years before joining the Indian Express as principal correspondent when the Lucknow edition was launched in July 2001. In August 2004, she joined the Associated Press news agency which has its headquarters in Washington. With a vast and rich experience both on desk as well as in reporting, Ms. Mustafa holds the distinction of being the first woman journalist to bring out night editions in Uttar Pradesh.
Kulsum has worked with international media agencies like Associated Press, Voice of America, and AFP. Kulsum is the Uttar Pradesh representative for the World Service of Voice of America. She has travelled to various places with the Bureau Chiefs of the Voice of America for various news coverage, including that of Ayodhya on 6th December, 1992. Kulsum is on the panel of Deutche Welle, German Radio. She has also participated in various programmes on BBC, both in India and in London.
Ms. Talha contributes articles to BBC (online), UNICEF websites, Milli Gazette, Women Features Service, Uday India, Tehelka, Siasat group of publications, others. Her chief areas of interest are social issues including minority, children, and is women, with a special focus on health, environment, travel and educational writing. Ms. Talha is an approved panelist for All India Radio, Doordarshan, Lucknow, and has anchored its first live talk show. She has interviewed celebrities like Dilip Kumar, Gulzar, Ali Sardar Jafri, Muzaffar Ali, and Priyanka Chopra.
Kulsum is also the Founder member of Kishwari Konnect, a gender-sensitive forum under Talha Society that works on four core flagship programmes- health, education, environment and careers. She has travelled intensively in Uttar Pradesh to write on issues of health, education, sanitation and gender equality. Ms. Talha is a Fellow of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), 2005. She is the recipient of UP’s State Women Commission Award in 2005, and National Ladli Media Award for gender sensitivity. Kulsum completed her college studies at Lucknow's reputed Isabella Thorborn College.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulsum-mustafa-talha-766b5a40https://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2005/16-31Mar05-Print-Edition/163103200548.htm
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SAHAR ZAMAN, Independent Political Newscaster, Journalist, Founder of web channel, Hunar TV on Arts, Food and Travel, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sahar Zaman is an independent political newscaster and journalist from Noida, Uttar Pradesh. She is the founder of a Web TV Channel on arts, food, and travel called 'Hunar TV'. She is also the Director of 'Home Decor', and of a famous Indian jewellery brand 'Chamak Patti'. She has recently launched a unique tribute platform called ‘Jashn-e-Talat’ in the memory of her legendary grand-uncle Talat Mahmood. Ms. Zaman has been a journalist and show producer for over 18 years. Sahar is currently the face for Mirror Now Times Network. Ms. Zaman has written various opinion columns and articles for the Times of India, Tehelka, The Sunday Guardian, etc. She has also worked as writer, news anchor, producer, and reporter for CNN India, Bloomberg, TV Today, Open TV, Reuters Asia, Doordarshan News, and Headlines Today. She has spear headed campaigns on issues of social change through her journalism and art curations. When she entered the television journalism, she continued tracking art and design apart from the current affairs and politics. Ms. Zaman has been invited by Dawn News television in Pakistan and Young Asia TV in Sri Lanka to speak about the role of journalism in the subcontinent. She has been invited to give talks on her unique work at TEDx and Lalit Kala Academy. She uses her spare time in giving lectures at universities and art galleries. At present, Ms. Zaman is working on a book that takes up the top 100 Indian works of art as its subject. She is also doing an art show for Bloomberg UTV called Art Wise. References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahar-zaman/?originalSubdomain=in
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahar-zaman/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. YUSRA HUSAIN, Senior Correspondent, Times of India, Lucknow. Leadership Fellowship at Swedish Institute, Stockhom (2015). Click side arrow for profile details.
Yusra Husain, working with the Times of India since 2014, is a Senior Correspondent with the TOI newspaper at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Primarily a ground zero journalist, Yusra's stories are not limited to one or two beats. She has travelled across Uttar Pradesh and covered the state for impactful stories. She has also covered three elections in the State and has worked with the digital team of TOI for creating multimedia stories for TOI's exclusive platforms--TOI Prime and TOI plus.
Yusra has contributed to stories that have a social impact or can bring positive change in people's lives. She has meticulously covered the Ayodhya dispute as a young reporter till it reached an end. And has also written about the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor and how it has put Varanasi Muslims at edge and changed the demography of Varanasi's streets and what Varanasi stands for. She has done stories with women and children who got displaced due to the Muzaffarnagar riots and how they rebuilt their life slowly again. Around the same time She wrote about those 18 people whose cases were being probed for being 'murdered' but they were not being counted as 'dead' by the then state government. Because of the story, the government then called upon family members of those 18 men and gave them compensation.
Ms. Husain has been closely attached with the Kuldeep Singh Sengar rape case and have been fortunate enough to be the only journalist who is trusted by the rape survivor and her family in terms of speaking to, meeting and having a bond with. She has done ground reports from Sanjarpur village in Azamgarh from where at least 6 boys have been missing ever since the Batla House encounter case.
Yusra has received several awards and recognition for her work. She was recognized as a 'Covid Warrior' for stories on the Corona pandemic. She has been awarded the Best feature story by TOI for her story on Kumbh's 'Baal Sadhus'. Ms. Hussain has been awarded 'Young media achiever award' and 'Pride of women award', 'Young Performer Award' and also an award for 'Thoughtful coverage of Queer issues.' Yusra was selected for the Swedish Institute's 'Young Connectors of the Future Programme-2015' and represented India at the program based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Yusra completed her Master's degree in Journalism from Jamia Millia Islamia's AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, New Delhi.
Reference/Sources
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Yusra-Husain-479237733.cmshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/yusra-husain-1a719a8a/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://muckrack.com/yusra-husain/articles
Primarily a ground zero journalist, Yusra's stories are not limited to one or two beats. She has travelled across Uttar Pradesh and covered the state for impactful stories. She has also covered three elections in the State and has worked with the digital team of TOI for creating multimedia stories for TOI's exclusive platforms--TOI Prime and TOI plus.
Yusra has contributed to stories that have a social impact or can bring positive change in people's lives. She has meticulously covered the Ayodhya dispute as a young reporter till it reached an end. And has also written about the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor and how it has put Varanasi Muslims at edge and changed the demography of Varanasi's streets and what Varanasi stands for. She has done stories with women and children who got displaced due to the Muzaffarnagar riots and how they rebuilt their life slowly again. Around the same time She wrote about those 18 people whose cases were being probed for being 'murdered' but they were not being counted as 'dead' by the then state government. Because of the story, the government then called upon family members of those 18 men and gave them compensation.
Ms. Husain has been closely attached with the Kuldeep Singh Sengar rape case and have been fortunate enough to be the only journalist who is trusted by the rape survivor and her family in terms of speaking to, meeting and having a bond with. She has done ground reports from Sanjarpur village in Azamgarh from where at least 6 boys have been missing ever since the Batla House encounter case.
Yusra has received several awards and recognition for her work. She was recognized as a 'Covid Warrior' for stories on the Corona pandemic. She has been awarded the Best feature story by TOI for her story on Kumbh's 'Baal Sadhus'. Ms. Hussain has been awarded 'Young media achiever award' and 'Pride of women award', 'Young Performer Award' and also an award for 'Thoughtful coverage of Queer issues.' Yusra was selected for the Swedish Institute's 'Young Connectors of the Future Programme-2015' and represented India at the program based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Yusra completed her Master's degree in Journalism from Jamia Millia Islamia's AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, New Delhi.
Reference/Sources
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Yusra-Husain-479237733.cmshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/yusra-husain-1a719a8a/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://muckrack.com/yusra-husain/articles
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ZEHRA NAQVI. Freelance Journalist & Author. Hometown: Allahabad, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Writer of the Year Award (2020). Click side arrow for profile details.
Zehra Naqvi, is a freelance journalist who writes on gender, literature and socio-political issues. Zehra is a columnist with the Indian Express and her articles on gender, particularly Indian Muslim Women, are regularly published in this newspaper. Zehra has appeared on international radio shows giving talks on gender justice.
During her decade of experience in the field of journalism Zehra has written on diverse subjects ranging from business and economics to literature, culture, heritage, religion, parenting and lifestyle. Her articles have also been published in The Hindu, Reader's Digest, Financial Chronicle, The Quint, Women's Web and Child Magazine, among others. Ms. Naqvi also wrote two columns in Financial Chronicle for six years: one titled Shelf Life, on literature, and the other titled My Sacred Bull, on subjects at the intersection of science, philosophy and spirituality. Her interviews of national and international award winning authors have been featured in The Hindu and Financial Chronicle.
Zehra's memoir, The Reluctant Mother: A Story No One Wants To Tell, being published by Hay House. She has also been featured in a Rajya Sabha TV programme on women from Uttar Pradesh who broke the traditional mold, and in an Iranian TV series produced by IRIB on hijab-wearing professionals across the globe. She also received the I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Beyond Motherhood Writer of the Year Award 2020.
Zehra has a Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism from Aligarh Muslim University.
References/Sources
https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/zehra-naqvi/https://www.linkedin.com/in/zehra-naqvi-03a65715/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://muckrack.com/zehra-naqvi/articleshttps://znaqvisajjad.wordpress.com/author/zehranaqvisajjad/
During her decade of experience in the field of journalism Zehra has written on diverse subjects ranging from business and economics to literature, culture, heritage, religion, parenting and lifestyle. Her articles have also been published in The Hindu, Reader's Digest, Financial Chronicle, The Quint, Women's Web and Child Magazine, among others. Ms. Naqvi also wrote two columns in Financial Chronicle for six years: one titled Shelf Life, on literature, and the other titled My Sacred Bull, on subjects at the intersection of science, philosophy and spirituality. Her interviews of national and international award winning authors have been featured in The Hindu and Financial Chronicle.
Zehra's memoir, The Reluctant Mother: A Story No One Wants To Tell, being published by Hay House. She has also been featured in a Rajya Sabha TV programme on women from Uttar Pradesh who broke the traditional mold, and in an Iranian TV series produced by IRIB on hijab-wearing professionals across the globe. She also received the I.N.S.P.I.R.E. Beyond Motherhood Writer of the Year Award 2020.
Zehra has a Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism from Aligarh Muslim University.
References/Sources
https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/zehra-naqvi/https://www.linkedin.com/in/zehra-naqvi-03a65715/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://muckrack.com/zehra-naqvi/articleshttps://znaqvisajjad.wordpress.com/author/zehranaqvisajjad/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHIRIN ABBAS, Media, Women & Gender Studies Expert. First British Chevening Scholarship Woman Fellow from Uttar Pradesh, CEO Mediacom Consultancy, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Shirin Abbas is a Media, Women and Gender Studies expert working with some key agencies involved in Women & Child Rights. Dr. Shirin Abbas has over 30 years’ teaching , consultancy and industry experience. She has received several international research awards in Media and Communication, Development Journalism and Gender Issues. She is the founder and CEO of her development consultancy Mediacom.
Shirin is on the Editorial Board of several reputed research journals and associated with five International Research networks. She has presented papers at over 35 International and National Conferences and Invited as Keynote Speaker for several conferences on Gender Studies and Child Rights.
Dr. Abbas completed her PhD in Mass Communication and has been involved in academics since 2008 in various capacities at leading universities in India. Her PhD is on Mobiles for Social and Behavioral Change in rural context where she worked in four districts of Uttar Pradesh. She has taught at Whistling Woods School of Communication and Entertainment & Media Development Institute (Mumbai). She is also currently teaching at Symbiosis International (Deemed University) under the Faculty of Media, Communication & Design.
Dr. Abbas began her career as a journalist with The National Herald in 1987, and went on to work for the leading national English dailies like The Hindustan Times (1997-2000), The Times of India (2000-2004), Afternoon Today (India Today Group 2004). Sheeba is the first British Chevening Scholar from Uttar Pradesh and studied at UK’s top media school, University of Westminster’s School of Communication, Design & Media. She is triple MA in Economics, Environment and Ecology, and Women and Gender Studies.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shirin-abbashttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shirin-Abbas-3https://westminster.academia.edu/DrShirinAbbashttps://www.siliconindia.com/profiles/shirin-abbas-vZyrnh1H.htmlhttps://shirinscribbles.blogspot.com/
Shirin is on the Editorial Board of several reputed research journals and associated with five International Research networks. She has presented papers at over 35 International and National Conferences and Invited as Keynote Speaker for several conferences on Gender Studies and Child Rights.
Dr. Abbas completed her PhD in Mass Communication and has been involved in academics since 2008 in various capacities at leading universities in India. Her PhD is on Mobiles for Social and Behavioral Change in rural context where she worked in four districts of Uttar Pradesh. She has taught at Whistling Woods School of Communication and Entertainment & Media Development Institute (Mumbai). She is also currently teaching at Symbiosis International (Deemed University) under the Faculty of Media, Communication & Design.
Dr. Abbas began her career as a journalist with The National Herald in 1987, and went on to work for the leading national English dailies like The Hindustan Times (1997-2000), The Times of India (2000-2004), Afternoon Today (India Today Group 2004). Sheeba is the first British Chevening Scholar from Uttar Pradesh and studied at UK’s top media school, University of Westminster’s School of Communication, Design & Media. She is triple MA in Economics, Environment and Ecology, and Women and Gender Studies.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-shirin-abbashttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shirin-Abbas-3https://westminster.academia.edu/DrShirinAbbashttps://www.siliconindia.com/profiles/shirin-abbas-vZyrnh1H.htmlhttps://shirinscribbles.blogspot.com/
Change Makers in Social Development
Change Makers in Social Development
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHAISTA AMBER, Founder and President of All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board ( AIMWPLB), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Advocate for a model Nikah-nama. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shaista Amber, Founder and President of All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB), Lucknow. Ms. Amber, a social activist, and has facilitated and advocated for major reforms in the Muslim practices of triple talaq and abolishment of the practice of halala.
Born in 1962 in Allahabad to a railway guard who was also a famous Urdu poet, Ms. Amber's articleas and stories were published in prominent Indian and international magazines from young age. She was deeply affected the tyrannical attitude of society towards women. Taking a step ahead of herself, she founded Lucknow’s first-ever women mosque called ‘Amber Mosque’ way back in February, 1997
Through Shaista's extensive research and advocacy, AIMWPLB released a 12-page Sharai Nikahnama in 2008, which sought to offer India's Muslim women a religiously-sanctioned alternative to conventional Islamic marriage contracts. Ms. Amber also started women's courts for justice.
Supported by a dynamic team of women from all walks of society and striding ahead on the teachings of Islam, Ms. Amber continues to fight every injustice forced upon women in order to spread justice and equality. She has been recognized in several forums for her efforts and was the recipient of the Women Empowerment Award for being a pioneer for women's personal rights in the country. Ms. Amber is considered as one of the most powerful voices of Indian women.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaista-ambar-068554a1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLWBMHC20eAhttp://indiatogether.org/aimwplb-women
Born in 1962 in Allahabad to a railway guard who was also a famous Urdu poet, Ms. Amber's articleas and stories were published in prominent Indian and international magazines from young age. She was deeply affected the tyrannical attitude of society towards women. Taking a step ahead of herself, she founded Lucknow’s first-ever women mosque called ‘Amber Mosque’ way back in February, 1997
Through Shaista's extensive research and advocacy, AIMWPLB released a 12-page Sharai Nikahnama in 2008, which sought to offer India's Muslim women a religiously-sanctioned alternative to conventional Islamic marriage contracts. Ms. Amber also started women's courts for justice.
Supported by a dynamic team of women from all walks of society and striding ahead on the teachings of Islam, Ms. Amber continues to fight every injustice forced upon women in order to spread justice and equality. She has been recognized in several forums for her efforts and was the recipient of the Women Empowerment Award for being a pioneer for women's personal rights in the country. Ms. Amber is considered as one of the most powerful voices of Indian women.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaista-ambar-068554a1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLWBMHC20eAhttp://indiatogether.org/aimwplb-women
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SEHBA HUSSAIN, Founder Beti Foundation, Co-Founder SEWA Lucknow, ex-UNICEF Representative. Lucknow. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sehba Hussain is an Indian social activist. She is the co-founder and honorary treasurer of Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in Lucknow. And founding board member and executive director of Lucknow-based, BETI (Better Education Through Innovation) Foundation, established in 2000. Sehba Hussain has worked with UNICEF for nearly 17 years, both as an international and national professional, notable among which were her responsibilities as Country Representative Bhutan, chief of Health Section, UNICEF India, and Chief Upper India Office responsible for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and state representative, U.P. She co-founded SEWA, Lucknow, along with Runa Banerjee in 1984, which has been involved in organising women engaged in the chikankari industry. It was given the 2006 Best Practices Award by UN-HABITAT. In 2000, she became a founding member of BETI Foundation, established in Lucknow and working in the areas of Bahraich, Balrampur, Barabanki, Gonda, Kheri, Lalitpur, Lucknow, Shravasti, Sitapur.
Headed the UNICEF office in Bhutan and participated as a Core Committee Member in the planning & implementation of the Basic Education Programme of the country being jointly supported by the World Bank, UNICEF and the Royal Government of Bhutan. During posting in the UNICEF Country Office, Delhi and subsequently the UNICEF Upper India Office (responsible for Uttar Pradesh & Bihar 1991-98) conceptualized, strategically planned & grounded the Bihar Education Project the global flagship Education Project of UNICEF-India.
Coordinated the implementation of a large Project awarded to the BETI Foundation under the Joint GOI/UNSEP Programme – Janshala. This was implemented in two Educational Wards of Lucknow and targeted 7800 marginalised out of school children of deprived urban localities. The Project was very successful with approximately 89% children being mainstreamed into Government and Private formal schools.
She has been a member of various committees like, National Advisory Council (NAC), Government of India (Dissolve on 31st March, 08). State Supervisory Board, on PPNDT Act, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. Executive Committee of National Mission for Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan, Government of India. Executive Committee, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Government of Uttar Pradesh5. Executive Committee, Uttaranchal Education for All- Education Council, Government of Uttaranchal. Member – State Level High Power Committee, Mahila Kalyan Nideshalaya, U.P. Government. Member- Executive Committee, Mahila Samakhya, U.P. Member- State Core Committee, SCERT, Lucknow Member- State Resource Group, Vaikalpik Shiksha, Lucknow
Sehba Hussain did her post graduate studies as a Fullbright Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA. She also has a Masters in Medical & Psychiatric Social Work from University of Delhi, India.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sehba_Hussain
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SAMINA BANO, Founder & CEO, RightWalk Foundation, Ashoka Fellow, Acumen Fellow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Samina Bano is the Founder & CEO of Rightwalk Foundation, an organization which aims at driving equity, inclusion and social justice through Public Policy intervention across the policy value chain. She was also the Founder and Chairperson of another non-profit organization, Bharat Abhyudaya Foundation, an organization which aims at improving the learning outcome in government and aided schools in the country.
Overcoming complex political, social and legal hurdles, Samina has pushed for social inclusion in Uttar Pradesh classrooms by activating the Right to Education Act, which requires private schools to reserve 25 percent of seats for low-income children.
Samina finished her under graduation from College of Engineering, Pune in Computer Science Engineering in the year 2000. She holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and graduated in 2010. Samina is an Ashoka Fellow and also an Acumen Fellow. She has received the APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Innovation in Governance (KIGA). She is currently serving as a Mentor at IIM Bangalore's Non-Profit Incubator NSRCEL SOCIAL.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samina-bano-rightwalk/ http://rightwalk.org/
Overcoming complex political, social and legal hurdles, Samina has pushed for social inclusion in Uttar Pradesh classrooms by activating the Right to Education Act, which requires private schools to reserve 25 percent of seats for low-income children.
Samina finished her under graduation from College of Engineering, Pune in Computer Science Engineering in the year 2000. She holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and graduated in 2010. Samina is an Ashoka Fellow and also an Acumen Fellow. She has received the APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Innovation in Governance (KIGA). She is currently serving as a Mentor at IIM Bangalore's Non-Profit Incubator NSRCEL SOCIAL.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samina-bano-rightwalk/ http://rightwalk.org/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. FAREEDA JALEES, Social Activist, Founder Director of Lucknow Mahila Sewa Trust (LMST). Outstanding Woman in Social Work Award (2020). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Fareeda Jalees, is a Social Activist and Founder Director of Lucknow Mahila Sewa Trust, popularly known as LMST, a voluntary development organization working with women in unorganized sector in several districts of Uttar Pradesh. Fareeda founded Lucknow Mahila Sewa Trust in the year 1992 and currently she is the Founder Director of Lucknow Mahila Sewa Trust which is affiliated to SEWA Gujarat.
For last 28 years, Farida Jalees is associated with SEWA Ahmedabad as a national as well as international professional. She is currently the Vice Chairperson of the National Council of SEWA. Some of her noted works includes her as representation in different government and non-government organizations in Uttar Pradesh. Along with her team she has driven LMST as an organization that is actively involved in organizing women from unorganized sector that are involved in ‘Chikankari, Zardozi, Farming, Mukaish and other form of domestic work' in Uttar Pradesh.
Fareeda has held positions in several government committees including Member of State Minimum Wages Advisory Board, U.P, Member of Sexual Harassment complaints Committee (SHCC), U.P, Member of Department of Craft and Handicraft, U.P, Member of SHCC at Survey of India, U.P, Member of SHCC at Kendriya Bhandaran Nigam, U.P
Farida's work in the field has brought her several awards including the Citi Foundation Micro entrenureship award, Skotch Order of MERIT Award in 2017 UP, Best NGO leadership award 2018, Sanskar News Award, Best NGO Inspire award 2019 and the Outstanding Woman in Social Work by FICCI FLO Lucknow-Kanpur; Outstanding Contribution in Social Service in World Leadership Conclave 2021 by Global Triumph Foundation; E-NGO challenge award for special mention in the category of Women empowerment; ICICI bank award in best micro finance organization in 2016 among others.
Farida was born in the city of Lucknow. She had pursued Master of Arts in Psychology with specialization in Clinical Psychology, from Lucknow University.
References/Sources
http://www.lmstindia.org/chief-functionary-say
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NAHEED AQUEEL, Founder Akel Mahila Manch, Social Activist for Rights of Single Women. CEO Prayatna Foundation. Top 12 Change Makers Women Transforming India Award (2016). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Naheed Aqueel, is the founder of the Akel Mahila Manch. In 2004, after reading about the incarceration of a 13-year old-boy for patricide, she took it upon herself to defend the boy, when she found out that the murder was triggered by his father’s incestuous relationship with his sisters. She was successful in having the boy released from prison. This gave her the impetus to give up her job and start a NGO called Prayatna Foundation in 2005.
Two years later, she instituted a platform called the Akel Mahila Manch, which brought together 100 organizations affiliated with the 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh, to give voice to the issues faced by single women. She uses the platform to fight for the rights of women who are widowed, divorced, abandoned by their husbands or those who simply want to live alone. Because she is a single woman, Naheed believes that other women facing similar challenges can learn from her.
Naheed challenges all the limitations that society places on single women, including that of adoption. She has personally adopted 10 children, and is fulfilling all her parental duties with great aplomb. She is also deeply involved in educating women and housing homeless people under the Multi-sectoral Development Program (MsDP). Moreover, she is helping the landless become landowners and providing vocational skills to youth for better employment opportunities. A large number of people have been benefitted by her activism, and this clearly demonstrates the ‘power of one’.
Naheed has been working as an agent of change in Lucknow for 15 years, and has successfully provided shelters to 119 families, made 500 people computer-literate, and imparted mobile repairing skills to 40 boys and 30 girls, paving the way to their careers. Fittingly enough, Naheed was one of the Top 12 Change Makers in India’s ‘Women Transforming India’ awards, 2016 (from Niti Aayog and United Nations) .
References/Sources
https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/04/revathi-roy-naheed-aqueel-meenakshi-nayar-pavithra-y-s-4-women-smashing-stereotypes/https://yourstory.com/2016/09/women-transforming-indiahttps://sites.google.com/site/prayatnafoundationlko/who-we-arehttps://twitter.com/mygovindia/status/773458429889445888/photo/1https://yourstory.com/2016/09/women-transforming-indiahttps://sites.google.com/site/prayatnafoundationlko/who-we-are
Two years later, she instituted a platform called the Akel Mahila Manch, which brought together 100 organizations affiliated with the 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh, to give voice to the issues faced by single women. She uses the platform to fight for the rights of women who are widowed, divorced, abandoned by their husbands or those who simply want to live alone. Because she is a single woman, Naheed believes that other women facing similar challenges can learn from her.
Naheed challenges all the limitations that society places on single women, including that of adoption. She has personally adopted 10 children, and is fulfilling all her parental duties with great aplomb. She is also deeply involved in educating women and housing homeless people under the Multi-sectoral Development Program (MsDP). Moreover, she is helping the landless become landowners and providing vocational skills to youth for better employment opportunities. A large number of people have been benefitted by her activism, and this clearly demonstrates the ‘power of one’.
Naheed has been working as an agent of change in Lucknow for 15 years, and has successfully provided shelters to 119 families, made 500 people computer-literate, and imparted mobile repairing skills to 40 boys and 30 girls, paving the way to their careers. Fittingly enough, Naheed was one of the Top 12 Change Makers in India’s ‘Women Transforming India’ awards, 2016 (from Niti Aayog and United Nations) .
References/Sources
https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/04/revathi-roy-naheed-aqueel-meenakshi-nayar-pavithra-y-s-4-women-smashing-stereotypes/https://yourstory.com/2016/09/women-transforming-indiahttps://sites.google.com/site/prayatnafoundationlko/who-we-arehttps://twitter.com/mygovindia/status/773458429889445888/photo/1https://yourstory.com/2016/09/women-transforming-indiahttps://sites.google.com/site/prayatnafoundationlko/who-we-are
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. REHANA ADEEB, Founder Astitiva, Activist, Preventing gender-based violence. Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Rehana Adeeb, Founder Astitva, is a victim turned survivor who has learnt to raise her voice and is helping women who fall prey to gender-based violence and fight injustices like rape and domestic violence. Rehana was raped, forced to drop out of school, married off, and was a victim of domestic abuse all before she was 18 years old. To quote Rehana “By the time I realized that what I was going through was not right, I was already a mother of five daughters.”
Quite by accident, Rehana strayed into a meeting of Disha, a local NGO that worked on issues related to women’s rights. That is when she decided that she was not ready to take on any more abuse, and that she wanted to help other women in her area attain the same. But that also meant having to face constant threats and abuse, and being ostracized by her family and neighbors as well. Ignoring all that, unflinchingly, she started working with abused women and other NGOs. As she underwent training at the NGO, took on several responsibilities, and participated in activities to help women fight for their rights, her own confidence grew. Finally, Rehana set up her own NGO, Astitva, in the year 2005 to help women in Muzaffarnagar who were victims of all forms of gender-based violence.
Slowly people have started trusting her and not seeing her as a threat. Recently she was invited as a chief guest to a conference in Beijing, this has added a lot to her credibility. However, Rehana gets all forms of threats constantly because what she is doing is very much against the Khap and caste-based panchayats that have dominance in her locality. Yet, she marches on, undeterred, with emancipating as many women as possible as her only goal.
References/Sources
https://yourstory.com/2017/04/rehana-adeebhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DurG1RxTcs4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVczOEwwoG8
Quite by accident, Rehana strayed into a meeting of Disha, a local NGO that worked on issues related to women’s rights. That is when she decided that she was not ready to take on any more abuse, and that she wanted to help other women in her area attain the same. But that also meant having to face constant threats and abuse, and being ostracized by her family and neighbors as well. Ignoring all that, unflinchingly, she started working with abused women and other NGOs. As she underwent training at the NGO, took on several responsibilities, and participated in activities to help women fight for their rights, her own confidence grew. Finally, Rehana set up her own NGO, Astitva, in the year 2005 to help women in Muzaffarnagar who were victims of all forms of gender-based violence.
Slowly people have started trusting her and not seeing her as a threat. Recently she was invited as a chief guest to a conference in Beijing, this has added a lot to her credibility. However, Rehana gets all forms of threats constantly because what she is doing is very much against the Khap and caste-based panchayats that have dominance in her locality. Yet, she marches on, undeterred, with emancipating as many women as possible as her only goal.
References/Sources
https://yourstory.com/2017/04/rehana-adeebhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DurG1RxTcs4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVczOEwwoG8
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. REEMA AHMED, Social Activist and Educator for Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention, Co-Founder Candidly. Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Reema Ahmad, an activist for child sexual abuse awareness and prevention, the co-founder of Candidly, a platform that aims to develop and drive conversations on gender, abuse, sexuality and how these manifest in media and through culture.
Ms. Ahmed was Chief Editor at Ed3D, an Agra based educational institution focused on experiential learning. She led the Creative English programme at Ed3D for two years which included creative writing and speaking skills sessions. Apart from conducting Creative Writing and Storytelling workshops for children, her main area of interest is Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention.
As sexuality educator, Reema has been conducting workshops and conferences over the years in the country. But when the feedback of one of her conferences in hometown Agra told her to stop sharing her story, it was then that she was more determined than ever to break the orthodox chains of society and spread awareness about the importance of conversation.
Ahmad shares her story not because it's an abstract subject but "an experience of a living human being". Keeping our desires in the closet and leaving our sexualities unexplored are a few of the cultural hindrances our society faces. And to overcome them we turn to, what Ahmad calls, The Haww Factor. "haww is how we psychologically and verbally tame everything that affects us."
As a 6 year old, Ahmad was repeatedly abused by an elder family member which led to her being shy, insecure and deeply scarred growing up. The intensity of the mental pain grew enough to lead to a failed suicide attempt while she was in her third year of college. However, Reema admits that over the ten years that ensued, she started attaining a mental balance she never had, as she sought out help from friends and family.
Reema is also a two time TEDx and Josh Speaker and advocates strongly about child sexual abuse awareness, sexuality education and mental health issues in all public forums. Reema has conducted gender and diversity talks at corporate offices like Black Rock and Feminista and is in the process of creating an eLearning manual on the same for Imarticus.
Reema graduated from Lady Sri Ram College For Women with a degree in English Honours and completed her Masters in English and B Ed from Agra University. She has also completed the Comprehensive Sexuality Education course for teachers offered by TARSHI.Poetry and content writing for websites and blogs are her other areas of interest.
References/Sources
http://blog.shivnadarfoundation.org/general/standing-up-against-the-haww-factorhttps://candidly.in/team/reema-ahmad/https://www.linkedin.com/in/reema-ahmad-01102713b/?originalSubdomain=in
Ms. Ahmed was Chief Editor at Ed3D, an Agra based educational institution focused on experiential learning. She led the Creative English programme at Ed3D for two years which included creative writing and speaking skills sessions. Apart from conducting Creative Writing and Storytelling workshops for children, her main area of interest is Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention.
As sexuality educator, Reema has been conducting workshops and conferences over the years in the country. But when the feedback of one of her conferences in hometown Agra told her to stop sharing her story, it was then that she was more determined than ever to break the orthodox chains of society and spread awareness about the importance of conversation.
Ahmad shares her story not because it's an abstract subject but "an experience of a living human being". Keeping our desires in the closet and leaving our sexualities unexplored are a few of the cultural hindrances our society faces. And to overcome them we turn to, what Ahmad calls, The Haww Factor. "haww is how we psychologically and verbally tame everything that affects us."
As a 6 year old, Ahmad was repeatedly abused by an elder family member which led to her being shy, insecure and deeply scarred growing up. The intensity of the mental pain grew enough to lead to a failed suicide attempt while she was in her third year of college. However, Reema admits that over the ten years that ensued, she started attaining a mental balance she never had, as she sought out help from friends and family.
Reema is also a two time TEDx and Josh Speaker and advocates strongly about child sexual abuse awareness, sexuality education and mental health issues in all public forums. Reema has conducted gender and diversity talks at corporate offices like Black Rock and Feminista and is in the process of creating an eLearning manual on the same for Imarticus.
Reema graduated from Lady Sri Ram College For Women with a degree in English Honours and completed her Masters in English and B Ed from Agra University. She has also completed the Comprehensive Sexuality Education course for teachers offered by TARSHI.Poetry and content writing for websites and blogs are her other areas of interest.
References/Sources
http://blog.shivnadarfoundation.org/general/standing-up-against-the-haww-factorhttps://candidly.in/team/reema-ahmad/https://www.linkedin.com/in/reema-ahmad-01102713b/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHEHNAZ SIDRAT, Social Activist, President of Bazm-e-Khawateen, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Begum Shehnaz Sidrat, is a social activist, and the president of Bazm-e-Khawateen, an organisation that was formed by her mother-in-law in 1934 for the betterment of Muslim women. Ms. Sidrat started the meetings with only two women members, and with her hard work, it went on to have a huge membership of around ninety thousand women working in almost eighty- nine countries. Ms. Sidrat also started a Madarsa for those Muslim girls who observed purdah and could not step out of their houses, in order to help them get modern education along with Islamic education. She considers that the aim of every women organisation should be to make women socially and economically strong, and this can be achieved only through education.
As a Muslim woman leader, Ms. Sidrat has faced many hurdles both within her own community and from people across the country. Nevertheless, she remains a powerful force in Lucknow who rallies for the freedom of Muslim women, which according to her, is only possible through proper education and self- dependence.
References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHz2RbTxhEg
As a Muslim woman leader, Ms. Sidrat has faced many hurdles both within her own community and from people across the country. Nevertheless, she remains a powerful force in Lucknow who rallies for the freedom of Muslim women, which according to her, is only possible through proper education and self- dependence.
References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHz2RbTxhEg
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. REHANA REHMAN, Director and General Secretary, Navbharat Samaj Kalyan Samiti (NBSKS). Girls Education. Village Vahapur, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Rehana Rehman founded Navbharat Samaj Kalyan Samiti (NBSKS) in 1989 to address gender discrimination in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh — a strict, conservative community where women and girls need permission from their husbands or fathers to leave home. She has spent the past two decades mobilising her community to enroll girls in school. Muslim and Dalit girls in Moradabad often drop out early to marry or work to support their families. Ms. Rehman has stood up against numerous threats and protests, and she continues on her mission even today. She gathered the courage to teach village girls at the corridor of a temple. She faced a lot of opposition for the same, but she soldiered on. As time passed, more girls started attending her classes. Rehana gave them the confidence and courage to speak and voice their opinions. Gradually, girls from ten nearby villages joined in. Rehana later set up a school in the village where girls could get proper education. Today, girls from the village are not only pursuing higher but also helping Ms. Rehman teach the kids from her school. Protests continue to take place, but they have only strengthened Ms. Rehman’s resolve to move ahead in her pursuit of educating more and more girls. She received the Social Bravery Award for her undying efforts in the field of girl child education.
With her Malala Fund grant, Rehana and her team meet with parents to convince them to allow their daughters to continue their education. In 20 villages, NBSKS recruits and trains girls to create awareness campaigns to educate parents and school management committee (SMC) members. Her organisation also trains chaperones so girls no longer have to walk long, dangerous paths to school alone. In 2019, NBSKS convened 40 girls to meet with teachers and identify issues in 20 schools that were failing to meet Right to Education (RTE) Act standards. The organisation also trained more than 100 parents on how to enforce RTE compliance in their community’s schools. NBSKS’s community outreach and scholarships helped more than 1,100 girls to re-enroll in school. With the Indian chapter of the Malala Fund Education Champion Network, Rehana led the 2020 #SpendOnEd campaign to increase the government’s spending on education to 10% of the national budget.
References/Sources:
https://malala.org/champions/rehana-rehmanhttps://www.facebook.com/Navbharat-Samaj-Kalyan-Samity-475992519488350https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHr8iZwezCA&feature=youtu.be
With her Malala Fund grant, Rehana and her team meet with parents to convince them to allow their daughters to continue their education. In 20 villages, NBSKS recruits and trains girls to create awareness campaigns to educate parents and school management committee (SMC) members. Her organisation also trains chaperones so girls no longer have to walk long, dangerous paths to school alone. In 2019, NBSKS convened 40 girls to meet with teachers and identify issues in 20 schools that were failing to meet Right to Education (RTE) Act standards. The organisation also trained more than 100 parents on how to enforce RTE compliance in their community’s schools. NBSKS’s community outreach and scholarships helped more than 1,100 girls to re-enroll in school. With the Indian chapter of the Malala Fund Education Champion Network, Rehana led the 2020 #SpendOnEd campaign to increase the government’s spending on education to 10% of the national budget.
References/Sources:
https://malala.org/champions/rehana-rehmanhttps://www.facebook.com/Navbharat-Samaj-Kalyan-Samity-475992519488350https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHr8iZwezCA&feature=youtu.be
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ZEENAT ARA, Disability Awareness, Author, Goodwill Ambassador Bravehearts Martyrs Foundation. NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Zeenat Ara was born on 18th April, 1987 in Lucknow. When she was 8 months old, she was diagnosed with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy). Despite her illness she did her schooling from Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan and passed her class 10th and 12th with 70% and 65%, respectively. Except for the time she spends sitting in her customised wheelchair, Zeenat is completely bed-ridden. However, she is a real fighter and using her will power and her laptop she recently published her autobiography, "The Real Fighter: Zeenat Ara".
Zeenat wants to spread awareness about SMA so that parents can give proper care and support to children suffering from this. She has been recognized for her inspiring leadership to never give up under any circumstance and has received several awards among them the Mahila Shiksha Aur Suraksha Award from D.M. of Noida in 2015; Specially Abled Achievers Award for Excellence in Creativity in 2015; Rani Laxmi Bai Veerta Award from former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2016; Bravery Award at district level in 2016.
Ms. Ara has also played the lead caste in short film on voter and election awareness in year 2017 and was awarded with the title of ‘Women of Substance : Season 3’ by SRL Diagnostics. A Sector 122 Noida resident, Zeenat hopes to become a fashion designer. She has has won certificates in various art competitions organised by Very Special Arts India in school days.
Zeenat's book is an autobiography of a young bubbling girl who was diagnosed with a rare disease of SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) at very early age. The book travels through the toughness of her mind and body which helped her to carry her journey despite all odds. She was going through a life which was totally different from others—very challenging and full of obstacles. In spite of all these hurdles, she had to continue living. She never took her life so hard, instead she would say, “If Allah) had not chosen me to take birth with this problem, life would not have been so interesting.” An inspiring & motivating story for the readers, especially youngsters.
References/Sources
https://twitter.com/BraveheartMart1/status/1128376441614229504/photo/1https://tennews.in/mata-bhagwanti-chadha-niketans-alumni-zeenat-ara-receives-srl-woman-substance-award/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhrVkDXGees
Zeenat wants to spread awareness about SMA so that parents can give proper care and support to children suffering from this. She has been recognized for her inspiring leadership to never give up under any circumstance and has received several awards among them the Mahila Shiksha Aur Suraksha Award from D.M. of Noida in 2015; Specially Abled Achievers Award for Excellence in Creativity in 2015; Rani Laxmi Bai Veerta Award from former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2016; Bravery Award at district level in 2016.
Ms. Ara has also played the lead caste in short film on voter and election awareness in year 2017 and was awarded with the title of ‘Women of Substance : Season 3’ by SRL Diagnostics. A Sector 122 Noida resident, Zeenat hopes to become a fashion designer. She has has won certificates in various art competitions organised by Very Special Arts India in school days.
Zeenat's book is an autobiography of a young bubbling girl who was diagnosed with a rare disease of SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) at very early age. The book travels through the toughness of her mind and body which helped her to carry her journey despite all odds. She was going through a life which was totally different from others—very challenging and full of obstacles. In spite of all these hurdles, she had to continue living. She never took her life so hard, instead she would say, “If Allah) had not chosen me to take birth with this problem, life would not have been so interesting.” An inspiring & motivating story for the readers, especially youngsters.
References/Sources
https://twitter.com/BraveheartMart1/status/1128376441614229504/photo/1https://tennews.in/mata-bhagwanti-chadha-niketans-alumni-zeenat-ara-receives-srl-woman-substance-award/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhrVkDXGees
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SABIHA AHMAD. Social Activist, Member Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board, Director Lucknow Institute of Technology, Lucknow. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sabiha Ahmad is a member of Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Board of Waqfs, as per Article 14 of Waqf Act (Act No 43 of 1995). She is a social activist focused on bridging the gap between the poor and facilitating their access to Government initiatives.
Sabiha's contributions range from working in numerous villages by collaborating with authorities to bring essential amenities like electricity, roads, personalised documents to the residents. She transformed a complete village, Rewankalan, by her sheer perseverance through bureaucratic quagmire. She enabled the village to get it's name corrected in the official records, and thus making implementation of various development schemes reach to each doorstep. She introduced the concept of 'Emotional Guardianship' by working tirelessly in making education available for students, particularly girls belonging to underprivileged class, by organising holistic requirements and monitoring. Sabiha is also working on empowering women in the villages and slums by enabling them to own their means of artisanship i.e. making available their own "adda" for chikankari, zardozi and raw materials. She had brought Indian Women on Internet by her Portal "ajisunteho.com" encompassing all personality and creative aspects of women, acclaimed Internationally and Nationally.
Ms. Ahmed currently serves as Director Administration of Lucknow Institute of Technology, Lucknow. Her initiative "FAHA makes Careers'', forayed women into new personality oriented careers. Sabiha has been awarded with Swayamsiddha Woman Achiever Award for Rural Development by Hon'ble Governor of UP(2018), International recognition Humanitarian Award at Dubai (2019) among numerous other Medals and recognitions.
Sabiha completed her graduation from Aligarh Muslim University and her early schooling from prestigious Carmel Convent at Lucknow. She has completed her MBA ( PGDM) from IPM Lucknow.
Sources/References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabiha-ahmad-77a0a012
Sabiha's contributions range from working in numerous villages by collaborating with authorities to bring essential amenities like electricity, roads, personalised documents to the residents. She transformed a complete village, Rewankalan, by her sheer perseverance through bureaucratic quagmire. She enabled the village to get it's name corrected in the official records, and thus making implementation of various development schemes reach to each doorstep. She introduced the concept of 'Emotional Guardianship' by working tirelessly in making education available for students, particularly girls belonging to underprivileged class, by organising holistic requirements and monitoring. Sabiha is also working on empowering women in the villages and slums by enabling them to own their means of artisanship i.e. making available their own "adda" for chikankari, zardozi and raw materials. She had brought Indian Women on Internet by her Portal "ajisunteho.com" encompassing all personality and creative aspects of women, acclaimed Internationally and Nationally.
Ms. Ahmed currently serves as Director Administration of Lucknow Institute of Technology, Lucknow. Her initiative "FAHA makes Careers'', forayed women into new personality oriented careers. Sabiha has been awarded with Swayamsiddha Woman Achiever Award for Rural Development by Hon'ble Governor of UP(2018), International recognition Humanitarian Award at Dubai (2019) among numerous other Medals and recognitions.
Sabiha completed her graduation from Aligarh Muslim University and her early schooling from prestigious Carmel Convent at Lucknow. She has completed her MBA ( PGDM) from IPM Lucknow.
Sources/References
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabiha-ahmad-77a0a012
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. FARAH SAROSH, Founder Nurture Life, a Non Profit Organization working on Mental Health Awareness. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Awarded "Swasth Mitra" By Government of Uttar Pradesh (2019). Click side arrow for profile details.
Farah Sarosh, is the founder of Nurture Life, a Non-Profit Organization working on Mental Health Awareness in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. She is a Mental Health Activist, Educator, Trainer, Speaker and Pro Bono Counsellor.
Farah's first brush with mental illness was witnessing her hostelmate committing suicide due to depression. This disturbing incident led her to pursue social work with Mental Health Awareness as her aim. She set up ‘NurtureLife’ in 2016 to spread awareness about Mental Health and offer free services to educate people about mental health and help those who are unable to deal with problems associated with mental health.
Till date, Nurture Life has worked with numerous institutions, Including colleges, hospitals, schools, corporate firms etc. Through Nurture Life, Farah has successfully been able to reach out to many people and helped them to bring the discussion of mental health from closed doors to open platforms. Farah has worked on a series of workshops/sessions /events all over India and abroad. From ground level to radio, to television or social media she's using every medium to spread the word. Farah has also conceptualized a popular Facebook Live show "Nurture Life Talk Show" on her social media group, in which people from every walk of life, Bollywood, Music, Corporate world, etc, come and share their journey to motivate the viewers.
For her efforts, Farah was awarded the title of "Swasth Mitra" by the former UP Health Minister in 2019. She continues to be an adamant speaker and propagator of Mental Health and continues to work tirelessly for the cause to spread awareness among the people, and to help and bring about change in the lives of as many people as possible. In 2019, Farah was invited by the Human Rights Commission to work on Education with the Unprivileged. Farah also believes in community upliftment. She works independently on modernization of madrasas and has adopted many madrasas around Lucknow.
An Aligarh Muslim University Alumni, Farah Sarosh is an Engineering graduate.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/farah-sarosh-523868ahttp://www.nurturelife.co.in/about.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/iilmahllko/posts/mental-health-through-art-therapy-workshop-at-iilm-lucknow-thanks-to-mrs-farah-s/2253153858076142/
Farah's first brush with mental illness was witnessing her hostelmate committing suicide due to depression. This disturbing incident led her to pursue social work with Mental Health Awareness as her aim. She set up ‘NurtureLife’ in 2016 to spread awareness about Mental Health and offer free services to educate people about mental health and help those who are unable to deal with problems associated with mental health.
Till date, Nurture Life has worked with numerous institutions, Including colleges, hospitals, schools, corporate firms etc. Through Nurture Life, Farah has successfully been able to reach out to many people and helped them to bring the discussion of mental health from closed doors to open platforms. Farah has worked on a series of workshops/sessions /events all over India and abroad. From ground level to radio, to television or social media she's using every medium to spread the word. Farah has also conceptualized a popular Facebook Live show "Nurture Life Talk Show" on her social media group, in which people from every walk of life, Bollywood, Music, Corporate world, etc, come and share their journey to motivate the viewers.
For her efforts, Farah was awarded the title of "Swasth Mitra" by the former UP Health Minister in 2019. She continues to be an adamant speaker and propagator of Mental Health and continues to work tirelessly for the cause to spread awareness among the people, and to help and bring about change in the lives of as many people as possible. In 2019, Farah was invited by the Human Rights Commission to work on Education with the Unprivileged. Farah also believes in community upliftment. She works independently on modernization of madrasas and has adopted many madrasas around Lucknow.
An Aligarh Muslim University Alumni, Farah Sarosh is an Engineering graduate.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/farah-sarosh-523868ahttp://www.nurturelife.co.in/about.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/iilmahllko/posts/mental-health-through-art-therapy-workshop-at-iilm-lucknow-thanks-to-mrs-farah-s/2253153858076142/
Impassioned authors and poets
Impassioned authors and poets
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ASIFA ZAMANI, Poet, Writer, Scholar of Persian. Padmashri Awardee (2004). ex-Chairperson Urdu Academy, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Asifa Zamani, born 1945, is an Indian scholar of Persian literature and Poet. Asifa Zamani has written several books of her Urdu poems. These include from Aabgeena in 2014, to Jadeed adabi jaize hissa nazm in 1975. Ms. Zamani was awarded Padma Shri in 2004, a national award by Government of India for her outstanding work. In 1999 she received 'President of India Certificate of Honor' in Persian. Ms. Zamani also served as the chair of Persian department in Lucknow University.
References/Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asifa_Zamani
https://www.rekhta.org/ebook-detail/aabgeena-asifa-zamani-ebooks/
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SABIHA ANWAR, Author, Educationist and short story writer, ex-Principal, Karamat Husain PG College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Dr. Sabiha Anwar, is an educationist and writer, who served as the Principal of Karamat Husain Muslim Girl's Post-Graduate College, University of Lucknow for 12 years and the Head of the Urdu Department for nearly three decades. Sabiha was instrumental in the establishment of the B.Sc., B.Ed and post graduate courses at for Karamat Hussain Girls Degree College during the tenure as Principal. She has supervised PhD thesis of students from India and abroad, such as of student from University of Arizona, USA.
Dr. Anwar is the author of several books and is well known for her short stories. Some of these include “Abid Suhail” – Monograph- UP Urdu Academy (2017); Fida-e- Lucknow, Short Stories –Translation from English (2013); Dekha Hamne Istanbul – Travelogue on a visit to Istanbul, Turkey (2011); Khwab Dar Khwab – Collection of short stories in Urdu (1990); Warq Warq Zindagi, Collection of Short-Stories (1975), Urdu Mein Khudnavisht Savaane Hayat (1982), Baqi Savalat, A Critical Study of Interviews (1990).
Dr. Anwar has been felicitated with dozens of awards for her contributions in education and in literature. These include Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Award, Yash Bharti Samman, National Etehad Millat Award, Shaan-e-Awadh, U.P. Ratan Award, UP Urdu Academy Award for her collection of short-stories Warq Warq Zindagi, Urdu Adab Award from the Mahila Sewa Sansthan; Uttar Pradesh Award for her book Urdu Mein Khud Navisht Savaneh Hayat (An Analysis of Autobiographical Writing in Urdu), Mir Academy Award in recognition of her literary contributions, Adeeb International Society Award for the promotion of Art, Culture and Literature.
Dr. Anwar’s over one hundred talk shows, interviews have been broadcast from All India Radio and Doordarshan. She has been actively associated with many academic institutions like Aligarh Muslim University, Awadh Girls Degree College, Lucknow University and Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy. She has been instrumental in promotion of Urdu Language.
Dr. Sabiha Anwar holds a Ph.D. in Urdu Literature, a Masters in Persian Language & Literature as well as a Masters in Urdu Language & Literature.
References/Sources
http://urduyouthforum.org/biography/biography-Sabiha-Anwar.htmlhttp://www.saajhiduniya.org/2014/02/dr-sabiha-anwar.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emO4nX5hM00
Dr. Anwar is the author of several books and is well known for her short stories. Some of these include “Abid Suhail” – Monograph- UP Urdu Academy (2017); Fida-e- Lucknow, Short Stories –Translation from English (2013); Dekha Hamne Istanbul – Travelogue on a visit to Istanbul, Turkey (2011); Khwab Dar Khwab – Collection of short stories in Urdu (1990); Warq Warq Zindagi, Collection of Short-Stories (1975), Urdu Mein Khudnavisht Savaane Hayat (1982), Baqi Savalat, A Critical Study of Interviews (1990).
Dr. Anwar has been felicitated with dozens of awards for her contributions in education and in literature. These include Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Award, Yash Bharti Samman, National Etehad Millat Award, Shaan-e-Awadh, U.P. Ratan Award, UP Urdu Academy Award for her collection of short-stories Warq Warq Zindagi, Urdu Adab Award from the Mahila Sewa Sansthan; Uttar Pradesh Award for her book Urdu Mein Khud Navisht Savaneh Hayat (An Analysis of Autobiographical Writing in Urdu), Mir Academy Award in recognition of her literary contributions, Adeeb International Society Award for the promotion of Art, Culture and Literature.
Dr. Anwar’s over one hundred talk shows, interviews have been broadcast from All India Radio and Doordarshan. She has been actively associated with many academic institutions like Aligarh Muslim University, Awadh Girls Degree College, Lucknow University and Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy. She has been instrumental in promotion of Urdu Language.
Dr. Sabiha Anwar holds a Ph.D. in Urdu Literature, a Masters in Persian Language & Literature as well as a Masters in Urdu Language & Literature.
References/Sources
http://urduyouthforum.org/biography/biography-Sabiha-Anwar.htmlhttp://www.saajhiduniya.org/2014/02/dr-sabiha-anwar.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emO4nX5hM00
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SALMA HUSAIN. Food Historian. Author of Flavours of Avadh; The Emperor's Table and others. Home Town: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Salma Yusuf Husain is a veteran food expert, food historian. She is the author of several books on various types of cuisine. These include : The Emperors Table: The Art of Mughal Cuisine; Islamic Food With Healing Touch; Pure & simple, homemade Indian vegetarian cuisine; Nuskha-E-Shahjahan: Pulaos from the Royal Kitchen of Shah Jahan; Flavors of Avadh: Journey from the Royal Banquet to the Corner Kitchen, Pull of Pulses: Full to Beans.
Her book 'Flavors of Avadh' charts out a unique socio-cultural route down the decades, sketching out the exclusive regional food history of Lucknow and its neighborhood, richly colored with family anecdotes, local festivities, regional culture and dining traditions.
In "The Emperor’s Table" Husain spoke of how the Mughlai khana of today is far removed from Mughlai food of the past. She believes that what we eat today is masala and oil, while the old Mughal manuscripts only refer to five spices being used-cumin, onion, garam masala, saffron and coriander. It isn’t spices that make the food, but how they are balanced. The five spices were
The Mughal Feast: Recipes from the Kitchen of Emperor Shah Jahan by Salma Yusuf Husain delves into some royal kitchen secrets. A translation of the original book Nuskha-e-Shahjahani, the book is a step towards understanding the food preferences and the art of cooking in the Mughal era. Salma, a Persian scholar and food historian, explores the intermingling of traditions in the imperial kitchens. This book is a translation of Nuskha-e-Shahjahani written in Persian. It is a transcreation because apart from translating, some of the recipes were recreated. The book contains over 200 recipes spanning naans, do-piyaza, kebabs, pulaos and sweets. It is a labour of three years.
The book on Shah Jahan has quite a few vegetarian recipes — kebabs and bharta. We’ve actually adopted many of their techniques, such as dum pukht, smoking of a dish, making raitas and kebabs. Salma has also written on the pull of pulses, the humble "dal" and would love to have a lentil festival and build it up over the years — similar to what is done in the US. It will showcase recipes, contests on lentils; there can be farmer groups selling lentils. Have contests, food festivals, even a children’s corner.
Sources/References
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24857701-flavours-of-avadh
https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/food/dive-deep-into-some-dal/article24580878.ece
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. TARAN N. KHAN, Journalist & Non-fiction writer. Author Shadow City: A woman walks Kabul. Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award 2021. Tata literature award 2020. Home Town: Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Taran N. Khan is a journalist and non-fiction writer who grew up in a conservatively liberal home in Aligarh. Taran won the 2021 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year prize for her debut novel Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul. Taran's work has appeared internationally in Guernica, Al Jazeera, Berfrois, Himal Southasian, Gulf News and Dagsavisen, as well as in leading publications in India like The Caravan (India’s leading narrative journalism magazine), Open magazine, The Hindu and Scroll.in.
Beginning in 2006, Khan traveled to Afghanistan where she worked with filmmakers and media producers over several visits ranging from a few weeks to several months. Over the years, she consistently built a body of writing from Kabul that creates a nuanced portrait of the city. She has also created platforms for screening films by Afghan directors and has curated selections of such work for film festivals in India and internationally.
Taran's book Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul. Shadow City takes the reader on a journey through the streets of Kabul as Khan walks around the city and uncovers a place quite different from the one she anticipated. She tells many stories, some about 3,000 years old ruins and poems, others from as recent as 2013 about beauty salons, Parisian-themed wedding halls, and the lives of Afghan filmmakers. As she writes in the Foreword of her book, “I have a complicated relationship with walking. This has a lot to do, I suspect, with having grown up in Aligarh…where walking on the streets came with intense male scrutiny, and the sense of being in a proscribed space. I learned to display a posture of ‘work’ while walking, and to erase any signs that may hint at my being out for pleasure, for no reason at all other than to walk. I see walking as a luxury, not something to be taken for granted.” At the Carey Institute for Global Good, Khan developed her manuscript on the cultural life of Kabul. She worked on her chapters on the enterprise of making films and manufacturing dreams in a country where cinema halls and people’s imaginations have been damaged, as well as about love and marriage in Kabul.
Taran Khan studied mass communication in Delhi and holds a Masters in development studies from the University of London. She is based is Mumbai and is also the winner of the Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction 2020.
Sources/References
https://aitkenalexander.co.uk/taran-khans-shadow-city-wins-stanford-dolman-travel-book-of-the-yearhttps://www.amazon.in/Shadow-City-STANFORD-DOLMAN-TRAVEL/dp/0143453068https://careyinstitute.org/blog/projects/taran-n-khan/https://scroll.in/article/960826/the-longer-i-spent-in-kabul-the-less-satisfying-it-was-to-write-only-traditional-news-or-featureshttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2772152546404837
Beginning in 2006, Khan traveled to Afghanistan where she worked with filmmakers and media producers over several visits ranging from a few weeks to several months. Over the years, she consistently built a body of writing from Kabul that creates a nuanced portrait of the city. She has also created platforms for screening films by Afghan directors and has curated selections of such work for film festivals in India and internationally.
Taran's book Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul. Shadow City takes the reader on a journey through the streets of Kabul as Khan walks around the city and uncovers a place quite different from the one she anticipated. She tells many stories, some about 3,000 years old ruins and poems, others from as recent as 2013 about beauty salons, Parisian-themed wedding halls, and the lives of Afghan filmmakers. As she writes in the Foreword of her book, “I have a complicated relationship with walking. This has a lot to do, I suspect, with having grown up in Aligarh…where walking on the streets came with intense male scrutiny, and the sense of being in a proscribed space. I learned to display a posture of ‘work’ while walking, and to erase any signs that may hint at my being out for pleasure, for no reason at all other than to walk. I see walking as a luxury, not something to be taken for granted.” At the Carey Institute for Global Good, Khan developed her manuscript on the cultural life of Kabul. She worked on her chapters on the enterprise of making films and manufacturing dreams in a country where cinema halls and people’s imaginations have been damaged, as well as about love and marriage in Kabul.
Taran Khan studied mass communication in Delhi and holds a Masters in development studies from the University of London. She is based is Mumbai and is also the winner of the Tata Literature Live First Book Award for Non-Fiction 2020.
Sources/References
https://aitkenalexander.co.uk/taran-khans-shadow-city-wins-stanford-dolman-travel-book-of-the-yearhttps://www.amazon.in/Shadow-City-STANFORD-DOLMAN-TRAVEL/dp/0143453068https://careyinstitute.org/blog/projects/taran-n-khan/https://scroll.in/article/960826/the-longer-i-spent-in-kabul-the-less-satisfying-it-was-to-write-only-traditional-news-or-featureshttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2772152546404837
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SARA KHAN, Author and Book Coach, Founder Jot Down Ventures. Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Sara Khan is the Founder of Jot Down Ventures, Author of Four Bestsellers, Book Coach, Ghostwritten 30 books, Performance Coach, Speaker, Entrepreneur and Professor at Bada Business. She is on a mission to see Har Ghar Mein Author (i.e., at least one author from every household).
She has won 11 National Awards, recent being the Iconic Women Award 2021 by IPlan. Her other awards include - Best Entrepreneur in India Award by The Crazy Tales; Global Women Inspiration Award 2021 by ICan Foundation; Nari Samman by Literoma; 101 Influential Women of India by The Crazy Tales; Author of the Year 2K20 by Author In You, India Young Achievers Award 2019 by Entrepreneur Live Network, 100 Inspiring Authors of India by The Indian Awaz.
Sara is a Government-certified Master Trainer, also a Life Skills Trainer who has impacted 6,000+ students’ lives in Delhi NCR in a span of five months. Some of the books authored by Sara Khan include: Embrace Your Fear, Top 10 Secrets To Writing a Book Successfully, How To Create Positive Change in 21 Days and Separated.
Sara's Jot Down Ventures is a one-stop solution for anyone who wants to become an author. It has two verticals - a publication house and an academy under the parent name. With Jot Down Academy, She had run many successful Bootcamps for Children between the age group of 8-18 years; and currently, she is working on creating 500 published authors by 2022.
She is well-known as Smiling Sakha and, is pleased to connect on Instagram and Facebook @smilingsakha or at sarakhanwrites@gmail.com or jotdown.in@gmail.com
References/Sources
https://www.amazon.com/Sara-Khan/e/B076J1DR55%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17267014.Sara_Khanhttps://authorsarakhan.wordpress.com/about/Website: www.jotdown.in
She has won 11 National Awards, recent being the Iconic Women Award 2021 by IPlan. Her other awards include - Best Entrepreneur in India Award by The Crazy Tales; Global Women Inspiration Award 2021 by ICan Foundation; Nari Samman by Literoma; 101 Influential Women of India by The Crazy Tales; Author of the Year 2K20 by Author In You, India Young Achievers Award 2019 by Entrepreneur Live Network, 100 Inspiring Authors of India by The Indian Awaz.
Sara is a Government-certified Master Trainer, also a Life Skills Trainer who has impacted 6,000+ students’ lives in Delhi NCR in a span of five months. Some of the books authored by Sara Khan include: Embrace Your Fear, Top 10 Secrets To Writing a Book Successfully, How To Create Positive Change in 21 Days and Separated.
Sara's Jot Down Ventures is a one-stop solution for anyone who wants to become an author. It has two verticals - a publication house and an academy under the parent name. With Jot Down Academy, She had run many successful Bootcamps for Children between the age group of 8-18 years; and currently, she is working on creating 500 published authors by 2022.
She is well-known as Smiling Sakha and, is pleased to connect on Instagram and Facebook @smilingsakha or at sarakhanwrites@gmail.com or jotdown.in@gmail.com
References/Sources
https://www.amazon.com/Sara-Khan/e/B076J1DR55%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17267014.Sara_Khanhttps://authorsarakhan.wordpress.com/about/Website: www.jotdown.in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. NUZHAT ANJUM, Poetess/Shayara. Sanskrit Scholar, Principal. Home Town: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details/links
Dr. Nuzhat Anjum is an Urdu poet who has performed in Mushaira's world wide and across India as well as an artist on radio and television. Nuzhat has written and published her poems which are widely appreciated.
Nuzhat has a PhD in Sanskrit. She is also the Principal of a school in Lucknow.
References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzECRl4z6TQ Interview Dr. Nuzhat Anjumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghKGqQYQcS4 Mushaira at Kuwaithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iocmkLqeQLc
Nuzhat has a PhD in Sanskrit. She is also the Principal of a school in Lucknow.
References/Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzECRl4z6TQ Interview Dr. Nuzhat Anjumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghKGqQYQcS4 Mushaira at Kuwaithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iocmkLqeQLc
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SHABEENA ADEEB, Shayara, Poet. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Nari Shakti Samman, Begum Akhtar Award, Mallika-E-Ghazal Awardee. Author of Tum Mere Paas Raho and Kasak. Click side arrow for profile details.
Shabeena Adeeb (27 Dec, 1974) is a poet and has published her work in Tum Mere Paas Raho in 2005. Shabeen has a Masters in in Urdu and conveys her message in every geet, ghazal with simplicity. She is most popular and sought after poetess in Kavi Sammelans in India and abroad. Her global Global performances include in USA, Australia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Jeddah, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi.Shabeena has two books of her poetry, Tum mere paas raho and Kasak. Ms Adeeb is the recipient of several awards including the Nari Shakti Samman, Deen Daya Upadhyay Award, Abdul Kalam Award; Begum Akhtar Award; 1999; Delhi; Hanswahini Award; Kanpur Gaurav Award; Mallika-E-Ghazal Award and Parveen Shakir Award. References/Sourceshttp://adeebshabeena.blogspot.com/p/biography_96.htmlhttps://twitter.com/shabeenaadeeb?lang=enhttps://www.facebook.com/andaazebayaanaur/videos/205611197865500https://kavisammelanevent.com/shabeena-adeeb/
Shining in Sports
Shining in Sports
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ANAM HASHIM, Professional street bike freestyle athlete. Limca Book of Records. Only women rider in India to take up the sport of Stunt Riding. Hometown: Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Anam Hashim, 25, is a professional street bike freestyle athlete. Anam became the only women rider in India to take up the sport of Stunt Riding ( Streetbike Freestyle) in 2013 and has been performing all over the country. Anam is the only Indian stunt athlete to win an international stunt competition in 2017. She is known as the first woman who rode to Khardung La on a TVS Scooty alone and also led a group of 10 women to Khardungla in 2016 during the Himalayan Highs. Anam made her debut in Cross Country Rally Racing at Desert Storm 2019.In 2015 Ms. Hashim had the opportunity to test her skills riding a 110cc scooter to Khardung – La pass alone in 18 days covering 2150kms. That was her first LIMCA Book of Records citation for being the first female rider to do the epic journey. The following year she signed on as brand ambassador for TVS and trained 10 other women to make the journey on a 110cc scooter setting another record at Limca.Deciding to leave contract work so she could hone her own skills, she trained hard in 2017 and participated in the Indonesian Stunt Competition in Jakarta where she came 3rd. Anam built a racing bike and took part in Cross Country Rally Racing in India, and became the first-ever woman to complete the event in the first attempt. Anam is now preparing for the Indian National Rally Championship & Desert Storm and other major races in India.Talking about the challenges she faces as a professional biker and stuntwoman, Hashim says, “In India, we do not take it as a sport and I am doing my best to promote stunt riding. There has to be a community and an organisation to provide the support which my sport is lacking. What saddens me is the state of affairs for stunts. People do not consider it a sport, rather they see it as some form of entertainment.”References/Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anam_Hashimhttps://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/anam-hashim-india-bike-week-stunts-motorsport-making-a-mark-9-6188097/https://etwomensforum.com/anam-hashim/ ( photo source)
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. SANIYA SHAIKH-KHAN. International Skeet Shooter. National Women's Skeet Shooting Champion. Home Town: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Saniya Shaikh (born 25 April 1992) is an International shooter, representing India in Women Skeet (SK75) (SK125) event of the International Shooting Sport Federation. She has won a number of events for the country and has been six times junior national champion skeet shooter. Recently, in 2019, Saniya Shaikh-Khan had the best finish among the Indian women, in skeet, as she placed 30th with 112 in a field of 61 shooters in the Shotgun World Championship in Lonato, Italy. When 18 year old skeet shooter Saniya Shaikh has won her sixth straight junior and second senior gold medal at the 54th National Shooting Championships in Delhi, she attributed her victory to hard work. Saniya is the 3rd generation shooter in the family, starting with her grandfather Lt. Mohammed Mateen Shaikh who was a hunter in early days, her father Mohammed Sualeyheen Sheikh, who also acts as her coach. Saniya's brother Hamaza Shaikh is also a shooter, her cousins are also international shooters Mohammed Saif Sheikh and Mohammed Sheeraz Sheikh. Together, the family has created their own Gun house, known as "Mateen Gun House" in the town of Meerut.However, despite her national success and several international medals, including a bronze at the Asian clay shooting championship in 2008, Shaikh rues that she has not been able to raise the profile of skeet shooters in India. The profile of skeet shooters are not that good, compared with double trap and trap. References/Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saniya_Shaikhhttp://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sania-takes-aim-at-fresh-challenge/742468/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/shooting/saniya-sheikh-areeba-khan-shotgun-world-championship-italy-kartiki-singh-shaktawat/article28362678.ecehttps://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2017/feb/21/tokyo-in-mind-saniya-targets-world-cup-glory-1572892.html
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. MANZILAT FATIMA, First Indian female to participate in National Snooker Championship in 1980 and represent Uttar Pradesh in the Junior category. Food Entrepreneur. Kolkata. Hometown: Lucknow Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Manzilat Fatima played the Junior National Snooker Championship in 1980 in Ahmedabad making her the first ever female to participate in the national snooker championship. She represented Uttar Pradesh at the Championships. Manzilat trained under her father, Dr. M. Kaukab, was a popular figure in the billiards and snooker fraternity of the country. He was the founder of the Uttar Pradesh Billiards and Snooker Association and Chief Referee of the first World Snooker Championship held in Calcutta in 1963-64.Keen to pass on the love for the game to his daughter, he started to coach her. Recalls Manzilat, “From the time I was tall enough to reach the billiards table he started teaching me. He would take me on bicycle to the boys’ hostel at night. The common room used to be empty at that time and he could tutor me without any interruption.” He encouraged her to participate in the junior national snooker championships in 1980 and was delighted when she became the first woman participant of the national snooker championship. Manzilat Fatima is now a Foodpreneur, Royal Family’s Awadhi Cuisine Curator, Winner of Best Home Chef Award FBAI 2018. She runs Manzilat in Kolkata and her work in the restaurant/food sector is featured in the Rising Beyond The Ceiling West Bengal Inspiring Indian Muslim Women List. References/Sourceshttps://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/heritage/a-portraiture-of-the-recently-departed-kaukab-quder-a-man-who-lived-his-heritage-loved-it-and-never-tried-to-ride-it/cid/1793776https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fatima-and-fatima/story-abpJ85mOQAJEyiY0VfDaON.html
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. MARIYAM KHAN. Soft Tennis Player, Rani Laxmi Bai Award from Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (2018), Represented India in the Asian Soft Tennis Championship. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details
Mariyam Khan of Lucknow is a Soft Tennis Player. She has been a gold medalist at the 14th and 15th senior national championships and many more. Mariyam was a Bronze medalist at the 11th Germany Open Championships (2018). She was selected to represent India at the 8th Asian Soft Tennis Championship in Japan and Asian games camp in top six in 2018. Mariyam also won the silver medal at the 16th Senior national soft tennis championship. Mariyam awarded the Rani Laxmi Bai Award for Sports by Government of Uttar Pradesh in 2020. She completed her schooling at Cathedral Senior Secondary School in Lucknow and has an MBA. Mariyam was also awarded the coveted Shankar Sahai Mauranwa Gold Medal at Lucknow university convocation for a sports student with best academic record.
References/Sourceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mariyam-khan-96a672198/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://www.nyoooz.com/news/lucknow/693566/after-gold-at-lucknow-university-2-girls-aim-for-skies/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/mary-of-lucknow-indian-soft-tennis-team/articleshow/55390198.cmshttps://www.facebook.com/AmateurSoftTennisFederationofIndia/photos/pcb.2500343076889089/2500341980222532/
References/Sourceshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mariyam-khan-96a672198/?originalSubdomain=inhttps://www.nyoooz.com/news/lucknow/693566/after-gold-at-lucknow-university-2-girls-aim-for-skies/https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/mary-of-lucknow-indian-soft-tennis-team/articleshow/55390198.cmshttps://www.facebook.com/AmateurSoftTennisFederationofIndia/photos/pcb.2500343076889089/2500341980222532/
Strides in Private Sector
Strides in Private Sector
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. KHAIR-ULL-NISSA, Executive Director at the World Trade Center India Services, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Khair-ull-Nissa is the Executive Director at the World Trade Center India Services, Noida. She is responsible for forging new Strategic Partnerships while maintaining the old ones. Her main responsibility is identifying new opportunities for revenue growth and achieving annual plans along with instituting and implementing strategies and plans (long term and short term). She provides inputs on potential acquisitions and new developments, critically analyses current operations and cascades them, respectively.
Ms. Nissa is a versatile, result-oriented, business professional with a broad experience in international trade, both in private and non-profit sectors. She has a special expertise in business development, tactical and strategic planning, alliance and team building, and customer relations. She is also recognized for her strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. Ms. Nissa is an energetic and dedicated team leader, with the ability to motivate high levels of performance by others. She is also well-versed in cross cultural communications. Ms. Nissa received her Master’s in Business Management degree with specialization in International Marketing from University of Leeds Business School, UK. She has worked in diversified sectors such as Real Estate, Leasing, FMCG, Retailing, IT and Fashion in various countries including the US, Europe, Middle East, South East Asia, and India.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khair-ull-nissa-shah-87189515/?originalSubdomain=in
Ms. Nissa is a versatile, result-oriented, business professional with a broad experience in international trade, both in private and non-profit sectors. She has a special expertise in business development, tactical and strategic planning, alliance and team building, and customer relations. She is also recognized for her strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. Ms. Nissa is an energetic and dedicated team leader, with the ability to motivate high levels of performance by others. She is also well-versed in cross cultural communications. Ms. Nissa received her Master’s in Business Management degree with specialization in International Marketing from University of Leeds Business School, UK. She has worked in diversified sectors such as Real Estate, Leasing, FMCG, Retailing, IT and Fashion in various countries including the US, Europe, Middle East, South East Asia, and India.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/khair-ull-nissa-shah-87189515/?originalSubdomain=in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. FATIMA NAQVI, Chartered Accountant, Partner at Kohli Chitkara and Co. Gurgaon. Founder "AamrohaSay". Hometown: Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
CA Fatima Saba Naqvi is a finance and tax professional based out of Gurgaon. After qualifying her chartered accountancy Finals in May 2002, she has worked in private and public sector banks and corporates for almost two decades. Currently Ms. Naqvi is a partner at Kohli Chitkara and Co. Earlier she worked as Relationship Manager with the State Bank of India managing asset and relationships of medium-sized corporates. She also worked at ICCI Bank serving as regional Credit Manager-Cards and Regional Quality Manager.
Besides her work as CA, Ms. Naqvi is a passionate enabler for women and social causes. She co-founded Lady of Light Charitable Trust based out of her native Amroha, U.P. in 2016. The Trust runs "AmrohaSay", a program started with a motto of waste to wealth through women empowerment. The Trust has touched base with more than 250 women from U.P. and rural areas and roped in 30 women from Amroha alone to form a cluster. The AmrohaSay women's group, brings women from bidi making , domestic violence and underprivileged section to work together with talented women, learn and earn themselves. They make recycled denim and fabric bags, home decor and utility items. Currently, the group of women have expanded into all types of handmade arts including embroidery, macrame, crocheting, knitting, phulkari and the like.
Fatima is the recipient of the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Award in 2018 and figured in 1000 Women Faces of Asia through Womennovator.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatima-naqvi-70828126/?originalSubdomain=inwww.amrohasay.com, www.ladyoflight.co.in
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. RANA USMAN. Senior Vice President National Stock Exchange Clearing Ltd (NCL). Mumbai. Home Town: Allahabad Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Rana Usman is a finance professional currently Senior Vice President at NSE Clearing Ltd.(NCL) since 2018. She has an MBA with specialization in Finance from Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, Post graduation in Commerce from SNDT University, Mumbai. Rana completed her Graduation in Commerce from University of Allahabad.
Rana has been associated with the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. for close to two decades since 1995 holding various roles of responsibility, including as Head - Clearing & Settlement at NCL 2016-2018 and Sr. AVP and Head Northern Region at National Stock Exchange of India Ltd 2012 – 2016.
Rana has handled important regulatory roles of investor services including Investor grievance handling, arbitration mechanism, trading member inspections etc. Onboarding of SMEs on the exchange platform and awareness creation of the same. Financial literacy initiatives in the states in northern region including Investor awareness programs, while eliciting state support and collaboration for introduction of financial literacy and management as a subject in schools
Ms. Usman has been involved in new products implementation and development at NSE and handled core functions like funds and securities settlement of equity, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, mutual funds and Govt securities and bonds.
References/Sources
https://www.franchiseindia.com/expo/2014/rana-usman-es.php
Rana has been associated with the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. for close to two decades since 1995 holding various roles of responsibility, including as Head - Clearing & Settlement at NCL 2016-2018 and Sr. AVP and Head Northern Region at National Stock Exchange of India Ltd 2012 – 2016.
Rana has handled important regulatory roles of investor services including Investor grievance handling, arbitration mechanism, trading member inspections etc. Onboarding of SMEs on the exchange platform and awareness creation of the same. Financial literacy initiatives in the states in northern region including Investor awareness programs, while eliciting state support and collaboration for introduction of financial literacy and management as a subject in schools
Ms. Usman has been involved in new products implementation and development at NSE and handled core functions like funds and securities settlement of equity, equity derivatives, currency derivatives, mutual funds and Govt securities and bonds.
References/Sources
https://www.franchiseindia.com/expo/2014/rana-usman-es.php
RBTC 100 Uttar Pradesh Honoree. ZAINAB P. JABRI, Head, Offshore Forensic Services, Deloitte Global Financial Advisory India Private Limited, Mumbai. Home Town: Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Click side arrow for profile details.
Zainab Parveen Jabri, heads the Offshore Forensic Services at the Deloitte Global Financial Advisory India Private Limited, Mumbai, India.
Born to an environmentalist father in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Zainab spent her childhood in the warm company of two human siblings and many “plant siblings.” She attended Saint Paul’s High School, Shahjahanpur and the Senior Secondary School (Girls), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Zainab went on to pursue B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) at the Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (1997-2002 batch) and subsequently, earned a Diploma in Computer Applications from Tulec. Recognized as an “exceptional empowering woman leader with an uncanny ability to motivate and develop others”, she has outshined herself in the corporate world, a field majorly predominated by the National Law School graduates.
In 2002, as a fresh law graduate, she moved to New Delhi to kick-start her professional career. She practiced law at the Delhi High Court and also worked for the Law-Scribe as a Legal Associate. Since then, there has been no looking back for Zainab. In 2007, she joined Cobra Legal Solutions as their first 8 hires and was promoted to Senior Legal Associate. She joined UnitedLex Corporation as a manager and set up their litigation department in 2008. Renowned corporate giant Thomson and Reuters hired her as Senior Manager for their Pangea-3 subsidiary, in July 2010 and later elevated her to the coveted positions of Associate Director in 2012 and Director for Thomson Reuters in April 2014. She was awarded the Learning Architect award during her tenure at Thomson Reuters and was also the CSR leader. In October 2016, Zainab joined Deloitte Global Financial Advisory India and currently spearheads their Forensic Division for offshore services. She is also the Diversity and Inclusion leader for Deloitte India Joint Venture.
Apart from being a tech enthusiast (automobiles), travel, and food lover, she volunteers with animal rescue groups and currently is a pet mom to 7 cats and 2 dogs – all of them either rescued or adopted from the streets.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zainab-jabri-0175974/
Born to an environmentalist father in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, Zainab spent her childhood in the warm company of two human siblings and many “plant siblings.” She attended Saint Paul’s High School, Shahjahanpur and the Senior Secondary School (Girls), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Zainab went on to pursue B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) at the Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (1997-2002 batch) and subsequently, earned a Diploma in Computer Applications from Tulec. Recognized as an “exceptional empowering woman leader with an uncanny ability to motivate and develop others”, she has outshined herself in the corporate world, a field majorly predominated by the National Law School graduates.
In 2002, as a fresh law graduate, she moved to New Delhi to kick-start her professional career. She practiced law at the Delhi High Court and also worked for the Law-Scribe as a Legal Associate. Since then, there has been no looking back for Zainab. In 2007, she joined Cobra Legal Solutions as their first 8 hires and was promoted to Senior Legal Associate. She joined UnitedLex Corporation as a manager and set up their litigation department in 2008. Renowned corporate giant Thomson and Reuters hired her as Senior Manager for their Pangea-3 subsidiary, in July 2010 and later elevated her to the coveted positions of Associate Director in 2012 and Director for Thomson Reuters in April 2014. She was awarded the Learning Architect award during her tenure at Thomson Reuters and was also the CSR leader. In October 2016, Zainab joined Deloitte Global Financial Advisory India and currently spearheads their Forensic Division for offshore services. She is also the Diversity and Inclusion leader for Deloitte India Joint Venture.
Apart from being a tech enthusiast (automobiles), travel, and food lover, she volunteers with animal rescue groups and currently is a pet mom to 7 cats and 2 dogs – all of them either rescued or adopted from the streets.
References/Sources
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zainab-jabri-0175974/
RBTC Global Inspirations with affiliations to Uttar Pradesh
RBTC Global Inspirations with affiliations to Uttar Pradesh
The RBTC Global nominations compendium shares stories of professional Indian Muslim women who studied and lived in various cities and states in India and later moved to live and work in countries across the world (and who would have other nationalities now). The inspirational RBTC global nominees have affiliations with academic institutions, schools and universities across Uttar Pradesh, in particular from Aligarh Muslim University. These proud alumni from UP institutions are now working as scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs, business women, professors and many other professions across the world. For more information and profiles visit our webpage at RBTC Global Inspiring Muslim Women Nominees.
Rising Beyond The Ceiling
TEAM UTTAR PRADESH
Coordinator: Sabiha Ahmad, Lucknow
Team Members : Faiza Abbasi, Aligarh, Farzana Shahab, Lucknow Samreen Ahmed, Aligarh Nida Khan, Lucknow
Research Support: Sadaf Husain, Aligarh
Media Coordinator: Mohsina Mirza
First Published September 2021
FARAH K. USMANI is the Founder of Rising Beyond The Ceiling which is supported by SAFAR Foundation. SAFAR stands for Supporting Action For Advancement & Rights.
Title: Rising Beyond The Ceiling: Uttar PradeshEditors: Farah Usmani, Faiza Abbasi & Sabiha Ahmad
The photographs and text on this website has been provided by individual women honorees through interviews, emails, text as well as taken from the references and sources which are provided with the profiles. The excerpts may be freely distributed and shared provided the source #RisingBeyondTheCeiling is referenced and/or hash tagged.
While the editors have made every effort to provide accurate information at the time of publication, neither the editors or the RBTC assume any responsibilities for errors or changes that occur after publication or assume any responsibility for third party websites or their content.
For more information contact risingbeyondtheceiling@gmail.comCopyright c 2021 SAFAR Foundation
Title: Rising Beyond The Ceiling: Uttar PradeshEditors: Farah Usmani, Faiza Abbasi & Sabiha Ahmad
The photographs and text on this website has been provided by individual women honorees through interviews, emails, text as well as taken from the references and sources which are provided with the profiles. The excerpts may be freely distributed and shared provided the source #RisingBeyondTheCeiling is referenced and/or hash tagged.
While the editors have made every effort to provide accurate information at the time of publication, neither the editors or the RBTC assume any responsibilities for errors or changes that occur after publication or assume any responsibility for third party websites or their content.
For more information contact risingbeyondtheceiling@gmail.comCopyright c 2021 SAFAR Foundation
"While the focus of Rising Beyond The Ceiling is on journeys travelled by Muslim women achievers, the stories will inspire 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..........” - Farah K. Usmani
A passionate champion of woman, DR. FARAH K. USMANI is the Founder of Rising Beyond The Ceiling, a global initiative to shine a spotlight on the achievements of Muslim women of India and contribute towards changing their stereotypical narrative. Dr. Usmani is an International Health and Development expert based in New York. She has experience of twenty-five years working with the United Nations International Civil Service in several countries across all regions of the world and has provided policy, planning, programming, and technical leadership with a focus on women and girls. Farah has also worked with the public sector and non-governmental donor programs in India and is the Global Vice President of SAFAR Foundation, India.
Farah has broken several gender stereotypes in her professional and personal life. She is the first woman from her home state of Uttar Pradesh, and the first Muslim woman from India, to work with the United Nations International Civil Service at Director level in New York. She is the first women to top the All-India Medical Entrance Examination of Aligarh Muslim University, where she completed her medical studies. Dr. Usmani has received several awards and recognitions as well as merit fellowships from the World Bank and British Council. Besides service recognition awards from the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, she is also the recipient of the 2021 Mahatma Award for Social Impact for contribution to women, girls, and minorities. Dr. Usmani has an M.D. in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, India and a Master’s in Health Policy Planning and Financing given jointly by the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.
A passionate champion of woman, DR. FARAH K. USMANI is the Founder of Rising Beyond The Ceiling, a global initiative to shine a spotlight on the achievements of Muslim women of India and contribute towards changing their stereotypical narrative. Dr. Usmani is an International Health and Development expert based in New York. She has experience of twenty-five years working with the United Nations International Civil Service in several countries across all regions of the world and has provided policy, planning, programming, and technical leadership with a focus on women and girls. Farah has also worked with the public sector and non-governmental donor programs in India and is the Global Vice President of SAFAR Foundation, India.
Farah has broken several gender stereotypes in her professional and personal life. She is the first woman from her home state of Uttar Pradesh, and the first Muslim woman from India, to work with the United Nations International Civil Service at Director level in New York. She is the first women to top the All-India Medical Entrance Examination of Aligarh Muslim University, where she completed her medical studies. Dr. Usmani has received several awards and recognitions as well as merit fellowships from the World Bank and British Council. Besides service recognition awards from the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, she is also the recipient of the 2021 Mahatma Award for Social Impact for contribution to women, girls, and minorities. Dr. Usmani has an M.D. in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, India and a Master’s in Health Policy Planning and Financing given jointly by the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.
