Lifetime Achievement Award
\n1 Kirtidaben Shah Social Work
\n2 Ritaben Trivedi
\n3 Priyanshi Patel
\n4 Education
\n5 Mrs. Ronita D\u2019souza
\n6 Pervin Doctor Entrepreneur
\n7 Meenakshi Jay Ahuja
\n8 Dr. Gitija Saulja Literature
\n9 Vijayalakshmi J Art & Culture
\n10 Chaula Doshi
\n11 AMITA A DALAL
\n12 Dr. Mitali Navneet Nag
\n13 Sonal Majmudar
\n14 Sangeetha Ravindranath – Health
\n15 Dr.Ashish Kaur Chaudhary
\n16 Dr. Viral Janak Thakkar – Journalism
\n17 Ami Sharma – Corporate
\n18 Vibha Natraj
\n19 Meeta Trivedi – Divyang
\n20 Shaila Paresh Dharmik – Fashion
\n21 Purvi Trivedi – Occultism and spirituality
\n22 Bharti Verma
\n23 Meeta Jani – Young achiever
\n24 Aishwarya A Jain – LAW
\n25 Dipika Chavda<\/p>\n
Shaila Dharmik , Physically Handicapped Woman (Divyang woman)
\nShe is B.E. Electrical Engineer, Working as Group b Officer in BSNL in Vadodara, Gujarat.
\nShe has done financial saving in BSNL on account of energy saving in Project work of
\nRs. 1 Crore 71 Lakh.
\nShe is Para national Cricketer ( wicket keeper) ,her team won two numbers national
\ntournament. This achievement is recognized by Divya Bhaskar News Paper (City Sport)of
\nVadodara & Gujarat samachar Sandesh Newspaper .
\nShe is State Para 10mtr Rifle shooter & won the 9 Gold medal & 1bronze medal.
\nShe is doing social work for poor handicapped children for their education.
\nShe has been honoured by Aadhi Aabadi Foundation,New Delhi , Young Enviromentalists
\nProgram Trust at Pawai, Mumba, Divyang Ratna Award by Kalgi Foundation, Ahmedabad,
\nhonoured by CMD,BSNL at Ahmedabad, by Sahyog Vikalang Vikas Trust at Mehsana,
\nGujarat
\nShe is active member of BSNL Telecom Women\u2019s welfare association & associated
\nwith activity like Swach Bharat Abhiyan, Visit to Multi Disability school & Training
\nCentre,Vadodara, Celebration of International Women\u2019s Day, Environmental Awareness
\nTree Plantation by Celebration of World Environmental day, Celebration of International
\nYoga Day.
\n\u201cMy ability is stronger than my disability\u201d<\/p>\n
Ami Sharma is an independent Journalist, Writer, an Ideapreneur by profession and
\nworking on social and development issues is her passion. Contributing more than one and
\nhalf decade in the field of multi-media journalism with agencies like ANI, Reuters, BBC,
\nCNN and many web portals across South Asia and national news channels, she has
\ncovered Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan & Maharashtra extensively over this period of time
\ncovering politics, business, social & development issues.
\nDr Geetika Saluja is a multifaceted personality, An entrepreneur, Life and Work Skill
\ncoach and Road To Safety Activist By Passion.
\nShe is Director of CassaGroup, co-creator of Brand BOHO HOMES designs and
\nmanufactures environment friendly home, garden furniture and architectural accents that
\nadorns elite houses and professional spaces of India and abroad. People-Process
\nmanagement and development is her strength which is seen in her facilitation work as
\nHead Of Varmora Centre For Excellence And Director Of Porgrams and Developmen At
\nInstitute Of Advanced Research Gandhinagar. In last 2 years she has connected with
\n20,000+ students and their mothers for wearing helmets as pillion riders and to obey
\nsimple rules to keep oneself safe as pedestrians. She believes there is much more in her to
\nlearn, share and increase her circle of influence and inspiration Bharti Verma, popularly known as Maa Divyam Shakti, who is the Founder, Facilitator and Director of Anannd Utsav , Her vision to spread happiness all around motivated her to learn alternative healing modalities to promote painless physical, mental and emotional healing.<\/p>\n
She is an ocean of knowledge and compassion, working towards uplifting humanity and
\nempowering people everywhere.
\nHer vibrations can touch your life and elevate you to a different dimension.
\nThe list of her accomplishments is endless, to name a few, She is a Meditation Facilitator,
\nAccess Bars & Access Body Process Facilitator, SOP Practioner, Aura Analyst, Tibetan
\nSound healer, Numerologist, Vaastu Expert, Tarot Counsellor, Crystal Therapist,
\nGraphologist, Aroma & Bach Flower Remedies Practioner. She integrates energy work and is a holistic healer.
\nHer focus is not only the inner space (one\u2019s body, mind and soul) but also the outer space
\nwhere one dwells. With expertise of Mahavastu and Geo engineering, she does balancing
\nof inner and outer space with holistic approach.<\/p>\n
Dr Kirtida Shah
\nDr Kirtida Shah has made notable contributions for the conservation and spread of
\nGujarati language as well as literature. As Professor and head, Gujarati Department,
\nGujarati University she has guided as many as 12 lady research scholars. She is associated
\nwith IIM as a Gujarati language consultant and other eminent institutions such as SPIPA,
\nGujarati Sahitya Parishad, Gujarati Adhyapak Sangh in various capacities. She has been
\nthe Chief Coordinator of Indian Languages Corpora Initiatives (ILCI) \u2013A Machine
\nTranslation Project of Government of India and has initiated a program-Diploma in
\nAnchoring for the preservation of Gujarati narrative literature, culture and language.<\/p>\n
Meenakshi Jay Ahuja
\n"Rays of Sun is a Jaipur based, Fashion and Craft social enterprise, associated with
\nNIMITTEKAM that aims at weaving the aspirations of its customers and amazing skills of
\nPak Hindu Migrants and Local Artisans. Entered in apparel industry in 2018, we have been
\nable to carve a niche as a prominent manufacturer and exporter. This section of the
\nsociety though marginalized and oppressed, carries with them an age old craft of Hand
\nweaving and Embroidery, produces some of the finest garments in the country. Rays of
\nSun aims at providing them with every opportunity to live and \u2018create\u2019 with dignity by
\npromoting their art".
\nDr. Ashishkaur MDS gold medalist is at present working as assistant professor in AMC
\nDental College khokhara Ahmedabad.She is in this profession since 25 years. Basically she
\nis hard working and determined person since childhood.she got married at Delhi but
\nunfortunately her husband was sizofrenic patient and she was not aware about. After the
\nbirth of two children, elder daughter and younger son who is diagnosed as Thalassemia
\nmajor at the age of 10 months her husband divorced her as he was not ready to take
\nresponsibility of compromised child. Dr.\u00a0 Ashish Kaur returned back to Ahmedabad with
\nher parents support and started her career with zero in her hand after losing nine Prime
\nyears of the life. She bravely fought with each and every challenging issues of her struggle
\nfull life. She started putting her 100% efforts in the profession in form of best clinician,
\ngood educator in form of academician at Dental College, always tried to become humble
\ndaughter as well as loving and responsible mother. With all these qualities she had a great
\nconcern towards the society also and she started selfless service to society for Awareness of life threatening disease Thalassemia major. She initiated by arranging many camps and
\nsaving lives of number of persons buy diagnosing as Thalassemia carrier. At the same time
\nto save the lives of children she is sincerely working in the field of blood donation camps.
\nDespite of uncountable hurdles in this male dominant society, she never got nervous but
\nputting full faith in God & determined towards social services she is working gor just
\nhumanity.
\nOverall she is being a single parent playing multitasking role as good doctor, teacher,
\nmother, a religious & spiritual lady and efficient social worker. Today she is blessed with one daughter who has completed her BDS and son who is also pursuing his graduation.
\nHer goal is to make our Nation Thalassemia free &she is always honest, ambititious &
\nenthusiastic\u00a0 towards her goal.
\nDr Viral Janak Thakkar
\nBAMS 2007
\nEmbryology course done from Chennai 2012
\nWorked as fertility counsellor for 8 yers at Planet women hospital ,Ahmedabad
\nConducted so many lectures in different school n collages on various issues regarding
\nwoman health since last 10 years
\nConducted lectures in clubs n women groups on their physical n mental issues
\nOrganised free camps in so many villages of gujrat. Recently Owning Own Hospital In
\nGandhinagar Named HOPE FERTILITY CENTER.!!<\/p>\n
Dr Mitali Nag is a well-qualified music maestro. She is Doctorate in Classical Vocal and
\nShiksha Visharad in Dance. She is being teaching Music & Dance for 16 years now at
\nvarious Schools & institutions.
\nShe runs her own Music & Dance academy with name of Brahm Swaranjali where
\nstudents are being prepared for degree courses of Visharad. As a professional singer she
\nhas been performing in various stage shows, All India Radio, Doordarshan & Playback
\nsinging for serials & movies. She also conducts various workshops for armature & budding singers to train them and provide them with opportunity on stage to perform with name of Bandish Club. She also visits Rajpath Club as a faculty for Music.
\nCurrently she is heading Music & Dance department of a very reputed school<\/p>\n
Dr.J. Vijayalakshmi has published three books . The first book is a novel-Quest for God
\nwhich deals with the philosophical notions of life, death and re-birth. The second book is a
\nresearch book based on postmodernism. The third is a collection of poems on the eternal
\ntruth of God which was released at the Ahemdabad International Festival,2018. She has to
\nher credit more than 40 research papers in National and International seminars and
\nconferences. She has inspired many young writers through her work.
\nMrs. Ronita D\u2019souza \/<\/p>\n
Mrs. Ronita D\u2019souza is a multifaceted personality Centre head for Little wings an
\neducationist and freelancer by profession, she believes in nurturing the children
\nholistically. She has bestowed 35 years to Early Childhood Education. Her principle is to
\nhelp a child recognize his strength and weaknesses, helping them to become a better
\nhuman being.
\nSheer strength of mind and discipline, willingness to strive for education, enthusiastic
\nnature defines Mrs. Ronita D\u2019souza. A person who is not just a teacher but an awakener.<\/p>\n
Pervin Doctor
\nPervin Doctor having an experience of more than 25 years in English language training.
\nShe is a Founder of PROSPECTS an education consultancy that caters needs of the students
\nwho aspire to go abroad for education. Certified trainer from Trinity college examinations,
\nUK for communication skills. She is also a visiting faculty at CEPT for communicative
\nlanguage training. Program coordinator and consultant at Calorx Olive International
\nSchool. She is also visiting faculty for Communication Skills at the reputed CEPT University
\nat Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n
Amita A Dalal, a Gujarat Gaurav Puraskar recipient is humbled to be honoured with the
\nUdgam women's achiever's award. She is an accomplished sitarist who plays Hindustani
\nclassical\u00a0 and also fusion instrumental music. Her fusion albums SITAR LOUNGE 1 and 2
\nhave been very popular with the younger generation and appear in the best sellers
\ncategory. She has enthralled audiences worldwide with her live performances. She is very
\nfortunate to be trained under Vidushi Manju Mehta and Pandit Vishwamohan Bhatt.
\nChaula Doshi is an artist who works in to various mediums of art like paintings ,
\ninstallation art , murals etc. she has done her 45 art exhibitions all over India and abroad
\ncountries like UK, Spain, Kuwait etc. she is also a very good photographer\u00a0 and a writer
\ntoo. her short stories and poems are very frequently published in various news papers and
\nmagazines . she also writes a regular art column for media. she is also an art and literature
\nenthusiast . she keeps organizing the art and literature events under her banner \u0915\u0ab3\u0abe\u0a82\u0936 to
\nspread more art and literature to the society .
\nPriyanshi Patel is a budding young entrepreneur who seamlessly blends her business
\nacumen with a passion for community service and development. She\u2019s the Managing
\nTrustee of Karma Foundation, an umbrella organization that has diverse initiatives
\nfocused on literature, art, culture and youth development, apart from addressing complex
\nsocial causes related to women empowerment, education, sustainability and sanitation.
\nPriyanshi has also launched \u2018Olixir\u2019, her own brand of exclusive, cold-pressed gourmet oils.
\nShe has been in leadership roles at prestigious industry associations like Gujarat Chamber
\nof Commerce & Industry (GCCI) and Entrepreneurs\u2019 Organization (EO). Under her
\nleadership, the Karma Foundation was also conferred upon with the 'Glory Of Gujarat'
\nAward by the Governor of Gujarat.
\nAs part of Karma Foundation, Priyanshi spearheaded two key initiatives: the
\nestablishment of Ahmedabad Book Club and Gujarati Book Club. Priyanshi pioneered<\/p>\n
Ahmedabad Book Club, in an attempt to connect avid readers in the city of Ahmedabad.
\nToday, it is the most active book club of the city. Gujarati Book Club is a similar initiative,
\naimed at promoting Gujarati language and literature. Both the collectives have been part
\nof different literary festivals organised across the country.
\nVibha Natraj an alumna of XLRI and IMT Ghaziabad, Vibha Natraj carries two and a half
\ndecades experience with various organizations. At the age of 26 years, she became the
\nyoungest and only woman director in Ruchi Group, the biggest corporate house of central
\nIndia. Though working with corporates, she always felt an urge to work for society. She
\nfound her calling in PM\u2019s Swachha Bharat Abhiyan. In October 2014, she left her job in
\nacademics to join \u2018My Own Street\u2019, a CSR campaign dedicated to the cause of Solid Waste
\nManagement and Cleanliness in Ahmadabad. She has won several awards and
\nappreciation for her work in CSR.
\nAishwarya A Jain is a 19 yr old student entrepreneur, who won the Youth Parliament of
\nIndia 2018, that gave her the vision to contributing in India becoming a Superpower by
\nhelping the under-privileged children develop self & social awareness skills to incorporate
\na Youth Wellness Army that shall mobilize the 70 crore strong Young Indians.She has been
\nselected to represent India culturally and spiritually in an International Diaspora Program
\nin Japan, 2019. She is a certified Psychotherapist and the youngest crystal healer who has
\ncompleted her graduation in Bharatanatyam with Distinction in Madhyama Poorna.Her
\nstart-up has recently gained recognition for pre-incubation at GUSEC that brings her closer
\nto her dream of contributing as a Woman entrepreneur who empowers fellow young
\nIndians.
\nMita Trivedi started career as an R&D Engineer in 1991 , immediately after completing BE
\nElectronics . Also got married in sept 91 , so marriage and professional career started
\nalmost at same time. In Feb-93 joined Intellicon as an Service Engg in Feb '93 and within
\none month of joining the company took independent charge of All India repairs activity in
\ncompany . Customer satisfaction is an attitude which is at my heart. Have always believed
\nand instilled the same feelings in all team members at work. 98-99 Took over as a
\nproduction manager in the organisation and was handling production for company , as a
\nproduction manager . Have also worked during odd hours to meet year end production .
\nWas also looking after production of another small unit of sister concern Quest telecom
\nPvt Ltd.
\n2003 Was handling production as well as All India repairs 2006 Promoted as AVP
\nOperations , and was handling all areas of work in company except for sales and service ,
\nand all this at PAN India level. Started taking care of legal , finance , HR and admin areas
\nover and above earlier areas. 2007 Ventured in new area and did successful
\nimplementation of ERP SAP B1 in the organisation , and added another feather in cap.
\n2011 Have recd outstanding leadership award and outstanding contribution award in
\nthe organisation , and was appointed as Director on Board of company .<\/p>\n
Meeta Jani: The Tarot Queen<\/p>\n
Meeta Jani is a famous Tarot Reader and practitioner from Ahmedabad. She has been
\npractising, teaching and consulting for more than twenty years now. She had learnt this
\nart from Egypt long ago. However, she has been practising full-fledged since 2013. She has
\nlearnt various Deck methods, but prefers to use Indian Sacred Card method more as it<\/p>\n
gives good results. She was recently awarded the Cosmo Shree Award for offering free
\nconsultation to more than 900 people in a Cosmo Fiesta held at Ahmedabad in December
\n2016. On an average, more than 10 people every day consult her, on phone and\/or in
\nperson. As of now, more than 4000 people have consulted her.
\nAll the recognition and success Meeta achieved only drives her forth to learn and update
\nherself more. Apart from holding a command at Indian Sacred Card method, she also
\nreads Angel Cards. Maintaining the true spirit of a learner she is currently learning to read
\nAmerican Mayen Cards. Not only is she an inspiration to the budding tarot card readers,
\nshe is also becoming a popular choice for coaching for them. Having a flair for teaching she
\nhas coached and guided many people irrespective of age.
\nMeeta is also a Reiki expert and with her natural ability she can heal people with the
\nTouch Therapy. She also knows Crystal Healing and other modalities by which she can
\nguide you with her experience. She is also an Occult (Tantra) Practitioner.
\nMeeta did B. Com (Hons) from Tripura University. Her father worked with ONGC and thus
\nhad a transferable job. As a growing child this allowed Meeta to see and study in all the
\nfour corners of India.
\nAfter completing her education she worked with various organisations for more than
\ntwenty-seven years before switching to this field three years ago. She worked in the field
\nof Corporate Communication with the Torrent Group for fifteen years. For the next eleven
\nyears she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator with a Psychiatrist. She also worked
\nwith a Cancer surgeon\u2019s NGO as the Project Manager for a year. She has expertise in
\nhealing. She has healed diseases like cancer and sczhophernia
\nHer passion in the field of Tarot reading eventually made her shift from the routine job to
\na full-time career of a Tarot Reader and Occult Practitioner.
\nRecently, Meeta was awarded the coveted title of Tarot Queen at the All India astrology &
\nVastu Conference-2017 organized by Savitri International Astro Research Society in
\nJodhpur.
\nShe got Tarot Queen award 3 times and Tarot Samrat at Ujjain, expert in cartomancy in
\n2018 at Ahmedabad and many more.<\/p>\n
Purvi Trivedi a rise from east who has achieved success and excellence in Fashion and
\nCostume Design industry. Having an experience of more than a decade with projects from
\nZee Gujarati, ETV, Big Production, NFDC and Mebrik Productions. She got name and fame
\nrecognition with Oscar Nominated national award winner only Gujarati movie \u201cThe Good
\nRoads\u201d, as Fashion Designer. Also she is keen for empowerment of \u201cDivyangjan\u201d and she
\norganized national & international shows under name of \u201cKoshish\u201d her dream of life. Her
\ninterviews and achievements are widespread in YouTube and other media.<\/p>\n
Dipika chavda, Advocate and notary, supreme court
\nIs an elected councilor and was appointed as Chairperson of Law Committee in Surat
\nMunicipal corporation.
\nHas served as Member of Juvenile Justice board- Child Qelfare committee.
\nCurrently is legal aide to govt. For Land acquisition of Bullet Train<\/p>\n
And is appointed as Vice President of Internation Jurist Council, London<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lifetime Achievement Award 1 Kirtidaben Shah Social Work 2 Ritaben Trivedi 3 Priyanshi Patel 4 Education 5 Mrs. Ronita D\u2019souza 6 Pervin Doctor Entrepreneur 7 Meenakshi Jay Ahuja 8 Dr. Gitija Saulja Literature 9 Vijayalakshmi J Art & Culture 10 Chaula Doshi 11 AMITA A DALAL 12 Dr. Mitali Navneet Nag 13 Sonal Majmudar 14 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[25,24],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUKPQ-2E9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10179,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10177\/revisions\/10179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allgujaratnews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}