“A woman
is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform'.”
– Diane Mariechild.
'I am
Woman’ Awards initiative is a movement that believes and celebrates the fact
that women are reservoirs of strength, and awards the inspiration of women. On
this platform every year, powerful women speak about their personal and
professional life and inspire many others.
The
brainchild of Harvard Alumni Karan Gupta, the founder of Karan Gupta Education
Foundation and the Managing Director of IE Business School, I Am Woman derives
its name from the lyrics of a 70s song,
'I am a woman... hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore.'
The
recipients of the ‘I Am Woman Award 2017’
include Amruta Fadnavis – Social Activist & Banker, Farah Khan Ali –
Jewellery Designer, Krishika Lulla – Producer & Filmmaker, Gauri Sawant –
Transgender Activist, Laxmi Agarwal – Campaigner – Stop Acid Attacks, Malini
Agarwal – Founder & Creative Director of Miss Malini and Shaheen Mistri –
Social Activist & Educator, each being a woman who has carved a niche for
herself. Besides host Karan Gupta – a Harvard University Alumni, guests at the
award ceremony included Madhoo Shah, Mansi Joshi Roy, Rohit Roy, educationists
Nitish Shah and Dr.Kamal Gupta, Zarine Khan, Malaika Khan, Reshma Merchant,
Kiran Bawa, Maheka Mirpuri, Bina Aziz among many others.
Says
Karan Gupta, "I have been working in the field of education for the last 17 years. Initially, when I started my journey I found that
there is still a gap which we need to fill when it comes to women in our
society. Nothing can be more inspiring than listening to the success stories of
our power women. With I Am Woman, we aim to sow the seeds of courage,
resilience and empowerment to thousands of women. KGEF and IE Business School
are committed to the success of women and IE welcomes women to study in the
various programs that the school offers,” said Karan.”
A Brief
on This Year’s I Am Woman Awardees…
Amruta
Fadnavis – Social Activist & Banker
Our
First Lady of Maharastra is working for women empowerment and development of rural
India by adopting villages ‘Fetri’ and ‘Kawdas’ to improve sanitation and
infrastructure. She supports BMC in wellness of the ‘Sweeper Community’ as well
as ‘Film City’ in welfare of film workers.
Farah
Khan Ali – Jewellery Designer
She is a
renowned gemologist and jewellery designer for top Bollywood celebrities and
India’s foremost business families. Farah is promoting and supporting the
‘Antarctic Treaty’ to preserve our planet recycling renewable energy and
sustainable living.
Shaheen
Mistri – Social Activist & Educator
As a
young student she started Akanksha Foundation, a NGO to impact the lives of
underprivileged children. Over two decades they have 3500 children in 58 centres
and 6 schools. In 2008, Shaheen took on leadership at Teach For India to enlist
teachers in low income schools.
Krishika
Lulla – Producer & Filmmaker
One of
India’s youngest and most successful movie producers who has created several
successful and women-centric films like NH10 and Tanu Weds Manu. She has made regional cinema with
movies like Phuntroo and Jara Hatke.
Maini
Agarwal - Founder & Creative Director of Miss Malini Entertainment
India’s
first famous celebrity blogger and social personality. She creates highly
engaging multi-platform content towards India's Internet Generation. Malini
reaches over 4 Million visitors from 200 countries of which over 80% are women.’
Gauri
Sawant – Transgender Activist
Motherhood
goes beyond biological ties and she has proved that by adopting a child of a
sex worker. Gauri heads an NGO, Sakhi Char Trust that helps victims of HIV and
AIDS. Gauri has dedicated her life to providing safety and freedom to
transgender, hijras, and LGBT people.
Laxmi
Agarwal - Campaigner - Stop Acid Attacks
She was
attacked in 2005 at age 15, by a man whose advances she had rejected.Laxmi advocaed to
the Indian Supreme Court to curb acid sales. She is the director of Chhanv
Foundation, a NGO dedicated to help the survivors of acid attacks.
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