Dr Saundarya Rajesh : A woman entrepreneur with a vision

India is ranked 123rd in the female-male ratio with one of the lowest female labour force participation in the world (World Economic Forum – Gender Gap Report). India has also one of the highest rates of women quitting the workplace because of work-life related issues. World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index (2011) reports that 48% of Indian women abort their careers mid-way which is almost 20% more than the global average. Many of these women (almost 18 lakh in number) desire to make career comebacks once their responsibilities of child/elder or household care have been well attended to. Besides, the 2.8 crores Indian women who are currently working, also face multiple challenges while trying to remain employed, productive and contribute economically to our country.

Every single one of these18 lakh women on a break and the 2.8crores of working women has a reason to thank Dr. Saundarya Rajesh. But for her unstinting efforts, women’s careers and workforce participation would still be languishing as a nice-to-have, but not a critically important imperative in the priorities of talent managers of India.

In 2005, when Saundarya first embarked upon the idea of creating a community of women who had taken breaks in career, little did she know that it would be a game-changer for women’s careers in India. Her first brush with corporates who summarily rejected the CV’s of women on career breaks, taught her that the problem had to be approached differently. Saundarya did exactly that – she turned the challenge on its head and convinced corporates that women who had taken breaks were more likely to stay on the career track longer and were also a source of highly skilled personnel.

The idea worked. Corporates that were hungry for good talent, decided to try out Saundarya’s suggestion – engaging “Returning” women professionals. The very first recorded instance of a ‘second career’ program in Indian industry, took place in July 2006, under the stewardship of Saundarya. Over 400 women re-entered the workplace for the first time.

Realising that corporates needed a sustainable strategy to engage not just returning women professionals but all women in their workplace, Saundarya began coaching and counselling organizations to develop a Gender Inclusion plan. Using research and analytics, she proved the rupee-value that organizations would accrue if they invested in women’s careers.

Not stopping with merely pitching this talent pool to companies, Saundarya went one step further and ensured that the women who got in touch with her also benefited out of the interaction. Creating an online platform called www.avtariwin.com in 2005, Saundarya developed a simple profiling method which helped the women assess their own employability and also their readiness to re-enter the workplace. She devised a Career-Enabler system that women could easily implement in their own homes and work-places that would prevent them from aborting their careers.

Saundarya travels extensively speaking in various conferences and forums on the benefits and importance of engaging with women on career breaks. She has conceptualized and designed several programs and training interventions to bring women back into the workplace. One such program is SEGUE Sessions, India’s largest networking and career creation program for women returnees in India. More than 11 SEGUE Sessions events have so far been conducted in cities such as Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Pune and Jaipur, benefiting over 10,000 women. Turning the attention of every corporate recruiter to this pool of immense talent was achieved by Saundarya through the medium of SEGUE Sessions. 

Today, thousands of women have benefited out of the free counselling, career strategy creation and mentoring that Saundarya and her team give women everyday. The AVTAR I-WIN network has grown to about 40,000 women professionals and is today a destination not only for women professionals who take breaks and then decide to re-create their careers, but also for organizations that want to leverage this gender inclusive talent strategy.

The benefit accrued for India, as a country, via this effort, is significant. More than 8000 women have re-entered the workforce thanks to the untiring efforts of Saundarya and her team. These ‘second career women’ have contributed an estimated Rs. 250 crores by way of economic participation. Several hundred organizations have filled critical roles with women – second career women. Many organizations such as Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank, Godrej, Goldman Sachs, Axis Bank, Fidelity, HCL, Godrej, Philips and Microsoft have started their exclusive second career programs to welcome back women into the workplace.

The Indian Woman’s contribution to the national GDP is at 17 per cent, much lower than the global average of 37 per cent, and the lowest among all 10 regions in the world. If India's women’s workforce participation rate can be increased to 41 per cent by 2025, add an estimated Rs 46 lakh crore ($700 billion) to India's GDP. One of the key requisites for this is to create an environment that respects and understands women and actively engages and encourages them to pursue their careers.  This is the focus that Saundarya aims to create.

A woman entrepreneur with a vision, Saundarya believes that women’s careers will be one of the foremost success factors contributing towards India’s development in the coming years. Her work has ensured that corporates, educational institutions, families and the women themselves are educated about the unique nature of women’s careers and the steps to be taken to engage women professionals, in order to deliver all-round benefit.

For relentlessly championing the cause of career re-entry opportunities for women who have taken breaks after marriage, childbirth or relocation, and for her indefatigable focus on women’s workforce participation, Dr. Saundarya Rajesh was selected for the #100 Women Achiever’s initiative by Government of India (Ministry of Women and Child Development) and met the Hon. President of India and the Minister for W&CD at Delhi in January 2016.

सुश्री प्रतिभा शर्मा : दूसरों की सहायता करने का जज्‍बा बचपन से ही रहा

Dr. Hetal Acharya : International Expert of Ayurveda

In present era high intellectual development arose a problem of excessive thoughts and its 

waves affecting human AURA and hence health. Thoughts are root cause of illness. Many 

diseases are considered psychosomatic nowadays. Its a big issue in current scenario of human 

health that how to eradicate effect of thoughts and its waves from Human AURA, mind and 

body. Ayurveda can give answer for it. Ayurveda connects one with nature and physical and 

mental health can be obtained easily by balance of inner natural forces. Which helps to get rid 

of psychosomatic conditions affecting human health in current scenario of illness. This concept 

of Ayurveda revealed effectivity for complete wellness while addressing at UNITED NATIONS, 

USA 

Ayurveda is such a Science based on balance of five basic natural elements for human health. 

Sages and seers found its roots in deep higher meditative status and with extreme purity of 

chitta after enlightenment. Its not only deals with human body and its diseases but wellbeing of 

atma (soul), indriyas (sensory organs) and mana (mind). Which reflects in definition of health 

given by WHO, where physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being is included. 

It was a great moment for me to represent Ayurveda, Panchakarma, Nadi-Nidana (diagnosis by 

pulse) along with Meditation for Complete wellness with above context of elimination of effect of 

thoughts and a way to complete wellness at UNITED NATIONS HEAD QUARTER, NEW YORK, 

USA. 

There was an Interactive and Question-Answer session on Ayurveda – the Science of Life 

arranged at head quarter of United Nations,New York, USA. 

Staff members of the United Nations (including UN specialized agencies, programs and funds), missions 

to the United Nations, members of the press accredited to the United Nations, and NGOs, and their 

families participated enthusiastically attended this program and obtained tips . 

While speaking on the subject of “Ayurveda – the Science of Life”, tips advised for physical and mental 

Wellness. Present era is era of thought pollution and thoughts affect Human Aura and hence health. 

Ayurveda – Panchakarma can help to purify negative energy from AURA. Meditation is inevitable for 

mental peace. Researches on Water crystals conducted at Japan by renauned Scientist Dr.Emoto shown that 

positive changes in health can happen by regular practice of Samarpan Meditation. 

Harmonized combination of Ayurveda and Meditation is necessary for complete Wellness. 

Effects of Ayurveda-Panchakarma like, Abhyanga (Ayurvedic Massage), Svedana (Fomentation), 

Shirodhara (oil pouring on forehead), Basti (Medicated enema), etc. and Ayurvedic diet, lifestyle 

conveyed to Audience. Different countries’ representatives experienced Ancient Indian System of 

Diagnosis – Nadi Nidana (pulse diagnosis) as well. Meditation after Kundalini Awakening helps to maintain energy centre balance.
Collective Samarpan meditation session was also conducted during program. Many people found deep mental peace and some of them felt cold vibration in hands after 

meditation session. 

Many people of us are known to several basic principles of Ayurveda but its application in daily life can 

lead us to a better status of Health, it was opinion of Mr. Vijay Nambiyar (Secretary General’s special 

advisor on Myanmar) who was distinguished guest of this program. 

Mr. Nambiyar who was chef the cabinet in U.N., shared his views on Panchakarma and benefit from 

regular Panchakarma, he also honored myself with a Certificate of Appreciation and memento. 

It was a great honor given to Ancient Indian legacy of AYURVEDA and MEDITATION at global level. 

This magnificent achievement was also appreciated by Hon. President of India. For extra-ordinary 

contribution in the field of Health care and wellness to promote Ayurveda – Meditation Internationally, I 

was felicitated by Hon. President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee on 22nd Jan., 2016 and invited for lunch 

with Hon. President at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India. I was selected amongst #100 women 

achievers of India by Ministry of Women and Child Development, India. I was the only Ayurveda Doctor 

selected for this honor from  over India.

Recently received Special Achievement Award amongst Iron ladies of Rajkot for this contribution on Women's day.

My Email : drhetalacharyaus@gmail.com

Dr. Neela Bhattacharya : at least 2 to 3 plastic surgery cases are operated by her every day

Dr. Neela Bhattacharya was born A. Neela Cathrine in Chennai on December 31^st; 1969.She passed out of Fatima Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Kodambakkam, where she topped in tenth and Plus 2 examinations. She achieved her dream of becoming a doctor, when she joined MBBS in Madras Medical College in 1991.As an undergraduate; she was especially proficient in Anatomy and Surgery and received gold medals in those subjects.

 With a passion for surgery, she went to Cuttack, Orissa, through the All India Postgraduate entrance examination and got a MS in General Surgery in 1994.She then worked as Assistant Professor of Surgery in Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai for 7 years, training and teaching innumerable budding doctors and surgeons. She has over 30 research papers published in various Indian and International journals of medicine. Driven by a thirst to super specialize further, she was selected for the MCh program in Plastic Surgery at Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai between 2003 to 2006.At that time she was the mother of two kids aged 3 and 1.

 Based in Chennai, Siliguri on the northernmost tip of Bengal was an unknown territory for Dr Neela. But her husband Dr. Kaushik Bhattacharya working then in North Bengal persuaded   her to come to Siliguri. There was no plastic surgeon in the region then. Being a Tamilian, she found both the language and the culture of North Bengal alien. Adding to that, the people including doctors had no knowledge of what a plastic surgeon does.

Fighting the circumstances, Dr. Neela Bhattacharya joined Anandaloke Hospital and Neurosciences Centre (www.ananadaloke.com ) in 2007 and developed the department of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery with a lot of effort and perseverance. And now, at least 2 to 3 plastic surgery cases are operated by her every day that include management of hand trauma, burns, facial injuries and emergency road traffic accidents .

From 2007, under the sponsorship of a US NGO called The Smile Train, she operates on mostly infants and children with congenital deformities like Cleft lip and Cleft palate totally free of cost. (www.smiletrainindia.org ).For the past 8 years, the program is running very successfully at Anandaloke Hospital restoring smiles to more than 3,500 such children from the Dooars, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Bhutan, Bihar and Nepal besides Siliguri and neighboring districts of North Bengal. These children who belong essentially to the poorest sections of society, could never dream of such treatment before, now can easily avail this quality care and that too completely free, in a modern hospital, only because of the Smile Train project in this part of the country of which Dr. Neela Bhattacharya is the Project Director.

Dr. Neela has conducted various camps in and around Siliguri to raise awareness about this program, participated in health camps and given both paper and television interviews to reach and educate the masses.

In her Smile Train Clinic,Dr.Neela sees children who are brought right from birth with cleft deformities.She reassures the parents who feel inferior and hopeless that they have given birth to children with defects.The parents are taught how to feed these special children  so that they do not aspirate,have chest infections and become malnourished.

Cleft lip repair is done at 6 months of age and palate repair at one year.The hospital stay,operation,medicines and the food are free for the patients and their family.

Speech therapy is taught after palate surgery, so that the child can develop normal speech.At 6 years of age,the cleft upper jaw in these children is united with a bone graft.

Sometimes when the patients are very poor,a transport allowance is also given to them.

Dr.Neela Bhattacharya feels that it has been her greatest priviledge and pride to be able to see these children with crippling deformities,transform into healthy,happy,beautiful children .                                 

                        

Impressed by the safety and results of Smile Train at her hospital, the West Bengal Government under the Sishu Sathi Scheme has issued a directive to all the Primary care centers of North-Bengal -. Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Darjeeling to seek, screen and take all such cleft patients to Anandaloke Hospital for free treatment. This scheme started in 2013 and more than 200 children have been operated thus far. Not only that, the Border Security Force ( BSF ),the Sashastra Seema Bal ( SSB ),the Rotary Club of Sikkim also have a MOU with Anandaloke Hospital + Smile Train and  bring their patients here for operation.

Plastic Surgeons in India celebrate July 15^th every year as Plastic Surgery Day. Dr. Neela marks the day by operating one complicated plastic surgery case free of charge. The first time, in 2011, a poor patient with an electrical burn who had his skull bone exposed was operated with a rotation flap. The tradition continues.

It has been Dr. Neela Bhattacharya’s endeavor to make complex surgeries performed under microscope like hand replants, vessel injuries, and extensive wounds requiring skin grafts or flaps, accessible and affordable to the common man of North Bengal, especially as there are no government hospitals that provide these facilities here.

Dr. Neela Bhattacharya also handles machine crush injury, assault and accidental lacerations of the hand. These need to be managed expertly to ensure that the patient continues to work and earn his living. Burn injuries are her specialty having trained at Kilpauk Medical College, a pioneering burn care center in the country. Many long neglected burns with severe contractures find relief of their deformities with her.

Long bone fractures with soft tissue loss has to be repaired well for the patient to walk, vascular tumours are a challenge to remove, reconstruction of the face and breast after cancer ablation have both functional and aesthetic value. All these procedures are routinely done by her and she is the first person to make these options available to the people of North Bengal.

For her untiring work of over 8 years, for the large number of free cleft surgeries done, for all the hope and smile restored, she was recently awarded the Bharat Jyoti award by the India International Friendship Society in Delhi in 2014.

The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) in collaboration with Facebook had launched the ‘#100Women Initiative’ that aims to recognize and celebrate women who are making a difference in their communities, across the country. Public nominations via social media started from July 15, 2015, with people nominating women who have made an impact and made their community better, by visiting the ministry’s Facebook page till September 30th 2015. Voting began on November 7 on the top 200 entries as determined by a jury. And finally 100 winners were announced recently. Dr.Neela Bhattacharya has won this #100 women achiever award. The winners were felicitated by President Pranab  Mukherjee at an event at Rastrapati Bhavan on January 22, 2016.

While being delighted and humbled, the recognition and fame have only increased the resolve of  Dr. Neela to work with renewed vigour to help the unfortunate children in her region.

      

श्रीमती निधि नित्‍या के द्वारा 'दैनिक भास्‍कर' में प्रकाशित कहानियां 'मैं कर सकती हूं'

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2. डॉ लक्ष्‍मी गौतम .... बेसहारों का अंतिम संस्‍कार भी करती हैं लक्ष्‍मी ... http://epaper.bhaskar.com/detail/?id=969760&boxid=3274110623&ch=mpcg&map=map&currentTab=tabs-1&pagedate=03/27/2016&editioncode=120&pageno=19&view=image

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Dr. Harshinder Kaur : Creating awareness & improving the child sex ratio

Dr Harshindar Kaur,Padam Shree nominee ,known as Dhee Punjab Di (Daughter of Punjab ) and honoured as  STEEL WOMAN OF INDIA by National Doordarshan is the daughter of late Sikh Scholar Prof Pritam Singh, and granddaughter of freedom fighter and great Sikh scholar, Prof. Sahib Singh and wife of Dr Gurpal Singh working as faculty paediatrician in Government Medical College Patiala,Ex deputy Medical Superintendent of Rajindra Hospital Patiala.  She is a member of National Academy of Medical Sciences .In the course of her medical profession her close contact with women and children, apprised of their problems and motivated her to do something unique for them. She felt pained to notice the alarming dimensions of disappearing daughters on account of female foeticide and infanticide in many states of India particularly her home state, Punjab.

 She started delivering  lectures on TV, Radio ,schools , colleges and through writings on this significant issue and drew the attention of the people to its serious consequences. Her talks on the subject given at Human Rights Conference, Geneva and Berkeley University , California, Federal Parliament of Australia ,Canberra, Parliament of Canada ,Ottawa and New South Wales parliament, Australia highly impressed the people and brought her honours and accolades including the ‘Key to the City ‘ of the city of Milpitas. She has been honoured with life time achievement award at Parliament of Canada, Parliament of Australia, Canberra and Parliament of NSW. She was invited to present talk at International Conference in Toronto on the occasion of International Women’s Day .

         She has written a book ‘Female Feticide-a curse ‘, for which she got a thunderous applause in India and abroad. The book was made the basis of national film, Tamanna in which the author also appeared. Another film, “Roaring Silence” is in the offing in Hollywood, the royalty of which, as per contract will be used for the welfare of poor Punjabi girls. Documentaries showcasing her work have been made and telecast by the National Television network, Netherlands and Canada.

                Not only on female feticide, there are many other books written by her ,35 in all, on issues like child psychology, diseases of children, balanced diet , importance of mother tongue and stories for children. One of her books regarding diseases of children has been published by the Ministry of Information and broadcasting, Government of India. The National Book Trust has published her story book on the life of a mosquito in Hindi. A number of articles and stories from her books have been included in school text books. One of her books on Child Psychology is the subject of PhD thesis in Delhi University. She has won many awards in the literary field including the best woman writer award in regional languages at the national level, Dr MS Randhawa award and Guru Harkrishan Award by the Punjab government. Her winning the Masud Khaddarposh award by literati of Pakistan for her book on importance of mother tongue, is not only a great honour but may also prove a milestone in building good relations amongst two countries.

     In  addition to her literary and professional activities she is a committed social activist, an ardent champion of women rights and rights of children especially the girl child. She runs a trust, Dr Harsh Charitable trust that pays for the education of more than 338 girls who belong to poor and deprived strata of Punjab. All of them study in private schools; the tuition fee of these girls is borne by the trust. She has analyzed correctly that dowry is one of the prime reasons that goad the parents to kill their daughters in the womb and also after birth. She is the torch bearer and has initiated a world wide NO DOWRY CAMPAIGN ,in which 13,500 youth of USA,Canada,Australia, Europe, England and Punjab have joined hands and pledged not to accept or give dowry.

     Dr Harshindar Kaur has won many awards and honours for her work. She has been awarded the State Award by the Government of Punjab two times, International Women Rights activist by the United Nations, honoured by the Premier of Manitoba  (Canada )as Human Rights hero and champion of women rights , Certificate of appreciation in House of Commons, Canada on behalf of the Prime Minister of Canada for advocacy on maternal ,newborn and child health in developing countries and strengthening relations with Canada, Conferred Mai Bhago Award and Gold medal on Baisakhi day Parade amongst 3 lac people in Canada,Pride of the Community Award (Faqr-e Quom ) by the SGPC, United Nations Laadli Media Award in recognition of literary work in the field of dissemination of various facets of Female Foeticide ,Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary International) ,Bharat Jyoti Award ,International Rotary vocational Award, honoured by the Governor of Punjab (thrice) and Haryana for excellence in work on female feticide prevention, Rani Jhansi Award ,Gaurav Punjab Da Award to name a few.

DR. HARSHINDAR KAUR

                                      M.D. (Paediatrics),MNAMS

               Assistant Professor (Paediatrics ) ,

                Rajindra Hospital and

               Govt.  Medical  College, Patiala, Punjab, India.

                 President      Dr Harsh Charitable Trust.

Ex President, Govt. Medical and Dental teachers Association, Punjab

                   Ex Deputy Medical Superintendent,Rajindra Hospital Patiala

Padam Shree Nominee (2016 )

          Honoured by the President of India on 22 January, 2016

          Honoured by Governor of Punjab thrice

          Two times State Awardee.    

Selected among Top 100 Women Achievers Of India  by Ministry of Women and Child Welfare , Government of India India on 22 January, 2016 .The only one selected on the issue of improving the child sex ratio.

Residence :           28, Preet Nagar, Lower Mall, Patiala-147001

                                      Ph. 0175-2216783/09814041345

                                      Email- drharshpatiala@ yahoo.com

          Wife of :               Dr Gurpal Singh Sachdeva

                                        MD (Medicine)

                                        Assistant Professor, Govt Medical College, Patiala.

         

          Daughter  of        Late Prof. Pritam Singh  D. Litt.

                             Prof. Emeritus, San Jose University, California, Eminent

writer and researcher.President Medal Holder.

Sister of               Prof. Dr. Jairup Singh, world renowned Genetic Scientist and former Vice Chancellors, Central University of  Punjab, Bathinda and GNDU,Amritsar.

Mother of            Sukhmani Kaur

Two kids               Nanakjot Singh

  

Continuing Activities and work done---

1.                            Creating awareness against female foeticide, Infanticide, and crimes against women and fighting for female rights by giving lectures at various fora in the country and International level for the last 20 years. 

2. Giving tuition fees of 338 poor girls of Punjab through Dr Harsh Charitable Trust, these girls are studying at various private schools of Punjab.

3. Started a worldwide No Dowry Campaign wherein around 12,500 students, both male and female and their parents have taken an oath and given written undertaking that they would shun dowry and neither give nor demand dowry at the time of their marriage. This movement has spread to Punjabis living in Canada, USA, Europe, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Students of various colleges of Punjab have also joined the movement.

4. Awarded Woman of the year 2012 by American Biographical Institute.

5.International Women Rights activist by UNITED NATIONS.

6.Honoured in Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ,Canada by the leader for efforts to prevent female feticide and betterment of women at International level in April 2015.

7. Honoured by Premier of Manitoba ( Canada ) as Human Rights Hero and Champion for Women Rights on 24 April,2015.

8. Certificate of appreciation in House of Commons, Canada on behalf of the Prime Minister of Canada for advocacy on maternal ,newborn and child health in developing countries and strengthening relations with Canada.(April,2015 )

9. Conferred Mai Bhago Award and Gold medal on Baisakhi day Parade amongst 3 lac people in Canada in April,2015 for working on the issue of female feticide and infanticide for the last 20 years.

10. Two times awarded by State Government with State Award

.

11. Honoured as STEEL WOMAN OF INDIA by National Doordarshan,Delhi.(Jan,2015 )

12. Pride of the Community Award (Faqr-e Quom ) by the SGPC.

13.Documentaries made on work done in the field of female Foeticide prevention in Canada and Netherlands.

14. Gaurav Punjab Da Award at Jalandhar,18 December 2010.

15. United Nations Laadli Media Award in recognition of literary work in the field of dissemination of various facets of Female Foeticide (2008). The award was presented by Governor of Punjab and Laxmi Kanta Chawla, Health Minister Punjab. Only   female  doctor to have been given this award

AWARDS

1. Honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award for service towards humanity      by Parliamentarians in the Canada Parliament (Ottawa)on 19 Oct,2010. 

2. Conferred the title of International Women Rights Activist when invited at the Human Rights Conference in Geneva (United Nations) in June 2008 for presenting study on crime against women in context of female foeticide. The Chairman of conference was highly impressed with the talk and commended me for the efforts which I am doing for the emancipation of Indian girls. Invited again  to present paper on Female Foeticide on 6 June, 2011.

3. Visited Canada in September, 2009 where in presented papers highlighting the issues of female foeticide and importance of mother tongue for psychological development of children. Many MLA’s of British Columbia and few MP’s also attended my meetings. I was able to motivate them and many NRI’s for this project.

4. Invited by Berkeley University, California in September, 2009 where in presented data to enlighten the students and faculty about female foeticide and motivated them to start a project in India.

5. Honoured in city of Milpitas for outstanding work in community service and particularly tireless advocacy against female foeticide and infanticide. Honored with  KEY TO THE CITY.

6. In November, 2009 gave a lecture at Federal Parliament Canberra and NSW Parliament in Australia and enlightened the law makers on the issue of female   foeticide, highly prevalent in Indians and Asians in general around the world.  Honored   in both  the Parliaments as Human Rights Activist.

7. Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary International)

8. Honoured with International Rotary vocational Award.

9. A feature film in Hollywood is being made on my book entitled ‘Female foeticide- A curse’. The royalty has been kept aside in the contract to be used for the welfare of poor Punjabi girls .The name of the film is Roaring Silence.

10. Bagged over all first Prize among competitors from all over the world for radio talks about female foeticide and women rights held by Radio Iran (International Radio Festival of Iran, May 2010). The talk was given in Punjabi language at All India Radio.

11. Honoured by State Govt. of Punjab(India) twice with Punjab State Award (2006) for excellence in Profession and Second State Award (2010) for social service and in recognition of  holding 298 free medical camps.

12. Honoured by SGPC, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, as Faqr-e-Quom (Pride of community) for creating awareness about female foeticide at grass  root level by extensive visits in rural and urban areas, their schools and colleges all over Punjab.

13. Author of thirty one books on issues like child psychology, importance of mother tongue, female foeticide, diseases of children, balanced diet, stories for children, biography and translations, 3 books published by National Book Trust and one by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. Of India.

14. Adjudged best female writer at national level in regional languages.

15.  Dr.   M.S.  Randhawa Award   for best book on literature given by Govt. of  Punjab.

16.  Starred in National Film ‘Tammanna’ on female foeticide (actual work included in the movie).

17.  Honoured by other states (Haryana) for social service (helping women in    distress)

18. Recipient of ‘Masud Khaddarposh Award’ by literati of Pakistan for my book on ‘Importance of mother tongue’ in building good relations amongst two countries.

19. Honoured by Governor of Punjab twice, in 2010 and 2016 for excellent work in the field of Female Foeticide prevention as one of the top women achievers.

20. Honoured as ‘Dhee Punjab Di’ (Daughter of Punjab) by deputy C.M. of Punjab (S. Sukhbir Singh Badal) & various NGO’s for giving monetary help to more than 338 poor girls for their education through my trust ‘Dr. Harsh Charitable Trust’.

21. Awarded Bharat Jyoti Award(on 7 January,2011)  in New Delhi

22. Honoured by Punjabi Sahit Academy and Lekhari Manch, Batala on         26, January 2015 for scientific writings in vernacular language for     creating awareness.

23,.  Delivered   Keynote lecture at the International Women Day Conference          organized by PCHS in Toronto on 18 March, 2011.

24. Delivered lecture on Female Feticide and the Disappearing daughters in Asian Countries at Center for South Asian Studies, Berkeley University, USA wherein received thunderous applause for work done in foeticide prevention and assured that the center would take definitive steps to tackle the problem.

25. Medical Research papers published and presented at national and international levels.

26. Chief guest at more than 310 functions at various schools, colleges and  social organisations of Punjab.

27. Articles included in School Text Books of 7^th , 8^th and 9^th standard and B.Ed courses in University.

28. Ph.D. research work in Delhi University on my book on child psychology.

29. WHO trainee for AIDS awareness campaign.

30. Judge at Miss World Punjaban contest by PTC channel.

31. Medical research papers relating to pediatric medicine presented and published at various National & International medical conferences & journals.

32. Held 298 free medical camps all over (mainly rural areas) of Punjab who have limited resources.

Ms Rachna Mehra -Theta Healer who can energize you and spin your world into a new orbit-

 In today’s era, when people are tired of the hectic life, jam packed schedules, vanishing minimalism and stress playing havoc, here is Rachna Mehra, a Soul catalyst who not only withstands all the chaos but has put a step to heal others. Her penchant to serve and heal the people makes her a mediator of the ultimate truth, God. Honoured with a Certificate of Science, A Master Instructor Theta Healing® from Theta Healing Institute of Knowledge, USA changed the voyage of her life. A demure graduate in Business communication from HL College of Commerce, Ahmedabad became an ambrosial person. Being born in a religious family, it was always her desire to know the croup of the creator. Nurtured by the Vianna Stibal, a legend in Theta Healing®.She is also contributes for ‘Inner Voice’ column in Hindustan Times & Recognised among 100 Women Achievers of India in the category of health & wellness. Recently she is honoured by Hon. President of India in association of Ministry of Women & Child development of India. She also is recognised by Ishma for her compassionate work to help individuals to evolve emotionally physically and spiritually. She edifies the philosophy of unconditional love and to acclimate oneself to forget and forgive. Theta Brain Waves are most active in deep sleep, dreaming or meditation and helps solve problems by​ entering into a problem solving state.“When we are going into a Theta brainwave to conduct healing sessions we are not only healing others, we are healing ourselves at the same time!!!! Practicing since 2006, its my compassion for those in need have given me the ability to be titled as a passionate healer, intuitive and an essence of celestial beauty, a procurement of transcendental power in connection with the Divine. The sages take thousands of years to connect to the omnipresent God but through Theta you can reach the almighty in just few seconds. I call it a 3E program. Education Experience and Enlightenment.

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“Knowledge increases by sharing”, as I call myself a Soul Catalyst walking on  footsteps of goodness  and have decided to conduct workshops to self transform people and heal them and reprogram their belief. The main objective  is to connect people to the omnipresent Divine Energy and to prepare them to be tolerant against 

​emotional stress and ​

disease

 

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lead an ecstatic life.

About Theta Healing®:

Theta Healing® is an intuitive and simple reconnection with the unconditional love present in each one of us. It is easy and available to everyone; the negatives like envy jealousy and self defeating depressions anxiety are unknotted from the psyche and you learn to stand whole again. Naturally this means your stress levels dive and you are able to get into better decision making as well as better relationships with the world and​ yourself. An easy meditation where a practitioner  connect and pass on the energies to you so that you see physical, emotional & spiritual healing. 

Theta Healing® is a supplement of medical aid but not its substitute. 

The Theta Healing® technique was created by Vianna Stibal in 1995 during her own personality journey back to health.

website: www.rachna-thetahealing.com

email: mehrarachna@hotmail.com