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  • Profile: Adv. Renu D Singh

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    Lawyer, Social Activist
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    She hails from Rana Dynasty of Mewar, Rajashtan. She can understand and speak over 13 National and foreign Languages.

    Renu Completed her education in the field of Law and master in English Literature from Luknow University. Her grand father was the King of Chittore, Rajasthan.

    Samadhan

    She is the founder of Samadhan- an NGO which toils for a violence free globe for women and children. In her 38 years of service, Samadhan has rescued more than 3800 women victims of violence and sexual abuse, rehabilitated and educated them of which 1700 of them are practising advocates. Few of them have become Judges, IAS  & IPS officers and Govt officials. Most of girls are married and settled, leading a normal life.

    Adv. Renu Singh is also a recipient of several national and international awards.

    A recent initiative, Samadhan’s Mobile Legal Clinic (MLC) aims to make women their own protectors. Survivors work as paralegal volunteers to provide legal aid for their community.

    Samadhan refuse donations from tax defaulters or persons with dubious background. They firmly believe that money used for a noble cause has to be clean money.

    Family

    Her husband Sanjiv Sarkar is a pillar of support in her mission to alleviate the pain of the distressed. Her only son and three brothers are currently serving in Indian Army.

    Contact

    eMail: samadhan09@rediffmail.com

    Mob: +91-98977-57509

    Web www.samadhanngo.org

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  • What Samadhan a 15 year girl Renu Singh can give?

    Adv. Renu Singh had very humorous and filmy childhood story. She shared with the children the mischievous pranks she played in the earlier days of her life and her journey of Samadhan has started.

    The turning point of her life happened at the age of fifteen, when she stopped at a petrol pump in her motor bike, she saw a girl of age between 8-10 at a ration shop nearby. To her surprise she found that the girl was covered in fresh blood. She took her motor bike near to the girl and the girl jumped onto her bike. She took her home and her mother suddenly called her friend who was a doctor and the doctor found out that the girl was sexually abused by her own father and she was 2 months pregnant. However, she had to leave that girl with her mother. Six months later, Renu learnt that the 12-year-old was married off to a 42-year-old widower only to be found dead in a village pond within a week. After this incident she was very much sad and wanted to do something to protect such women.

    After completing her degree in law, she has been constantly imparting legal awareness, capacity building and empowerment training to women of rural areas especially from the hilly states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Samadhan has rescued nearly 3800 women victims of violence rehabilitated and educated them. Most of them married and settled now. 1700 of them are practising advocates.

    From her life story all the participants found an inspiration and would be able to stand up for a good cause for the society and find courage for doing that.

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    Feedback

    Amritavarshini ER
    I understood the purpose and meaning of life. I also understood that we are the instruments in the hands of God.

    Maisija BR
    Boldness !

    BS Pramarsha
    We should fight for the welfare of the society.

    Vaishnavi gopalasamy
    Her humor and wit had us rolling around laughing. Her life shows that we can do anything we want to do regardless of our age and limitations.

    T Mano Akshaya
    I think I need her boldness.

    Richa B Arun
    She is a great person who has fully surrendered to the Supreme power. I saw that bliss in her.

    Shreya R
    Her boldness, courage and honesty is something we all can take with us. What she does and the person she is was truly inspiring.

    Aavani R
    I learnt about the goodness of helping people .

    R Abhishek
    I will also join her team and after 5 or 6 years, I want to address as a guest speaker in the My life, my passion session at Gitamritam in the future.

    Aditya Udapudi
    She inspired me to never give up on who we are, what we do and also our dharma.

    Pradul Krishna
    I learned the role that Bhagavad Gita plays in our life.

    Amrita MU
    Her dedication, willpower and faith is an example to us.

    Aishwarya K
    I learnt that we should always be happy doing our own work. Whatever the world may say, we should carry on.

    Abhighna S
    Extremely strong. She is serving society and her lifestyle teaches us what Gita says.

    Ranjana B
    Her hard work towards saving the girls is exceptional and can a make change in everyone’s life.

    Namitha PL
    A wonderful help for the society by saving and empowering women and children who are abused.

    Gayathri G
    I saw a person who is rough outside and soft inside.

    Amrutha JM
    No matter what others would think of us, we must be bold and should help others in situations of need to actually learn and practice what is said in the Bhagavad Gita.

    Gunjan R Jain
    I loved her jolly character and the way she led her life. It was just amazing…

    Sneha Sunil
    She is very mischievous! She has a soft mind but she didn’t show it. That is what a person should have.

    Anagha CS
    Actually she was too hilarious..!! I enjoyed alot.

    Pavitra b
    I liked her positive attitude towards every instance in life and her urge to help women in trouble. She is a very good follower of the Bhagavad Gita and I found what she said about the Gita was true.

    Madhumitha
    Her life story is like a movie, it is too funny..!!

    Prajval.R.Rane
    Fight for what is right, it will give us the greatest happiness…

    Vishwom S Revankar
    The importance of the Divine in our lives and the teachings of the Gita is what makes her happy even till today.

    Sujay Mahendra Phayde
    Dedicate yourself to a purpose, don’t run behind God, do something that will make God rush to you !

    S Poorana Porkalai
    Wow! A totally different person in childhood and at present. One incident changed her life and now she has so many troubles but never worries about it. A great disciple of Amma…Whatever she does she offers it to the Lord.

    Vrinda Rao
    She is just amazing.. The work she is doing is great and because of her speech I am convinced that I should join her when I am 18.

    Anusha Mantri
    I will always look up to her as a role model because she took 200 pills to save another girl’s life. She fights for her girls with her life like a real mother.

    Apeksha Gaonkar
    I learnt how to help people by doing social work.

    Shivangi Singh
    I loved her because she is strong enough to fight with the world. I would like to become like her.

    Gautami Gurav
    I don’t have any words to describe her because the work she is doing…. I loved it and from today I will also help everyone.

    Venkat Subramanian RM
    She created a great inspiration in me to work for the society

    V Akshay
    She is my inspiration.

    Rishikesh Premraj
    She taught me that life is a drama with full of surprises and secrets. I also loved the way she helps the society.

    Laxmishree UM
    A humorous lady with full of happiness !!

    Vaishnavi Narayanan
    She is a humorous, loving, sweet, charming, dedicated and a stubborn lady who works for the welfare of our society. She is a role model everyone can look up to, to understand the concepts of the Bhagavad Gita. She is a very passionate lady.

    Raj Sathveeka RS
    I like social work. I like to do it. So, she is my role model.

    Joshika B
    An inspiring lady who has the guts to save her life from her uncle and to work for the welfare of abused women and girls. She also fights for children to protect them and she is happy doing all that.

    Muveshika Y
    I want be like he like her, happy and with a helpful mind.

    R Niranjanan
    She is so cheerful, happy and sweet. As Dhyanji said, she is like a coconut…Strong and bold outside but soft and sweet in the inside. Really really enjoyed her session !

    Aparna V
    Her humourous and outstanding description of her life was a new lesson for all of us.

    Revant talekar
    Loved her talk! Loved her work ! From her life story, her childhood, her inspiration, her work, her “marriage” 😛 , her present, everything was so awesome! It was an enriching experience.

    Yuvraj Vernekar
    I learned that we can be always happy, at any moment of our life. Just trust the lord.

  • Profile: Major DP Singh

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    A proud Kargil war veteran, he is 42 yrs old.
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    Injured badly in war to the tune of being declared dead, Maj Singh survived to shine as India’s only amputee marathon runner, famous as Indian Blade runner, he has successfully completed 14 half marathons till date. His half marathon timings has improved from 3hrs 40 min in 2009 to 2hrs 10 min in 2013.

    Record of Disabilities

    A triple Limca record holder, honoured by Canadian Government, conferred with REX Karamveer Global fellowship(2014-15), first Indian to start running on artificial limb inspite of so many under mentioned severe disabilities like: Amputation right leg, Partial hearing loss of both ears, Twice operated stomach and partial removal of intestine, Left knee derangement owing to ligament implant, Around 40 shrapnel embedded still inside various body parts, Urinary bladder operated for tumor, & Cervical Spondylosis

    The Challenging Ones – (TCO)

    The Trust, registered in 2011, TCO is a group of Indian amputees, where Maj. Singh tries to share and shape up the attitude to convert, the challenged into The Challengers.
    In just 3 yrs, TCO has proudly made around 70 challengers participate in various running events. This is the first time happeing in the history of India. Maj. Singh aspires to increase current membership of 750 to many fold and make shift in perception of society towards Ability from disability.

    Maj Singh is an avid speaker, inspired many on platforms like TEDx and educational institutes.

    Facebook: MajorDPSingh
    Twitter @MajDPSingh

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  • Profile: S Swaminathan

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    Born in Pudukkottai, Tamilnadu in 1940.
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    More than 30 years teaching Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. In his view the thrust of the science and technology establishment should be towards helping the ‘poorest of the poor’. He has attempted a number of experiments in teaching.

    Awards

    He was a part of the team to receive the best invention award by the NRDC in 1983.
    Meritorious Award by IIT-Delhi.

    Working

    He worked in Centre for Rural Development in IIT Madras,
    Bharath Gyan Vigyan Samithy, Delhi as the National Coordinator for watershed development
    Integrated Rural Technology Centre, Palakkad, Kerala.

    Preserving the priceless paintings

    Offered a method of preserving the priceless paintings in the Jaina cave at Sittannavasal, by setting up a heritage complex incorporating a recreated cave shrine.

    Documentation of the Ajata painting

    Done extensive documentation of the Ajata painting tradition. The documentation includes a resource book detailing every important cave and every significant painting in them.

    His major post-retirement activity was documenting the Pallava art at Mamallapuram, and a coffee-table book, is the outcome.

    Culture-scaping

    This is landscaping focusing on our heritage and culture. Helped setting up a centre for arts and culture, called Sudharsanam, in Pudukkottai.

    To educate youth to have an understanding of our heritage, and consequently lack a sense of identity, talk with students. The topics included Indian music, Sanskrit, ancient Tamil literature, Tamil prosody, development of scripts, etc.

    Oral Tradition of Sanskrit

    Talks on the extraordinary structure of Sanskrit, its unexcelled grammar all built very scientifically to be passed on orally without corruption are explained. And the fields covered not only poetics and literature but also scientific tradition.

    Story of Scripts

    tracing the origin of writing in five ancient cultures – Sumerian, Egyptian, Chinese, Meso-American and Indian – and adding Korean script, the most scientific script of the world. Siddham and Tibetan are discussed as belonging to the esoteric dimension of writing and aesthetic potential was explored through Arabic calligraphy.

    Physics and aesthetics of Indian classical music

    This is an attempt to demystify our art. One of the two major systems of the world, our music of about two millennia vintage is built on strong physical principles, and developed following its own genius and maintained a unique tradition. Lecture-demonstration on this subject was a part of a course in Art and Technology in IITD for more than 8 years.

    compiling cultural atlas: This is an attempt to write the cultural and social history of every village on this vast country, for which he has designed suitable procedures and formats.

    ‘Is there an Indian way of thinking?’

    His presentations on the Introduction to Indian Heritage, Our Temple Heritage and Architecture of the Indus and the Vedic Periods are his results of his continued inquiry into this subject.

    Tamil Heritage Group is an attempt to raise an army of ‘foot solders of heritage’. Among its many activities, like monthly talks and heritage summer camp for children, is organizing residential site-seminars every year.
    Presently he is helping setting up a college for arts in Kanchipuram offering degree in arts integrating literature, performing art and fine arts.

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  • Profile: Charles Jude Ma

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    Upcoming Bharatnatyam classical dancer
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    His passion for dance goes beyond the classical idiom. Having an international lineage of Indian, Chinese and Nepali origin, Charles was initiated into Bharatanatyam by Smt.Vidya Shimladka. Studied and trained under different teachers, the upcoming soloist and his performances attract more young audience.

    He has been invited to speak at the TED X series, the Volvo Leadership summit, Ink Salons, NID, College art workshops, Seminars etc. Chales has performed at many prestigious festivals across the country and has received commendable reviews.

    He now works on his own and his choreography is creative, young and is constantly attempting to find a modern identity to the traditional art form of Bharata natyam which he practices. Teaching is a passion second only to dance. He is a committed teacher and imparts the art form to young children across the city. He also teaches Bollywood and Contemporary dance. He has learnt Mridangam and also learns martial arts as a hobby.

    He wants to be knows as the best dancer in India in the coming decade.

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  • Profile: Anjali Menon

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    Film director
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    Film director Anjali Menon’s films have been official selections at Indian Panorama & over 30 International Film festivals.

    Academics

    Masters in Art & Technique of Filmmaking, London International Film School, London, UK 2002
    Master in Communication Studies, University of Pune, India 1998
    Bachelor of Commerce, University of Calicut, India 1995
    Rotterdam Producers’ Lab participant , Netherlands 2006
    Julian Friedmann (UK) Screenwriting Workshop 2006
    Script factory (UK) Feature Film development workshop 2005
    Gil Bettman’s Advanced Directing workshop 2005

    Experience

    Writer | Director of feature films – filmography on request
    Co-Founder of Little Films India, a film company in Mumbai since 2006
    Writer | Director | Producer | Editor of short films in UK, UAE & India
    Corporate films and content design for television in India & GCC.
    Published Short story writer, contributor to media & periodicals
    Writes a popular blog on her personal worldviews on anjalimenon.wordpress.com

    Recognition

    Anjali Menon’s films have been official selections at Indian Panorama & over 30 International Film festivals in UK, USA, Canada, France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland, Turkey, UAE & South Africa.

    Asianet Best Director & Best Popular Film Award 2015
    Vanitha Best Director & Best Popular Film Award 2015
    Asiavision Director of Most Popular Film 2014
    National Award for Best Screenplay (Dialogues) 2012
    Kerala State Award for Best Screenplay 2012
    Kerala Film Producers Association Award for Best Screenplay 2012
    P.Bhaskaran Memorial Award for Best Screenplay 2012
    Asianet Best Screenplay Award 2012
    Vanitha Best Screenplay Award 2012
    JaiHind Best Screenplay Award 2012
    Reporter Best Screenplay Award 2012
    Asiavision Director of Most Artistic Film 2012
    Best Debut Direction by a Woman @ SACF New Jersey, USA 2011
    Best Screenplay | Best Director | Best Film @ South Asian International Film Festival, New York 2009
    NETPAC Award for Best Malayalam Film @ IFFK 2009
    Pathbreaking Film @ Amrita Film Awards 2009
    FIPRESCI Award @ IFFK 2008
    Best Indian Debut Director Award – instituted by Mira Nair @ IFFK 2008
    Finalist @ International Young Film Entrepreneurs of India Awards – British Council 2007
    2nd Best Short Film at British Film Institute Imagine-­‐Asia Award 2002
    KODAK Awards (5) for student commercials in UK in 2000 & 2001
    Best Narration Script by Consortium of Educational Communication, New Delhi, 1998

    Contact:

    Little Films India, Level 9, Platina, Block G, BKC, Bandra E, Mumbai 400051, INDIA
    web: anjalimenon.wordpress.com

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  • Profile: Preethi Srinivasan

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    Award-winning Social contributor
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    She survived a catastrophic accident that left her a quadriplegic, confined to wheelchair for life.

    Before, Preethi was the youngest member of the Tamil Nadu State Women’s Cricket Team, who started representing the state at just eight years of age. She started to swim at the age of 3. At the age of 8 she was the member of the senior cricket team of Tamil Nadu. At the age of 17 , she was the under 19 Tamil Nadu State cricket team captain. She was a National Level swimmer and exceptional in academics as well.

    A moment of misfortune turned her life upside down, a freak accident in Pondicherry that damaged her spinal cord irrecoverably. She completely lost her identity in the span of a split second! Her life changed from being a bright young student and sportsperson to a person confined to a wheelchair. That was in 1998 when she was just 18 years.

    Overcoming her odds with a profound inspiration and sense of purpose, today she is a spirited and an exemplary fighter for the causes of restoring, rehabilitating and re-integrating those suffering fatal spinal cord injuries and differently-abled women via her foundation, SoulFree.

    She is a professional speaker and has delivered inspiring talks

    She’s listed among top 16 famous Indians with disability for 2014 and recently won awards from Femina and Rotary.

    Recognition and Awards:

    * Vijay TV’s “Sigaram Thotta Pengal – Ray of Hope” award
    * Raindropss’ “Woman Achiever of the Year 2014” award
    * Femina “Penn Sakthi” award bestowed upon the top 10 most influential women in Tamil Nadu for the year 2014
    * Envisage ability award 2014
    * Sudesi magazine’s “Dhruva award” for excellence in social work
    * The Rotary’s highest award “For the Sake of Honour”
    * “Agent of change” Award from district Rotaract Council (Rotary International district 3230) for the year 2014-15

    Education:

    M. Sc. Psychology
    B. Sc. Medical sociology

    Work:

    Content writer for website.

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  • Profile: Dr. Sanjay Banerji

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    Professor Emeritus at the Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore.
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    He is the Founder Director, and Dean of Amrita School of Business.

    He was a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management.
    He is also a visiting faculty member at IIM Lucknow and IIM Delhi.
    He has worked in SAIL and in MDI.

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  • Shraddha: Workshop to Awaken Innocence and Awareness

    1. Sankaran Kumaran, Prof. & Head of the Depart of Cultural Education, Amrita University Bangalore, conducted several games and activities, through which the participants’ innocence and awareness is awakened.

     

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    Feedback:

    S.Subramanian: Brought out the childishness and awareness. Enjoyed roleplaying a lot. Fun fun fun 🙂

    Valli Kannu: I very much enjoyed the workshop. It brought back the child in us – especially playing Ring Around The Rosies.

    Dr.Dhanya Prasad: I realised that one can be carefree like child once more – doing whatever we feel.

    Diljith: I was motivated by his special workshops, his realistic examples and his stories

    Anila: He made us understand many things which would be very useful in our lives in a very simple way. Very entertaining too.

    Shyam Kumar: Energetic and fun.

    Nidheesh.M: Excellent. He could show us the vast knowledge of our scriptures. He is very instrumental in AMMA’s hands as he practices and imparts the knowledge he has acquired.

    Medhini Menon: Loads of fun!! I realized the value our senses!

    Shanti K: Good presentation of the topics. Strong words which helped others think about the topic later. Giving knowledge through fun.

  • Swimming with love

    In the evenings, attendees had swimming lessons coached by an Olympian Ahkilesh Matti Rajakyla, who also has crowned in many international swimming events.

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    Great to learn swimming form Akilesh. It started with floating right up to freestyle hand movements. – S. Subramanian

    I felt like anybody can swim. Basically, I am afraid of water, but now that fear has gone, thanks to Akilesh. – Valli Kannu

    wow!!! “Sham No Varunaha..”
    happy to say that am a student of an Olympian
    At least I can stay in water without drowning… 😉 – Dr. Manjula Arun

    It helped to increase my confidence in the water and how to face any emergency situations. – Dr. Dhanya Prasad

    In only two classes, I learned at least how to float… – Diljith

    What I believed would never happen, happened. I could learn the very basics of swimming. So thankful) – Anila

    Fun. Need more time for swimming classes especially for those who do not know. – Syam Kumar

    One of the best sessions. – Nidheesh M

    I was scared of swimming. The teacher had lots of patience and he gave me confidence that I can also swim. – Durgalakshmi CV

    Thanks so much, Akhilesh! Learning swimming was a wonderful experience! – Medhini Menon

    Another great experience. Was very exciting. – Shanti K