Gurinder Kaur, Krishna Teerath among several from India honoured by International Women’s Club

July 5, 2020

New Delhi: Noted development researcher and consultant Gurinder Kaur and former Union Minister Krishna Teerathis are among several achievers who have been honoured with Extraordinary Women’s Award, 2020 by the International Women’s Club at a ceremony held in Geneva.

Gurinder Kaur has been recognised for her work in the field of International and rural Development, education & Emergencies.She is also former Executive Director OXFAM.

Ms Teerath has been honoured for her work for the uplift of the poor, women and backward.

Other women awardee from India and other countruies are:

Isha Kalia (IAS), Secretary to Health & Family planning, Public Health, Sanitation and Women Commission.

Sheeba George (IAS), Director of Social Justice Government of Kerala.

Meghana Chaudhary (RAS), Revenue Appellate Authority, Ajmer. Former Secretary, Board of Secondary Education,Rajasthan State.

Prof. (Ms.) Anula Maurya, First women Vice Chancellor of JRRSU Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Rajasthan State.

Prof. (Ms.) Sushma Yadav, Vice Chancellor of B.P.S. Mahila Vishwavidyalaya Women University.

Prof. Dr. Nishtha Jaswal, Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh National University of Law.

Prof. Anita Sharma, Former Pro- Vice Chancellor of K R Mangalam University.

Dr. Gurmeet Kaur, Professor Associate of Chemistry University of Delhi.

Ms. Pragya Anand (ACP), Assistant Commissioner of Police, New Delhi.

Dr. Anita Patil, Women Health Medical Director, Leader for Women’s Health Practice Based Research Network, California. (USA) – Medical Doctor.

Dr. Anna Muller, Medical Surgeon, Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeon, Traumatology of spine, Plastic surgery. Leader of local Health Authority Havelland, Berlin. (Germany) – Medical Doctor.

Gauri Sheron, International and World University Champion in Pistol Shooting. World Cup Jr. Gold Medalist.(India) – Sports/National Athlete.

Neelu Chohan, Germany based experienced professional. Active helping needy people/social services. (Germany) –Entrepreneur & Social services.

Barbara Curran-Steiner, Vice president and CFO at Curran. Member of Board of Directors Seattle German American SAGA School. (USA ) – Entrepreneur & Social Impact,Education.

Parveen Rani, Founder/director, successful entrepreneur. Best Women Entrepreneur awarded by Haryana Gvt., Recipient of Human rights association, honored by Gandhi peace foundation Nepal. (England) – Entrepreneur & Social Impact.

Marianela Corte, CEO/Founder, successful entrepreneur, Founder/President of Hera “the Light of Women” Foundation for gender equality, inclusiveness and education. (Portugal) – Entrepreneur & Social Impact Foundation.

Dentaaa Amoateng MBE, Award winning entrepreneur. President and CEO Guba Enterprises. Member of most Excellent Order of British Empire (MBE), one of 100 most outstanding women entrepreneur Ghana. (Ghana and London)– Entrepreneur & Social Impact.

Yue-Sai Kan, Emmy-winning host & producer, successful entrepreneur, fashion icon, bestselling author and
humanitarian. Active in charity work. (New York, USA) – Entrepreneur Non-Profit, Charities.

Malini N. Menon, Founder and Managing Director of IEDEA: “enabling sustainable business networks”, strategy outreach & fundraising capabilities. (Dubai, UAE) – Entrepreneur & Sustainability.

Nagmani Raj Reddy, Young entrepreneurs and social work in Telangana, Suppliers of homeopathy and body scanning machines. (England) – Entrepreneur & Social Impact.

Ranjoo Mann, International renowned writer, Chairperson Delhi Public School, Sonepat. Gold medal for excellence in the field of education, New Delhi 2014. (India) – Writer, Education.

Dr. Romila Verma, Leading researcher for Water Conservation & Poverty Alleviation in India, Climate change impacts and freshwater. (Canada) – University researcher, Water Conservation.

Ms. Heena Sardana, leading interior designer, ConsultantSocial Outreach Noida Deaf Society. (India) – Interior Designer,Non-Profit, Charity.

On his occasion, Prof Bhumika Gupta from France and President of International Women’s Club spoke about different chapters of IWC in different nations. She said “each one – teach one” is the main motto of IWC.

President of the International Women’s Club Switzerland Chapter, Michele Boulade, while welcoming  the guests explained the vision of IWC, Switzerland and described the future activities in detail.

In his remarks as chief guest Ambassador of India to Algeria Satbir Singh said, “if we teach man we teach an individual, but when we teach a woman we teach the whole family”. He also underlined the importance of women’s leadership for the development of any Nation.

The online ceremony was held last week.

–India News Stream