U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty

U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Season 2 -Jayashree Ratan

Our guest today is the absolutely amazing Jayashree Ratan the co-founder of Saaisha India Foundation- a Mumbai-based charitable organization founded along with her husband Mr. Kumar Ratan. After resigning from her banking service, Jayashree came across the Knitted Knockers site on her visit to the US. A visit to a relative who had undergone a mastectomy  & gifting her a pair of knockers, it was the feedback  that made Jayashree start Saisha on March
13th, 2018.
 Today Saaisha India is registered with Washington state-based knittedknockers.org of USA as one of the providers of 100% cotton breast prostheses for Mastectomy patients (lovingly called “Knockers”) in India. They follow the patterns and processes of knittedknockers.org of USA and the Knockers are provided Free of cost including postage.
Experienced knitters & crocheters who join Saaisha India knit & crochet these prostheses as per the approved pattern, which are then filled up with poly fiber and given to the mastectomy patients who are called beneficiaries.
Even experienced Knitters/ Crocheters have to undergo training initially so that perfect knockers are made. Saaisha has several quality control checks to ensure this. The volunteers have no targets and are free to make as many or as little as they want. Saaisha’s Volunteer base has grown from 21 in 2018 to currently over 350 spread across 5 countries.
The Knockers are made generally in 4 cup sizes A, B, C, and D. If the patient has undergone a single mastectomy they are provided with 2 Knockers, and those who have undergone bilateral mastectomy are provided with 4 knockers. Beneficiaries are given replacement Knockers Free on request after 24 months.
The feedback received by Saaisha from beneficiaries indicates a high level of satisfaction especially relating to the restoration of confidence, light weight, not feeling hot, unlike other prostheses, easy to maintain, etc.,
More information can be had on Saaisha India web page https://saaishaindia.org/
You Tube
site https://www.youtube.com/@saaishaindia2096
For further
details, please contact Jayashree Ratan +91 77009 90212 OR
Srividya
Gopinath +91 98404 62708
Facebook:
saaishaindia
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/saaishaindia/
You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7RsZ23_AxCFjnFvwmNUZQ
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Season2- Janet M. Harvey

Our guest today is Janet M. Harvey, a Best Selling Author of the award-winning leadership and coaching book, Invite Change - Lessons from 2020, The Year of No Return. She is the  CEO of inviteCHANGE, a coaching and human development organization that shapes a world where people love their life’s
work. As a visionary leader in the global professional coaching industry, Janet Harvey is an International Coaching Federation master certified coach and accredited educator who has engaged adults, teams, and global enterprises for nearly 30 years to invite change that sustains well-being and excellence. As Janet shares, “Coaching in its many forms has at its root the effect of awakening consciousness and doing so in a highly accelerated fashion that sustains.” Janet Harvey uses her executive and entrepreneurial experience to cultivate leaders in sustainable excellence through Generative Wholeness™, a signature generative coaching and learning process. Audiences regard her as a vanguard human being, provocative (Love it that her wedding dress was a mini in purple silk and she arrived at the ceremony on a Harley in style©).
Listen in as the articulate and compassionate Janet Harvey shares her journey & her love for innovation in coaching, as she reveals how "Being Human" from within is a choice.
 
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty (Season 2) - Seema Rekha

The month of May is observed as the  Mental Health Awareness Month. A time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, as well as to highlight the ways how mental illness and addiction can affect all of us – patients, providers, families, and society at large.
In keeping with this our guest today is Seema Rekha the Managing Director of Antarmanh Consulting Private Limited with wide experience in utilizing wellness solutions for business development and strategizing for several Fortune 500 companies across India, ASEAN, and UA.
Seema Rekha has also been awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award presented at Health 2.0 Conference held in Dubai in 2022. She is a passionate and versatile Management Consultant known for her kaleidoscopic approach to bringing comprehensive solutions to her client organizations. Her background from IIM Lucknow, Institute of Counseling (Glasgow, UK), European Management Consultancy, and TISS (Mumbai) highlighted the scope of advancement in areas such as employee well-being, psychological safety at the workplace, research, and organizational development strategies.
Her Research and Developmental approach aimed at improving the Organizational Health Index has proven to render sustainable results for client organizations. Her extensive research and result-driven work strengthen the vision which becomes the guiding light of her diverse team at Antarmanh. Listen in as she shares her fascinating journey, the ups & the downs in this Mental Wellness space.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Season 2 - Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta

Our guest today is Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta-  a Bengaluru-based author, award-winning architectural journalist, curator, educator, and editor, with 18 years of
global collaborations with architecture-design publication houses, firms, organizations, and institutions. Trained in architecture and journalism from
India and the UK, she is passionate about writing, curating architecture-design content and discourses for diverse communication channels, professional
speaking, offering training initiatives in architectural writing, and consulting for academic and professional platforms.
Widely published, Apurva has been recognized for her pioneering work in architectural Design writing in India. She has been invited by the Australian and Finland Governments to represent the Indian delegation at International Media Visits to Architectural Writers in Melbourne (2016) and Helsinki (2018). She debuted as an author in 2017 with ARCHITECTURAL VOICES OF INDIA (published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK) and is looking forward to her forthcoming book, ARCHITECTURAL INHERITANCE AND EVOLUTION IN INDIA.
Listen in as Apurva shares her journey as an architectural journalist & finding her true calling, staying always true to the ethics
& values that she imbibed as a child.
 
You can connect with Apurva on www.apurvabose.com 
 Or on her Insta handle
- @apurvabosedutta
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty ( Season 2 )- Beulah John

The second Sunday of May is Mother’s Day. Our guest this week is Beulah John who is a mother not only to her twin boys but to more than 23 girls who are now with her.  For her, every day is Mother’s Day. A retired high school Biology teacher, now a full-time mother & social worker, she is the founder/ Managing trustee of The Refuge Foundation, Children’s home. Having been saved from trafficking herself Beulah wanted to create a safe home for motherless girls in distress. She has dedicated her life to serving children who have been abandoned, unloved & orphaned.
Honored multiple times for the service she gives to these children.
Listen in as  Beulah shares how she believes that serving these children is the purpose of her life. She is very clear when she says that this one life she has, she would love to dedicate to girls who she thinks are a blessing. Her dream is to make them qualified & financially independent. With Mother Theresa as her inspiration, the service she renders is the need of the hour.
 You can write to Beulah on:
beulahjohnk@gmail.com,refugefoundation2007@gmail.com
 
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty ( Season 2)- Mohammed Waseem

Our guest today is the vibrant and ambitious professional Mohammed Waseem.
He is determined to make a mark in the Software Industry overcoming challenges of vision. He aims
to grow a fulfilling career in the field of IT, utilizing the opportunities in the IT sector.                                                        
His unquenchable passion to help his fellow beings in the differently-abled community by sharing his experience and knowledge to help them enter the mainstream in society is laudable. He represented a group of visually challenged students in 2008 to meet Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and was chosen from the group to ask him a question.
An astute, 5 out of 5 rated IT professional in Talent acquisition with an outstanding 12 years of experience in an MNC and 1+ year of experience in teaching computers and soft skills in an NGO, Waseem is all set to make a difference.
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Awarded “Star Employee of the Year” and “Wall of Support” for the year and he has bagged 5 promotions as recognition for exhibiting superior performance.
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An Ardent musician, he plays several instruments like ‘Veena, tabla, and guitar’ and holds a senior Distinction and won Second rank in the state-level veena
competition. He has  given several performances on Radio, and TV, in India and abroad                                                                                                                                                                                    
Waseem has penned several ghazals/poems and has composed & sung them too.
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Traveled to the USA on an education-cultural exchange program and he has performed in a band calledSunada for 2 months in 2004
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Listen in as Waseem shares his inspirational journey & the challenges he faced as a kid. He shares the secret sauce to the infectious positive attitude that he so easily carries.
You can contact Waseem on
E-mail: vaseem.hello@gmail.com
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Season 2- Dr. Preeti Hiremath

Our guest today is Dr. Preeti Hiremath who was one of the few women who did her Masters in General Surgery after her MBBS  & graduated from JN Medical College in Belgaum, Karnataka, in 1992.
A Consultant general and laparoscopic surgeon at Santosh Hospital, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, and an Associate Professor at the Malaysian Medical College she is also a DNB teacher. She has performed more than 2500 laparoscopic tubectomies ie family planning operations in FPAI.
Married to a businessman, she is a mother of two: a daughter who is doing her post-graduation in emergency medicine in the UK. & her Son is an advocate & practicing in the high court.
She had a childhood full of extracurricular activities that made her into an exponent of Bharatanatyam. University blue in badminton & a bronze medallist in the state-level swimming championship.
Fond of traveling, she now advocates a  lifestyle with Yoga, Pranayam & meditation for a happy  & healthy life.
Listen in as Dr. Preeti shares her journey:
as one of the first few women general surgeons in Karnataka.
Why she chose the road less traveled?
Her philosophies of life &  thoughts on spirituality.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty (Season 2)- Shukla Bose

It’s Ambedkar Jayanti today & our guest is special, the charming  & articulate Shukla Bose, Founder-CEO Parikrma Humanity Foundation.
 Shukla is bridging the growing gap in urban India between those who benefit from economic liberalisation and those who don’t – through Parikrma Humanity Foundation, a non-government organisation founded in 2003. Her professional work spans over 26 years in the hospitality sector and over 19 years in social reform, education advocacy, and the social sector. A TED speaker, she was also awarded the Pride of Karnataka Roundtable International in 2015.
 Current involvements:
Shukla has been shaping and influencing education policies at the State and National levels. She was a member of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) - headed by Dr. K Kasturirangan. She is an academy Member at HundrED, Finland, and is currently (2022) one of the Advisors in the National Focus Group, working on a chartered school governance and leadership plan.
 Bose works with the Karnataka State Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and IQ Education Excellence Task Force to check on the quality of education. A national CII Education Committee member, Shukla, helps draft the national policy for schools. She is on the board of a few private and public sector organisations for the prevention of sexual harassment of women in the workplace. She continues to publish peer-reviewed papers in conferences and international journals. 
Past work experiences:
Shukla was with the Oberoi hospitality group for 13 years and was the CEO of RCI for 11 years. She volunteered with Mother Teresa for seven years. Her experience with slum and street children greatly encouraged her to make the development of under-served children her mission in life.
 Awards and recognition:
Shukla was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1995, the Bharat Gaurav Award in 1996, and the Woman of the Year Award in 2000.
 She received the Pride of Karnataka Award from Roundtable International in 2015 and was nominated as a Bangalore Hero in a Bangalore Mirror in 2014. Other recognitions include the Qimpro Platinum Standard Award in Education (2017), Women Achievers Award (2018) from FICCI-FLO.  Times Power Women Award (2019).
She was recognized for her contribution to the education of the poor by the Save Government Schools initiative (2019). She was awarded the International Excellence Award for Education Development from the Global Achievers Foundation, the Parivathan Inspire Awards for Women and child development in 2019, and the ‘Work of Wonder’ by WoW Skin Science, celebrating those who work towards bringing a change in society, 2021.
Her Email id :shuklab@parikrmafoundation.org
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty - Season 2 - Pushpa P Bopaiah

 It was World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd. In keeping with that, Our guest today is  Pushpa P Bopaiah - an Equine Therapist -The only certified therapeutic riding instructor in India helping children with physical disabilities and other challenges such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, & autism. Pushpa is certified by Strides Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc., California, a therapy centre accredited by the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, Inc., Los Angeles. (NARHA). She completed her training here in 2000 and came back to India to introduce therapeutic riding for the first time in India in her hometown- Bengaluru.
Pushpa has also completed her Masters in Sociology at Bangalore University and has received a diploma in horsemanship from the Grallsta Riding Centre. She also briefly worked at the Arundel Park Riding for Disabled Inc. in Australia. 
Pushpa has a diploma in Special Needs Teachers Training from AP Teacher Training Institute and in 2011 Pushpa began an integrated preschool for children. Her school,  Ninos Pre-school and Day Care in BTM Layout, Bangalore had over 36 students, which included 20 children with special needs.
She believes that integration at an early age will help children with special needs to cope better with the world around them
Listen in as Pushpa shares her journey from a naughty little girl to a lover of horses who moved on over the past few decades to make a difference in the lives of children with special needs & found aging horses so powerful in therapy.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Season 2 - Eat Raja

It was earth hour last Saturday, the 25th of March, and on the podcast today we have one of the most Nature Friendly & successful entrepreneurs in Bengaluru for a conversation! Sustainability is his middle name! His ability to successfully manage a juice business with no pile up for the landfills has become his trademark! He does not serve the natural juices in paper or plastic cups with straws. In fact, he has no single-use plastic in his juice center or even distributes tissue papers.  Eat Raja has proved it is possible to be zero waste, sustainable & still be successful in business.
Career-wise he has an interesting mix! An engineer who went on to become a popular RJ & then move on to become an inspirational entrepreneur! A very interesting example of listening to the #voiceinme! "Our impact on nature should be minimal" is his motto, something he learned from his college club! His zero-waste policy makes him serve his innovative juices in fruit shells!
 From watermelons to banana peels, his cutlery is natural! A trend that initially found criticisms, today is what makes Eat Raja exclusive & appreciated for his
nature-friendly serving style! He stayed put with this idea & today not only has franchises locally but is busy looking at inquiries globally too.
Innovation is his hallmark, engineering the fruit shells his trademark  & he is trending on social media!  
Listen in as Raja shares his journey from the brat of an Allrounder in school to life lessons learned in college  to running a business successfully &
meaningfully. Our Zero Hero believes that sports made him who he is, “You win some, you lose some, is his attitude to be successful. He says after completing more than 1800 days ( he completed 5 years with these principles intact on March 28th,2023) in his business he is successful & he is going strong every day!
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