Anoushka Adya(2)
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Anoushka Adya is an Indian social entrepreneur, speaker and an advocate for women empowerment.[1] She is the Founder of Lajja Foundation, a non-governmental organization that works for girlchild and women empowerment.[2]
Early life and career[edit]
Anoushka was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She attended St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and graduated. After college, she moved to the UK for her higher studies and work. She graduated from Warwick Business School, UK.[3]
Anoushka started working at Whye and Mackey in Glasgow, Scotland. She then went on to work in an ad agency called House of Kaizen in London for a few years before deciding to move back to India to set up her own.[4] In 2014, she returned to India and started Lajja Diaries, which was an online platform for women empowerment and discussed various issues relation to discrimination.[5][6] Lajja created a community of women online and offline, and the Lajja team did various awareness programs and workshops in urban slums and rural areas for the upliftment of young girls and women.[7][8] Anoushka Adya founded the Lajja Foundation, which works for the education of underprivileged girls from urban slums.[9]
The foundation also organises menstrual hygiene awareness camps and grains distribution schemes in urban slums.[10][11] In 2019, she founded Grow Labs that provides online consultation for mental health awareness.[12] Anoushka is a frequent speaker at TEDx.
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rising Star for the Year by Exchange4Media Media Ace Awards | [13] |
| 2017 | Digital Woman Award by SheThePeople TV 2017 | [14] |
| 2018 | Entrepreneur Start-up Awards 2018 for Community Developer of the Year | [15] |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Meet Anoushka Adya: Entrepreneur with proclivity for women empowerment". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Anoushka Adya: A promising business leader, and a humanitarian dedicated to uprooting gender bias". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Equal Representation Of Women In Economic Activities Is Essential, Feels Social Entrepreneur Anoushka Adya". outlookindia.com. 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ Dubey, Tanvi. "Meet the entrepreneur who is giving a voice to victims of sexual abuse to speak up". Rediff. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "New digital platform encourages women to speak up against violence". DNA India. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ Dubey, Tanvi. "Meet the entrepreneur who is giving a voice to victims of sexual abuse to speak up". Rediff. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Women from each stratum must work towards financial inclusion to change the social spectrum, says Social Entrepreneur Anoushka Adya - APN News". web.archive.org. 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Perseverance is the key to success says Socio entrepreneur Anoushka Adya". Daily Excelsior. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Anoushka Adya, The Social Entrepreneur Working For Girlchild Education". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Education is key to bring desired changes at the grassroot level, says entrepreneur Anoushka Adya". Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST. 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ Kale, Ridhi (May 17, 2021). "How to mentally cope with the second wave". India Today. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Media Ace Awards 2017 for Indian Media Agencies - E4m". events.exchange4media.com. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "And The Winners of the Digital Women Awards 2017 Are... - SheThePeople TV". Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- ↑ "Anoushka Adya, The Social Entrepreneur Working For Girlchild Education". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
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