User:Ruby Bakshi Khurdi

RUBY BAKSHI KHURDI was born in Lucknow, India in a well- reputed Bakshi family of Kashmir.She is Global Goodwill Ambassador Country Chair for Switzerland. She is a Social Entrepreneur, Award Winning Speaker Chairperson for All Ladies League for Montreux Swiss, Women Economic Forum. She is the founder of Indo-Swiss Cultural Network. Ruby is Competent Communicator Awardee Toastmaster, Leadership & Cultural trainer. She is very passionate about women Empowerment, firmly believes woman is embodiment of Shakti. She initiated Inter - cultural Network of Women for Commune of Rennaz.

Ruby is a strong believer of Karma, she feels if you do good to others, if you help people around you, if you spread love & happiness – we are moving towards a more secure society. She recently received the award of Exceptional Woman of Excellence 2017 by Women Economic Forum at Lisbon. She had a very protective childhood, her parents were always there to fulfil all her needs; yet she never stoppedlooking beyond the horizon….from a very young age she wanted to do something significant for the society. Her life took a turn when she got married and came to Switzerland. Ruby never stopped to learn – she had two beautiful kids who were her priority in life. She has always worked part-time as she wanted to spend quality time with her kids and at the same time do something significant for the society. As a multi- tasker, she balanced her family, social & work life very well - she is a very popular Professor, Former Secretary of Indian Association Lausanne, Vice President of Swiss Riviera Toastmasters Club and active Member of Conseil General of her commune. She firmly believes education & communication are strong pillars in developing a progressive society.

“We don’t have to start big, we just need to think different and focus on small things in life”.

She was interviewed by local Swiss Radio, where she was portrayed as a Indo-Swiss Cultural Leader, passionately committed towards different social projects. As Chairperson Montreux for All Ladies League (ALL), she leads a team of other enthusiastic women who help her in organizing different cultural events, talk-shows, fun events and thus empowering each other. To inculcate values of rich Indian culture she Has been actively involved with Moral & Cultural Development classes – teaching shlokas, mantras and bhajans to kids as well as adults. She initiated Hindi language classes with her team every Sunday at her own home. The classes used to be completely free of charge and open for everyone to join! As the classes are becoming popular and the number of students becomes bigger, she is also looking for sponsors to support her mission! Every month she visits an old age home on a voluntary basis to pass some quality timewith young at heart people…she sings with them, plays with them, dances with them and even listens to their stories. As the secretary of an Indian Association, she used to organize different events with her executive team like Bollywood night, Diwali –festival of lights, Holi-festival of colours, talent contests, sports day & yoga for fitness. Organizing these social things are time consuming, they need lots of planning & preparations for successful implementation; yet Ruby does it all with a radiant smile on her face.

Her objective for 2018 is to create more awareness about her social projects, have a bigger team of happy & willing volunteers, provide a better platform of learning and performance to the students of her class, organize inspiring educational sessions with her team and train more like-minded people across the globe.

Ruby never says never, her prime objective is always to connect people and bring happiness.

Key achievements: 1. Global Goodwill Ambassador (GGA) Switzerland – recognised as Inspiring Social Entrepreneur, International Speaker WEF & Leadership Coach, April 2018 2. Awarded Exceptional Women of Excellence at Women Economic Forum at Hague, Netherlands March 2018 3. Received Competent Communicator Award 2018 at Swiss Riviera Toastmasters Club, Vevey 4. Speaker & Delegate at Women Economic Forum at Portugal, October 2017 5. Received Outstanding Professor Award from American Graduate School of Business, Switzerland in Dec 2016 6. Taught at Management Development Program at prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow, India July 2016 7. Received Diploma of Honour for outstanding teaching qualities from American Graduate School of Business, Switzerland in Dec 2015 8. Won Best Speaker Award and Best table-topics Speaker Award at Swiss Riviera Toastmasters Club, Switzerland, 2016 9.Established and Managed the Bachelors Programme (BBA) at Surval Mont Fleuri. Successfully enrolled and obtained accreditation for the program from USA 10. Received a Certificate of Excellence for teaching HRM at Hotel Institute Montreux

Highly successful Training sessions / Keynote Speaker / Panel discussion:

1. Training session on “Women Empowerment” with Women Federation of World Peace at Belmont. 2. Training session on Women Empowerment with an inter- cultural association in Vouvry. 3.Keynote Speaker at Powerful Business Women’s Network at Zurich – October 2018 4. Speaker at a gala event organised by Women Inspiring Women at Zurich – September 2018 5. Panel Speaker as Lady Boss at Swiss Entrepreneurs Festival in Zurich – September 2018 6. Woman of Truth factor Podcast, July 2018 7. Entrepreneur Mastermind Podcast on “Continuing Education for better future” – June 2018 8. Panel Speaker at Lish Tesla Community event in Lausanne – May 2018 9. “Managing Emotional Intelligence” at Toastmasters Division Conference, Vevey – May 2018 10. Keynote Speaker, “Education a Continuous mission for better future” at Good Festival 4e at Lausanne, April 2018 11.“How Emotional Intelligence can boost your productivity & performance” at Nestle, Vevey, March 2018 12. Plenary Speaker at Women Economic Forum, Hague, Amsterdam - March 2018 13. Entrepreneur Mastermind Podcast on “Understanding Communication” - Jan 2018 14. Emotional Intelligence – Winter Leadership Summit, Impact Hub Geneva Jan 2018 15. “Communicating through Body Language” at Toastmaster event at EPFL, Lausanne April 2017 16. Speaker for Communication Master class at Hotel Institute Montreux, Jan 2017 17.Education India Vs. Switzerland” - Lucknow, India June 2016