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Vinita Bakshi
Vinita is an author and a social entrepreneur. She is the founder of the Aambra Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Her projects include She Speaks, which provides a platform for policy advocacy of gender-focused programs that highlight issues faced by contemporary South Asian women.

Early Life

Vinita grew up in New Delhi, India. She completed her graduation in Sociology from Miranda House, University of Delhi. She is also an alumnus of Delhi School of Economics, form where she did her M.A in Sociology. Additionally she has done her B.Ed from Anamalai University and PG course in Public Relations and Journalism from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

Career

Vinita writes bilingually in English and Hindi. She is the author of 31 Miles published by Rupa & Co. She has recently released her debut work of fiction, 31 Miles with Rupa & Co. The book was released by Nandana Sen in Jaipur Literature Festival, 2017. The book has been widely covered and reviewed by national and international media, senior journalists, and cinema personalities such as, writer and director Imtiaz Ali, Huffington Post, DD National, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Pioneer, The Statesman, The Tribune, The Asian Age, ITV New York ,The Millennium Post, The News Now, The Different Truths, Savvy, Urban Asian and many other big and small newspapers and magazines. She is part of the regular festival circuit and has been a panelist at Jaipur Literature Festival, World Book Fair, London Stardust Show and Delhi Literature Festival besides other prestigious forums. She is currently working on sequel of 31 Miles and will soon be publishing her debut Hindi novel, ‘Bindu ka Dayra’ on a women centric theme.

She is also the founder and director of Aambra Foundation, an organisation that takes up issues related to women empowerment. The organisation has conducted several national level seminars; and consumer awareness and skill development workshops in New Delhi, free of cost, towards the wider objective of women empowerment through information dissemination and skill development. The organisation has also been proactive in highlighting issues of contemporary relevance for the common Indian and also the, Government, bureaucracy, media and civil society.

Awards Vinita has recieved numerous presitigous awards both in her capacityfor her contribution to the field of women development. In July 2013, she received the Study World Education Confluence award which was given to her as director of National Institute of Jewellery in excellence category as Emerging Institute Of the year in Jewellery Design and Gemmology. Then in May 2014 and in March 2015, Lions Club and Toppers Education Society Delhi and the Rajasthan Accademy presented her awards for role in organising various skill development workshops in marginalized urban communites. Nari Magazine too honoured her for this in its Silver Jubilee Year in June 2015. Finally, Bharat Nirman, an extremely prestigious and veteran organization bestowed this award in India International Center on 19th March 2016 in recognition of her contribution in the field of sociology.

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