This video first appeared on our Facebook page on October 23rd, as part of the HundrED WEBday series.
Who is Urmi Chakravorty?
Prof Urmi Chakravorty, A Vidharbha Bhushan Awardee, Educationalist, Creative social activist, from Bangalore Karnataka. Recently got the award from Women Economic Forum for iconic women creating a better world for all. She is a soft skills trainer for the past 7 years helping engineering and MBA students hone their soft skills and Campus recruitment training. Recently represented her country at the Asian Leadership summit as a guest speaker in Singapore, She also presented at Edmodocon 2018 this year in San Francisco, USA. She is also involved in conducting personality development workshops leveraging various creative activities. She has completed her BA English Honors from Pune University and Masters from Nagpur University specializing in Mass Communications. She is also a regular in the Education columns on the local print media. Her work has been covered by multiple renowned digital and online print media portals globally.
She attended the Women Economic forum recently as the keynote speaker. She was also the Guest Speaker at AISEC’s Coca Cola Youth Speak forum & Climbers Lit Up fest recently. She was the Guest-of-Honour at the Indian International Model United Nations (IIMUN) held in Pune. She is also a HundrED Ambassador from India. Along with numerous activities undertaken by her professionally and socially she, also volunteers as a counselor for multiple NGO’s working with kids with disabilities, kids and women and girls rescued from unsafe environments, and also is the founder of Nagpur Circle of Moms, Social group working for the upliftment of house helps and women belonging to the lower sections helping them find their inner creativity and becoming independent. You will always find her ready to help anyone in need irrespective of who they are or where they come from. She is also a stage artist. She has acted in multiple stageplays in English, Hindi & Bengali and has received many accolades for the same.
For the FB live, Urmi was joined by Professor JP Tiwari, Assistant Professor ( Marketing), Krupanidhi Group Of Institutions
JP Tiwari completed his B.Sc., from St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore and his MBA from Pune University. He has 10 years of corporate experience in sales and marketing and has worked with leading companies such as BPL Sanyo, Arvind Mills and Xerox Inc. He also has extensive experience as a consultant and an academician for more than 18 years. He is a business consultant in various domains like restaurants and hospitality industry, plumbing and sanitary wares. He is a trained and certified TA Practitioner.
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