Pranavendra Narayan Shukla, also known as Pranav Shukla hails from Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh the headquarters of East Siang District. On 24^th December 1975, he was born to a successful professor and political activist Dr. Surya Pal Shukla. Pranav received top-notch education and later went forward in the direction of Fashion Designing owing to his creative inclinations. Choosing to study Fashion was Pranav’s independent decision and he got little support from his family. Regardless, he went ahead with conviction and completed his graduation, and later pursued an MBA in Marketing from the Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies. Upon successful completion of his education, Pranav entered the corporate world and gained over two decades of experience.

However, a turning point came into his life while he was pursuing a degree in Fashion Designing. On a winter evening, while coming back from college, Pranav reached Okhla station to board a train when an old man dressed shabbily caught Pranav’s attention. Seeing the old man shiver in the cold weather while sitting in one corner of the platform appalled Pranav and led him to donate his jacket that he had fondly bought with his money. Protecting this man came naturally to Pranav and also ended up becoming a soul call for serving more and more people like that old man.

Pranav’s passion for social service began when he was 19 and has continued strong ever since then. He has been serving the needy in the cities of Faridabad, Haryana, and Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh since 1996. On 14^th August 1996, he started an old age home for senior citizens who did not get to stay with their families or were destitute. At present, over 44 old people from different states stay in this old age home. He makes special efforts to make sure that all the inmates are served with the utmost care, commitment and concern so that they feel at home. The old age home has special medical facilities such as mobile health care systems, ambulances, and also a provision of well-balanced meals that are free of cost. Pranav performed the duty of being the son of around 211 inmates of old age home by performing their “Antim Sanskar” (last rites). This ritual is either done by children or close relatives of the deceased. Even though Pranav was not related to them, he performed the duties of a son with love and respect.

Pranav also started a Godham (Dairy Farm) in 2009 by introducing 2 cows while bathing, milking, and cleaning them personally every day. At present, the Anadi Godham has over 177 Indian Gir breed cows. Adding to a diverse range of community service to his name, Pranav had also started organic farming in 10 acres of land near Faridabad. The primary objective behind this is to produce chemical-free healthy food, sustain the ecological conditions, improve the quality of by-products, and conserve genetic diversity.

Pranav chose a different path in life from a very young age. While other young men of his age were busy doing all that the society expects from them, Pranav went ahead on the Road Not Taken by serving the community. He also formed Anadi Seva Prakalp with the primary objective to organize, develop and empower the rural people. This is an initiative to enable rural people to improve their position in society. The people who personally know Pranav, consider him as a godsent messiah who works tremendously hard for empowering society. His generosity and kindness have helped several needy people until now. Pranav lives his life by the mantra, “Hamesha apne dil ki suno aur wohi karo aapko theek lage” which translates to “Always listen to your heart and do things that you think are right.”

It is because of Pranav’s relentless and dedicated service to the development of our community that he has been acknowledged with well-deserved awards multiple times. His work for the needy countrymen has been appreciated since 1996 when he was awarded the Best Youth for Social Excellence in 1996. He was awarded as the Youngest Shravan Kumar Upadhi in Faridabad by Sanskriti Bachao Samiti in 2010 and as Faridabad Gaurav Sharma in 2011. In addition, Pranav was a proud recipient of the Neelkanth award in 2018.

The Brand Story acknowledges the excellent contribution made by Pranavendra Narayan Shukla in empowering people to lead a better life by launching various social upliftment ventures. Mr. Abhay Kaushik, Editor in Chief and Director, The Brand Story said, “Pranav Shukla has been relentless in his pursuit to help people from all walks of life lead an improved life. His contribution has been monumental in helping the needy, destitute, and lonely people see hope and positivity in life. The Brand Story is honored to award Pranavendra Narayan Shukla as the Leader of Hope.”

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Born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Rakhi Sharma believes that ‘struggle’ is just a pseudo, misleading word given by society. It is a scuffle with the stereotypes and mentality of society. If one is audacious enough to stand for themselves even if it seems like the limit is over, then you will succeed in your desired goal.

Now living in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Rakhi was always a mediocre student and shy by nature. After years now, when she steps on stage, she feels like she owns it and gathers all the confidence. She started to dance at the age of 16 and had a hobby of swimming and a gymnasium. She decided at an early age that her desires lie in modeling and continued her career in the same.

Rakhi started modeling while she was pursuing her under-graduation and she did her first-ever theatre in her college time. She has appeared in several Theatre, modeling shows, music videos, advertisements.

In her own words, “I never thought of doing anything else and was always focused on what I like, without bothering about consequences and this boldness helped me overcome all the hurdles that came in my way”. When Rakhi Sharma says she is a model by profession people have always asked her that what else she do for her living, mentioning this she says this is a big miss-concept of society that modeling cannot be a career and she has always focused to prove people wrong on this, she wants to set an example and want to spread a message among all the potential and future models that they should not hold themselves back thinking that modeling cannot support their everyday expenses.

She has always dreamt about how she can just remove the taboo from the roots of society that modeling and acting cannot prove to be a good career option and only people with a source can reach a height. She has always motivated people with her own life experience as to how she reached so far and there is no ending in the success this field could provide. She has always been vocal about what she wants and worked to achieve it without holding herself back. She says always staying focused and self-motivated could help you stay concentrated on your path.

Rakhi is currently working on her two new projects in an acting career as the lead in OTT web-series, one of which is based on how society holds back girls from doing work in several sectors, that series highlights how our society still doesn’t accept girls doing modeling there is a taboo established that this could not be a profession and only people having sources or god-fathers in this sector could succeed. And the other one is about Modern dating concepts, with her co-actor Amit Verma.

She wants to eradicate all sorts of taboos and wants to make it easy for youth to consider this path, she has worked very hard to achieve where she stands now and she celebrated every small-big success she got and has even worked with Rajeev Verma in theatre as the lead. She always appreciates every small-big work she did and believes that doing what you like in life makes us happy, and happiness is what makes our life successful and great.

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Kaushal Reddy Ottem is a 17-year-old Indian-born Australian Student. He has achieved a rare feat in Australia as the child genius completed his postgraduate qualification at RMIT in Business Administration at 17. When most kids his age are completing their final year at school, Kaushal Ottem has emerged in science and technology.

He has authored several books on digital transformations, innovations and business models, research publications, and several inventions.

Kaushal Ottem stated creating technologies at the age of ‘9’, programming on iPad gifted by his parents, and swiftly moved into the world of Apple products and XCode programming at the age of 10.

With his tremendous technology and innovations knowledge, Kaushal Reddy has won the design awards of 2020 in creating an efficient PC using recycled materials.

One of the youngest recipients to complete an Internet of Things program at Stanford University and an Entrepreneurship and Innovations Program at Harvard Business Extension School. He adds, “the

experience from these universities have shaped me into a whole new mature person in the science and technology field.”

Born in Hyderabad (United Andhra Pradesh), he wanted something different in life and something that is not yet done.

Migrated to Australia with his parents at a young age, he has stepped into entrepreneurship with 3D Printing Materials Design and Machine Learning. The 17-year-old has reached the crescendo of success with his superior technology and innovations intellectual thinking and works.

He first found success at the age of 10 by developing a 3D design and printed Kangaroo model to display in a school carnival; it was appreciated by the local leaders.

This pushed him to think beyond and work for a consulting agency to develop arms and limbs for younger kids suffering to afford prosthetics. This young technologist worked on materials design research to support the idea and establish affordable prosthetic (hands).

Kaushal Ottem wants to foray into the world of academics, research, and theories to help more comprehensive people with models and policies that can ease public pain points and investigate a social corporative sector.

He is currently admitted into the final semester of his Masters, concentrating on Innovations and Design Thinking.

Now, as he says, “I will not be in the right position to describe the feeling, but surely the hard work of 9 years and struggle, risks taken at a young age that has put me in the spot. I will be more comfortable to talk about things five years down the line to describe the advantages of finishing my degree earlier. Technology has provided me with great scope to utilize in a productive way that can enhanced and help make other people’s life.”

We wish him all the best in the journey!

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Vandankumar Bhadani who comes from Surat is a 26-year-old entrepreneur. He completed his education in Bachelors of computer application and also Postgraduate diploma in Journalism and is now a Journalist who is helping to fight against Propaganda and fake news by his Start-up Trishul News.

The path as a Journalist has been very extensive for Vandankumar Bhadani. There has been a lot of dynamicity in his career overtime to get him to this point and start his News Agency – Trishul News.

The youngsters of Vandankumar Bhadani ‘s age are busy enjoying parties; he is living by his dreams for bright coming days for himself and the nation. Today, Vandankumar Bhadani is a leading name in Media Industry and is often called as ‘Media King’.

At present, Trishul News has more than 9 million readers per month in 60 countries of the world including Gujarat and India. Talk about the social presence on Facebook, there are more than five lakh followers on the Facebook page.

The main objective of trishulnews.com is to deliver news that creates an impact on society rather than delivering content that does not add value to the viewers.

Vandankumar Bhadani- the owner of trishulnews.com generated revenue of 30000 $ and has set an example of using social media platforms in a vigorous way to spread positive news and make the audience aware of fake news.
With an increase in digital news consumption, it has become increasingly important to remove the fake news and negativity surrounding it and Trishul News has contributed to doing the same.

Mr. Bhadani is very much conscious about his health and fitness so he regularly does gymming to stay fit and keeps his body in shape.

Truly Vandankumar Bhadani is a source of inspiration for the youth of our nation who want to pursue their career in the desired field. The way he is hustling his day and night for his dreams to fight against Propaganda and fake news by his Startup Trishul News is something idol for all youngsters world-wide.

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Struggles come along in everyone’s life. But how you cope up with them and gain your high is what makes you stand out. The ‘Inspiration Preneur’ Renu Paswan, caught the hold of her life’s goat and kept it on the way during every storm of her life. An author, life coach, speaker, influencer, social worker, and a politically active entity, Renu Paswan has been an inspiration to many because of her strong will and hard work.

Hailing from a small town in Bihar, Renu was brought up in a family with limited means and reserved background. Being the eldest in the family, she has always taken up the responsibilities of her household. Despite facing a majority of ups and downs in life, she never left her ground and emerged as a very strong face. Her vivid writings inspire everyone with their powerful and encouraging statements.

Understanding the suffering of her community, she decided to do something about it. She started to be vocal about the issues that people and especially women were facing. Initially, she faced a lot of backlashes. There was a major part of the village that wasn’t in support and some even probed for her marriage. It was difficult and tiring, but Renu never let anyone take control of her life. She continued her studies and moved to Bengaluru to pursue her career. Her constant efforts made her grab the opportunity of the management professional at Infosys

Despite all the challenges she faced, Renu’s enthusiasm always remained intact. “It is all about the realization,” she says. “I accepted that my life is not a smooth ride. But instead of cribbing about it, I decided to make a difference and spread a powerful message to others as well.” Her life story came out to be so inspiring and popular that she was also invited to speak at the center in Bangalore, Pune, London, as well as in a TEDx event.

Renu Paswan is the author of the renowned book ‘Live to Inspire’ which came out in May 2018, which then expanded to establish the “Live to Inspire Foundation”. Under this name, Renu has conducted many seminars for educational institutions such as India Today Institute for Journalism, All India SCST Federation, and various other NGOs and Corporates. Renu Paswan also gave back to her native village. Eleven female members from around her place were chosen from each block and amenities are provided to them so they can start their businesses.

For her efforts, Renu received the Indian Achievers Award, titled ‘India’s First Inspiration Preneur’ in 2019, and was also invited to speak on gender equality at the Women Economic Forum in November 2019. She is part of “United Nations – Woman Forum which is taking her to the roads of Paris. Featured in various news, media sites, TV, Renu Paswan has received recognition from various Bollywood personalities like Ashmit Patel and Sayantani Ghosh for her work.

Renu is also called an Influencer as motivates the world through her powerful messages. She strongly believes, “Even if you do a small thing, it is enough to change someone else’s mind. It is enough to motivate and change them.” ‘Don’t look out for other examples, Be One’, is the motto she follows in life.

We appreciate the spirit of this Daughter of India who is a changemaker and an impelling power in the life of many. Wishing her a Happy and very Powerful Women’s Day.

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Learn preventive measures and practical strategies to navigate everyday life with ease

Economic and technological advancements notwithstanding, India’s place in the world will be determined by how safe women are in this country. A woman should never limit herself to the safe confines of her home simply because she doesn’t have safe and empowering public spaces. Women often give up exciting opportunities for fear of unsafe working environments. In such a scenario, the best gift a woman can receive is to be equipped with the knowledge and skills that will boost her confidence. ASTM’s Women Safety Training program provides women from all walks of life, corporate or otherwise, with the knowledge needed to protect themselves in unsafe scenarios.

This Women Safety Training course is conducted by ASTM Academy, a security training institute that has been training security professionals for over a decade.The online course seeks to transform today’s woman with psychological awareness, self-defense techniques and awareness of how the law can protect her. On the occasion of Women’s Day, ASTM Academy is offering this course at a very affordable cost investment to help women leave conquer their fear and stride independently towards the life they choose.

This practical course will give women the resources to keep safe in public places, workplaces  and private arenas. A safe, stress free workplace brings out the best in individuals and also attracts the best talents in the industry. What better way to  ensure that all women employees are in an atmosphere where ‘the mind is without fear and the head is held high’!

Women empowerment is not just about protection, it’s also about giving women the means to get justice for any trespasses that may occur in their lives. Backed by years of experience in training, ASTM Academy deals with women’s Safety from all possible perspectives. This course equips the participants with easily accessible knowhow on technological, legal, social and governmental support. A woman who is well informed is also well armed to navigate into a world which may spring surprises on her unsuspecting self.

About ASTM Academy

ASTM Academy is an advanced learning institute that offers vocational training to students and innovative upskilling programs to working professionals for corporates. It is India’s first online education platform for students and professionals in the security domain. Aimed at keeping up with industry demand, the ASTM Academy team has launched courses that will upgrade the skill set of safety & security professionals and corporate employees so that they are always ready to face the rapidly evolving security needs of the world. It’s one of the leading security training institutes in India, and its corporate clients include companies in the Hospitality, BSFI, Healthcare, Manufacturing Industries, IT/ITES sectors.
Visit our website here https://astmacademy.com/

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Advocate Sumayya calls on civil society to focus more on family counselling, parenting, premarital education and women empowerment

Advocate Sumayya Najeeb managed to bring a change in the society with her initiatives focusing on women empowerment and family counselling. Her efforts have brought in scores of people to attend lessons on parenting and marital education in the society. Urging people to focus on these matters, Sumayya envisions to enhance the women’s quality of living in every community. 

Born and brought up in Ahmedabad and Kerala, Sumayya has gained a varied form of experience via travelling and traversing through issues of society that had inspired the ‘activist’ in her. Her husband Mr KM Najeeb has been a big support to back her in all such social interventions. Owing her confidence and aptitude of social awareness to her parents Jamal and Fasil Jamal, Sumayya often mentions how her upbringing paid a major role in inspiring her to do what she is doing now.

It was during the days of her education that she evolved into a social entrepreneur. Completing her law from Sri Krishna college in Karnataka, Sumayya enrolled herself as an advocate in 2019. Now, she is working under Adv Sukul Qadar of Kollam Bar association. 

Najeeb has won a lot of laurels from regional media for conducting law awareness sessions for women and also adolescent training which focuses on value education for future generations. It is her special initiative that she inculcates legal values and ethics in youngsters. In addition to it, she ensures that sessions are held across schools and colleges to spread awareness for the same. 

While talking about the prominence of equality in the society, advocate Sumayya Najeeb says, “The two most important aspects women and the society need to take care is proper marital education and sessions on parenting”. Her social entrepreneurship group provides such sessions free of cost to marginalised sections and backward communities in the state of Kerala. 

The women group led by Sumayya regularly visits old age homes, female jails and facilitates education and awareness sessions. Being a part of various charity initiatives heralds her core belief lies in, “A lady has to empower herself and also remember that she is not an island. Her true empowerment comes with family and an active social life. The path for this is through education, employment and engaging deeply with family and society”. 

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An actor, singer and music composer, Raaj Sharma has it all to make it big in the Bollywood Industry.
 
Born and brought up in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, Raaj Sharma is a professional singer who is going to release his first song, Chahato Ke Baarish. A talented, versatile and hard-working man, he has completed his 5 years of music training from Prayag Sangeet Samiti,

which is a prestigious music school located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. His style of singing and music composition is based on classical vocals and very soothing. It is similar to that of Sonu Nigam and Kumar Sanu. He has also performed in a lot of live shows at the beginning of his career.
 
Produced by Sunshine Music For You, ‘Chahato Ke Barish’ is Raaj Sharma’s first debut song in Bollywood. The song is written, composed and sung by Raaj Sharma himself. The music video is shot in Manali, Himachal Pradesh and it took the production team 2 days for its completion.

It was filmed during snowfall and the audience will surely love the beautiful surroundings and scenery shown in the video. It is directed by Gurukhaab, a well-known personality, and the production head is Shubham Chaudhary.
 
Yashika Sondhi, who is a successful model and actress, has acted alongside Raaj Sharma in the music video. Both of them have put tremendous efforts into the making of this video.

Their hard work and dedication will not go unnoticed and the video will definitely be well received by the public and reviewers. Raaj Sharma is also planning to release more songs with the audience later this year. He is truly a singer full of talent in him and his future in the music industry is very bright.
 
The music arrangement is done by Shivam Chaurasia and song-making by Neo Classic Studio. The casting of the video is by Faiz Qureshi, Reddwings Production.
 
The post-production of the song has already started and the music video will be released with the song. The audience can listen to Raaj Sharma’s melodious voice soon.

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Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye and the eye through the mind. Being an artist means you have the power to bring your imaginations and dreams to life. Artist Priya Yabaluri has perfectly channeled her inner artist to prove the above-mentioned lines true.

 Founder of the brand ‘Art for Awareness’, Priya Yabaluri writes and publishes art magazines, books and also conducts art shows. Being from a science background, Priya got insights of the logical and illusional aspects of making a painting. She considers nature to be her prime source of inspiration which drives her to excel in her craft. To her, being an artist means that one needs to think differently and develop an eye and a perspective that would make your creation beautiful in its own way.

Having completed her (B.Sc.) from DAV College and later in Interior designing (PGDID), JNAFAU from Hyderabad, Priya had an inclination towards art since childhood but due to the low lying importance given by the society for those subjects, she couldn’t pursue her passions and settled for subjects in science.

But slowly her past passions began to follow her and she took a plunge to begin her journey as an artist in the early 90’s. To boost her knowledge and expertise, she also took guidance from established artists and started exhibiting in various art shows in India in the early 2000’s.

Today, over a span of 20 years, she has showcased her breathtaking art in over 40 group and solo Art shows in India and Abroad. She has also proved her mettle at various international destinations such as UK, Germany, Petersburg, Moscow, France, London, Paris, and Dubai and in various Indian cities as well. But the wanderer in her wishes to explore more geographically and learn more about art and culture globally.

Driving her passions towards a goal with her abilities to write, compose poetry and music, in the year 2015 she started her own brand called,’Art for Awareness’, a dream initiative under which she continued to put her imagination into beautiful musings by writing art magazines, Coffee Table books and conducting art shows.

To satiate the nature enthusiast in her, she recently released  a series “Preserve the Ocean”,  to create awareness of the need to preserve the ocean and to depict the importance of marine life to sustain life on earth.

Born out of the zeal to ‘make a difference’, her ventures and vision “Art For awareness” publishing and “World Art Fair’, has been winning hearts and are a path to a new artistic one-of-a-kind journey.

While talking about her prolific journey, she says “Initially I was sceptical to go about in these ventures but somehow I got the initial push, this little experience gave me the will and hope. Once you have that, then you can move mountains”.

Having prestigious awards under her belt, Priya has bagged an award by the India book of records 2021 for ‘Excellence in art’, another one in the league is the honour from “World Art Fair”, as ‘Best emerging Startup Entrepreneur’ by Global Triumph Foundation in the year 2021. She has also been awarded as the ‘Emerging Woman Entrepreneur for Promoting Art 2021’ by Business Mint Awards.

Her exceptionally performing venture,’ Art for Awareness’ is a brand created to promote art and artists on a global level. It foresees a vision to bring forward the contemporary artist’s vision as a reality. The braveheart has also collaborated with the United Nations UN75 to conduct awareness programs by organising Art Exhibitions to create Social, Ecological ,global issues and cultural awareness.

But like many stalwarts who have made their mark in the society, Priya also experienced high tides but she always had a firm belief in ‘When the going gets tough, the tough gets going”. Even after being a mother to two sons, Priya has exhibited great strength with discipline that has made her acquire reach manifold and achieve great success throughout her way.

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A modular kitchen with astute embellishments, appealing inherent sinks, and a wide scope of electronic machine brands, Ozo Kitchen strives to renovate the way traditional Indian kitchens are built. Manufacturing aesthetically pleasing and functional kitchens, they have established a mark on the industry.

Based out of Bangalore, Ozo Kitchen which is a subsidiary of Magnon India has been in the business of Modular Kitchen Manufacturing and Interior Designing for over 6 years. Mr. Radhakrishnan. RK, Founder & CEO of both Magnon and Ozo see a very bright future for both brands. Ozo Kitchen caters to Modular Kitchen affordability and Magnon is to create lifestyle Interiors and giving clients End-to-End Interior Solutions. 

He has the dream to make Ozo Kitchen a brand associated with Quality and Affordability and also make a change in how cooking is done in every household in India. He also gives emphasis on hygiene while cooking. 

With the Backing of Magnon Interiors who has successfully Delivered 1500 Kitchens in Bangalore with 99% customer satisfaction, Ozo Kitchen will be a successful brand in India. Mr.Bhagat JK, Who Heads the Production and Execution Team at Ozo Kitchen feels the model is absolutely unique and every single kitchen is individually planned and made with utmost precession. With our experience and a high degree of automation and Process, we should be able to Delivery our Kitchen in just 14 days, while we make it look easy, our technicians, designers, work with an impassioned quest for finding innovative solutions on daily basis, these knowledge has been patiently acquired and zealously maintained so that we continuously improve our systems and services to give our clients a delight whenever he visits us. 

Ms.Suma – Heads the Design for Ozo Kitchen, Quality made in India – Perceptible in every Ozo Kitchen. We follow the entire cycle from Concept-Design-Production- Installation, and Hand-over very strictly with the right kind of checks and audits, We follow all these processes stringently. 

Ozo Kitchen always attaches the most importance to the satisfaction of the customers. We have a bridle-wise professional after-sales service team to provide location-based service. Quick responses, the right solution, and efficient on-site disposal are our tenets. Our services team will help with all your after-sales service, we work closely with our vendor partner agents across all locations. 

Planning to open their branches in Cochin, Chennai, and Hyderabad in the coming years, they are known for their fast delivery of cost-effective and Reliable Products in the market. The modular kitchen business is in its nascent stage as of now and it’s growing every day. Ozo Kitchen plans to grab this opportunity and lead the way to triumph with its impeccable services. They see next big growth in the modular kitchen will come in Kitchen refurbishing.

They take full responsibility from the dismantling of the existing kitchen, remodeling the new plans, giving a variety of design options, to completing all the basic activities like plumbing, flooring, roofing, debris clearing, and civil work. Having said that, they make sure that all the work is carried out correctly with all necessary checklists and quality and giving clients commitment on the start and end date of any project that is taken on board. 

Ozo Kitchen, throughout the long term, has had the option to fabricate a brand an incentive for itself among its opposition. While endeavoring to convey kitchens in the guaranteed time, they never compromise on the client’s spending plan and quality. Their group of besuited installers, planners, and site administrators run various quality control tests before the final kitchen arrives at the doorstep.