Assignment #5

Project Management

INDIAN ACHIEVERS

Kailash Satyarthi

Nita Ambani

Kailash Satyarthi Born 11 January 1954, is an Indian children’s rights activist

and a global frontrunner face against child labour.

He founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (lit. Save the

Childhood Movement) in 1980 and has acted to protect the

rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries.

It st largely because of Satyarthi’s work and activism that

the International Labour Organization adopted Convention

No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour, which is now

a principal guideline for governments around the world.

His work is recognized through various national and

international honours and awards including Nobel Peace

Prize of 2014, which he jointly shared with Malala

Yousafzai.

works In 1980, he gave up his career as a teacher and

became

secretary general for the Bonded Labor Liberation Front;

He also founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Mission)

That year, He has also been involved with the Global March Against Child Labor and its international advocacy body, the International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE), which are worldwide coalitions of NGOs, teachers and trades unionists.

He has also served as the President of the Global Campaign for Education, from its inception in 1999 to 2011, having been one of its four founders alongside ActionAid, Oxfam and Education International.

works

He has argued that it perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth, and other social problems, and his claims have been supported by several studies.

He has also had a role in linking the movement against child labour with efforts for achieving “Education for All”.

He has been a member of a UNESCO body established to examine this and has been on the board of the Fast Track Initiative (now known as the Global Partnership for Education).

Awards and honours Satyarthi has been the subject of a number of

documentaries, television series, talk shows, advocacy and awareness films.

Satyarthi has been awarded the following national and international honours:

2014: Nobel Peace Prize

2009: Defenders of Democracy Award (US)

2008: Alfonso Comin International Award (Spain)

2007: Gold medal of the Italian Senate (2007)

2007: recognized in the list of “Heroes Acting to End Modern Day Slavery” by the US State Department

2006: Freedom Award (US)

2002: Wallenberg Medal, awarded by the University of Michigan

1999: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Award (Germany)

1998: Golden Flag Award (Netherlands)

1995: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (US)

1995: The Trumpeter Award (US)

1994: The Aachener International Peace Award (Germany)

1993: Elected Ashoka Fellow (US)

Nita Ambani

Indian Female Achiever

Nita Ambani – Life

Was born on 1st Nov, 1963.

Grew up in the suburbs of Mumbai and hails from a

middle class family.

Holds qualifications as a teacher and an interior

designer.

Is a Commerce Graduate from Narsee Monjee College

of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai university.

Has a keen interest in Indian classical dance

Is married to Reliance Industries Owner Mukesh

Ambani.

Is a proud mother of a lovely daughter Isha, and two

Nita Ambani - Career

Is the chairperson of Dhirubhai Ambani

International School.

Heads the Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation

which is a non-profit organization

primarily devoted towards the promotion

of education and health care services for

the needy and under privileged in India.

Co-owns the IPL team Mumbai Indians.

Nita Ambani – Social Work

Works tirelessly in order to raise the

living standards of the underprivileged

and needy as part of the Dhirubhai

Ambani Foundation.

Has taken upon the task of providing for

a fair share of representation to the

physically challenged in call centers and

associated facilities in the Dhirubhai

Ambani Knowledge City.

Has supervised the development of

villages around the Reliance projects

personally.

Is part of Reliance Industries and

UNAIDS partnership which is aimed

towards halting and reversing the HIV

Nita Ambani - Achievements

Has received Samaj Seva Vishwa

Bhushan at the Bharat Nari Shakti

award

Award function was held on the

International Women’s Day in 2005.

She was awarded for her leadership

qualities, selfless service and

innovative ideas, particularly in health

care and education.

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