Gargi Gupta Explained
| Gargi Gupta |
| Birth Name: | Gargi |
| Birth Date: | 1961 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Social worker |
| Years Active: | 1992–present |
| Known For: | Founder of Voice Of World (NGO)
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| Parents: | Prabir Gupta (father)
Pranati Gupta(mother) |
| Awards: | Nari Shakti Puraskar[1] |
Gargi Gupta is the founder and secretary of Voice Of World (NGO), a multi-unit non-profit organization for visually impaired, disabled, and orphaned children in Eastern India, headquartered in Kolkata, India.
Life
Gupta was born in West Bengal. She finished her schooling at Kolkata and joined the Indian Railways. The city's street children were her first introduction to the conditions of the poor after the death of her parents.Gupta started her work with six children in her father's rented house in North Kolkata. In 2018 the number of inmates was 300.[2] It is the only privately run facility of its kind.[3] Voice of World started its South Kolkata Centre in 1998 in another house of Prabir Gupta. Residential Kindergarten School, Braille Press[3] and the library is located there.
In recognition of her services, Indian President Ramnath Kovind awarded Gupta with the Nari Shakti (women empowerment) award on 8 March 2018.
The charity
Voice Of World's inmates are orphan or from under-privileged families. Along with their free education they experience various sports including mountaineering and trekking.[4] In 2018 she introduced coastal trek for disabled inmates.[5] After completion of education of inmates, she and her NGO take care of rehabilitation of inmates, especially visually disabled girls.[6] [7]
Major works
- 1992 She founded 'Voice of World' NGO which works for visually impaired and disabled orphaned children in Eastern India.[8]
- 1997 Started residential facility for 300 residential and 3000 non residential beneficiaries.[8]
- 2001 developed transliteration software to transfer Bengali word documents in to Braille.[8]
- Set up a home in Rishra for visually disabled women pursuing Higher Education[8]
- Her NGO runs a Teachers training college where disabled students get scholarship[8]
Awards and honours
External links
Notes and References
- News: Nari Shakti Puraskar. TOI. 11 March 2018.
- News: নারীদিবসে বিরল সম্মান কলকাতার! আলো দেখালেন এই বাঙালি নারী. 12 March 2018. 12 March 2018.
- News: ইচ্ছেডানায় হাজার আলো জ্বালাচ্ছেন গার্গী. 12 March 2018. 1 April 2013.
- News: পর্বতারোহন করছেন পশ্চিমবঙ্গের দৃষ্টিহীন শিক্ষার্থীরা. 12 March 2018. 1 February 2015.
- News: Walk by the sea, laughing all the way. Dipawali. Mitra. 12 November 2018. 23 February 2018.
- News: Made in heaven: Two love stories deeper than what meets the eyes - Times of India. The Times of India. 12 March 2018 . 2019-04-20.
- News: দৃষ্টিহীন দুই বন্ধুর বিয়ে দেখল কলকাতা. 12 March 2018. 12 March 2018. 13 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181113165712/https://www.aajkaal.in/news/kolkata/two-blind-friend-got-married-in-same-place-5o0n. dead.
- Web site: Ministry of Women and Child Development Nari Shakti Awardees 2017. 2018-03-12. 12 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180312205201/http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/Nari%20Shakti%20Awardees%202017-Profiles.pdf. dead.
- News: Infographic: Nari Shakti Puraskar - Times of India. The Times of India. 7 March 2018 . 2018-03-11.
- News: Maharashtra's Sindhutai Sapkal, Urmila Apte to be honoured with Naari Shakti 2017 awards. 12 March 2018. 7 March 2018.
