Gargi Gupta

Gargi Gupta
Gargi Gupta Awardee of Nari Shakti Puraskar on 8th march 2018 at Rastrapati Bhavan
Born Gargi
(1961-07-19) 19 July 1961
Kolkata, West Bengal
Nationality Indian
Occupation Social Worker
Years active 1992-present
Known for Founder of Voice Of World (NGO)[1]
Parent(s) Prabir Gupta (father)[2]
Pranati Gupta(mother)
Awards Nari Shakti Puraskar[3]

Gargi Gupta is the founder and secretary of Voice Of World (NGO), a multi-unit non-profit organization for visually impaired and differently-abled and orphaned children[1] in Eastern India, headquartered in Kolkata, India. She had started her work with six children in her father's rented house in North Kolkata and now the number of inmates increased to 300.[4] It is the only privately run facility of its kind.[2] Voice of World started its South Kolkata Centre in 1998 in another house of Prabir Gupta. Residential Kindergarten School, Braille Press[2] and Library are located here.

All differently abled inmates are either orphan or from under-privileged family. Along with their education for free of cost, students and teachers are getting exposure in various sports including mountaineering and trekking.[5] In 2018 she introduced coastal trek for specially abled inmates.[1] After completion of education of inmates, she and her NGO take care of rehabilitation of inmates specially visually challenged girls.[6][7]

Life

Born in West Bengal, India, Gupta finished her study at Kolkata and joined Indian Railways. The city's street children were her first introduction to the conditions of the poor after death of her parents.

In recognition of her services, Indian President Ramnath Kovind awarded Gupta with the Nari Shakti (women empowerment) award on 8 March 2018.

Major works

  • 1992 She founded ‘Voice of World’ NGO which works for visually impaired and differently-abled 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 challenged girl pursuing Higher Education[8]
  • Her NGO runs a Teachers training college where differently abled students get scholarship[8]

Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Walk by the sea, laughing all the way". Feb 23, 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "ইচ্ছেডানায় হাজার আলো জ্বালাচ্ছেন গার্গী". Apr 1, 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Nari Shakti Puraskar". TOI. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "নারীদিবসে বিরল সম্মান কলকাতার! আলো দেখালেন এই বাঙালি নারী". Mar 12, 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "পর্বতারোহন করছেন পশ্চিমবঙ্গের দৃষ্টিহীন শিক্ষার্থীরা". Feb 1, 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Made in heaven: Two love stories deeper than what meets the eyes". Mar 12, 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "দৃষ্টিহীন দুই বন্ধুর বিয়ে দেখল কলকাতা". Mar 12, 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ministry of Women and Child Development Nari Shakti Awardees 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  9. ↑ "Infographic: Nari Shakti Puraskar - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Maharashtra's Sindhutai Sapkal, Urmila Apte to be honoured with Naari Shakti 2017 awards". Mar 7, 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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