Qualification : B.A. Hon.

Profession : Social Worker doing volunteer work with All India Women’s Conference at Mumbai.

ASSOCIATION WITH ALL INDIA WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

A) As a member and office bearer of the Santacruz Constituent Branch of AIWC, Mumbai My association with the AIWC dates back to 1980, by undertaking volunteer work in the activities in the Santacruz branch. I held the position of the president (1990-1992), Trustee (1994- up to this date) and the member of the advisory board of the Santacruz Constituent Branch from 1994 up to this date.

During these years we have completed major projects at the Branch viz.

1. Acquiring a plot of land from the Mumbai Municipal Corporation to construct a building for conducting the activities of the Branch.
2. Constructing a one storey building on the acquired land through public donations.
3. Conducting a Balwadi, Craft Classes and various other activities for the welfare of women and children.
4. Medical, Homeopathic, Physiotherapy Centre We have started first OPD Centre in India for past care of spinal card injury patients. This is collaboration with Nina Foundation. Mrs. Nivedita totally attached with this project.

Mrs. Nivedita worked as the General Secretary of our Main Mumbai Branch Central Committee from 1992 to 1997.

Mrs. Nivedita worked as the Vice President of the Mumbai Branch Central Committee from 2002 to 2004.

Mrs. Nivedita was also Vice President of AIWC Delhi for one year 2011-2012. My association with ‘Shraddha’ the street children project conducted by Mumbai Br. Central Committee is since the inception 1996 up to this date ‘Shraddha’ is a daycare centre for the age group of 6-15 years old Street Children. The main object of the project is to mould Street Children in to responsible citizens and good human beings.

‘Shraddha’ takes care of their physical, socio-cultural, emotional and psychological needs and helps to bring them in the main stream of the society. We give them vocational training and compulsory school education. For this project I was selected as a representative to attend world conference for special children held at UNO at in Newyork in 2002 May.

Mrs. Nivedita is also holding the past of vice chair person of Kesarbhai Bhimani working women’s Hostel at Juhu 12th N.S. Road. It is one of the four major projects of Mumbai Br. AIWC. The Hostel was established in 1970 to provide safe and comfortable accommodation to working women who come to Mumbai from various parts of India.