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Poets

Mrs Anjula Singh Bhadauria

Mrs Anjula Singh Bhadauria is an Internationally acclaimed and awarded Poet. In addition of being a featured in British Council Magazine as Educationist she is an E-commerce Technocrat, Pranic Healer, Numerologist, Vaastu & Feng Shui Expert too. She is the Founder President of Bilingual World Record holding International Literary and Cultural Group “EWA Zindagi” with presence in more than 10 countries. She has authored 8 educational reference books for M.A. and M.Ed Ignou students & Co-authored 11 anthologies. She is the recipient of many National and International Awards as an Educationist, Writer and Artist.

Mrs Monika Yadav

Mrs Monika Yadav, better known as Mahi Rao in the poetry world  is a poetess by profession. She has her own YouTube channel as “Mahi Rao Poetry” and have been performing consistently in kavi sammelans and mushairas. Her first book “Andaz e Mahi” has been launched this year in June, which is a collection of various forms of poetry like muktak, geet, ghazals and kavita.. She has also performed on TV on DD Urdu in the program “kavi hazir hai” and recited her poetry on national radio as well.

Mrs Hema Kesar

Mrs Hema Kesar Mehar, is from Uttarakhand. She has completed her BA and has a keen interest in dancing, cooking and writing. She has a passion for writing poems. Her mother was the inspiration behind her first peom ‘Ma’. She has been awarded numerous times for her poetry.

Mrs Ashwini R Sane

Mrs Ashwini R Sane is a writer of science fiction fantasy books with a dash of mythology. She is a professional ‘Mom’ who can tell a good story. She has a MA Sociology and is a double graduate in International Hospitality and Tourism from Austria. Having travelled with her father in Diplomatic Corps of India she has studied in different schools around the world. She was a visiting faculty in management courses for post graduate students in India.

Mrs Anju Singh

Mrs Anju Singh always had a keen interest in literature and poetry. Her educational qualification include MA & B Ed. She has continuously been active in the field of education for over 16 years . She is presently the principal of APPS Dehu road. She has recently been awarded  with the AWWA award of Appreciation.  

Mrs Alison Braganza

Mrs Alison Braganza is an engineer by qualification, lecturer by profession and homebaker by choice. She has a home based baking enterprise that goes by the name “The Better Batter Bakers“. An artist at the core who turns every creative endeavour into a work of art. Alison aspires to be a poet. Her poetry aims to articulate and own up her inner conflicts with a purpose to heal and evolve.

Mrs Anupama Jha

Mrs Anupama Jha is a passionate poet with many awards and creations to her name. Apart from writing and reading she loves cooking, baking and travelling. She has been felicitated with AWWA award of excellence at Eastern command. Her first book, which is a collection of poetries is called Anunaad. Her poems have been published in more than fifteen anthologies which includes Hindi, Maithili and English poems .Her poems keep publishing in famous magazines and web portals like Hindinama, Poshampaa, Amar Ujala etc. She has written poems for JAK Regimental Magazines, and AWWA magazines too. Nowadays she takes active participation in the literary stage of Kolkata.

Mrs Vartika Sharma

Mrs Vartika Sharma Lekhak is a published author who enjoys writing on social issues, travel tales and short stories. She is an alumnus of JNU. She is also associated as a Social Worker with the Saheli Karyakarta Sangh, a registered NGO headquartered at Budhwar Peth, Pune working for the empowerment of Sex Worker community. Her writings can be found on various print and web media like The Hindu, Kitaab.Org, Feminism in India and Women’s Web. She is author of the book -Bra Strap, and contributing author of When Women Speak Up, The Take Off, and A Human Voice. Her Writing has won  many awards including the Orange Flower-2023 in the category of Writing with Social Impact.

Maj Rama Sharma

Major Rama Sharma,  commissioned in 2012, Presently posted to Jaipur. At avery early age she found her love for poetry writing.  She represented Maharashtra state at a National level poetry competition and bagged first prize for the same and also  bagged viewers choice award for a pan India poetry contest in June 2023. Maj Rama recently received ‘Young women achievers award’ at jaipur for her contribution in the field of poetry. Her work is published in various anthologies and magazines. 

Dr Krishnalata Singh

Mrs Krishnalata Singh has done her MA and PHD from lucknow university, she has 28 years of teaching experience. Her article , stories and  poems have been published in various literary magazines and newspapers. She has published six books so far and two are under publication. She has worked for the development of Hindi Language at a Global level while participating in various events in Mauritius, Paris, Switzerland, Singapore and Malaysia. She has been awarded “हिन्दी  गौरव सम्मान ” and  “महादेवी सम्मान ” 

Capt Meeta Joshi (Retd)

Capt Meeta Joshi is an Ex army officer who after a stint of five years plus in the Indian Army did her MBA  and worked in Corporate and banking sector. She is a writer by Choice and passion who takes her inspiration from myriad experience and imagination

Mrs Mamta Pandit

Mrs Mamta Pandit is a M.Sc Degree holder in computer science. She was awarded with AWWA excellence award in 2018 . Her hobbies are reading and writing. She is  associated  as a co-editor with the hindi magazine Mahi Sandesh, published from Jaipur. She has a keen interest in poetry-writing and her works have been published and popularized in magazines as well as on many websites. Her first poetry collection; Chabiyan Umeedon ki; (चाबियां उम्मीदों की) will be published by the end of this year. 

Mrs Nitya Shukla

Mrs Nitya Shukla is a hindi writer, translator, poetess, co-author, editor and a radio show host. She is a gold medallist in MSC Bio Chemistry. She has been felicitated with the AWWA award of excellence at Central Command . She has been bestowed with the honor of being one of the 51 most influential women of Rajasthan 2021, her numerous awards include winner of national poetry competition by the poetry society, Indra Ghandi National youth NSS award. She also presented a weakly solo show based on hindi literature from a radio station of Chicago. 

Mrs Nuzhat Khan

Mrs Nuzhat Khan is a writer, poet, and a songwriter. Her first book is a Young-Adult Romantic Fiction- Bird in the Open Cage. She is fond of writing Shayaris and Poems and actively posts them on her social media handles. Her shayari- ‘Doorie’, has been turned into a beautiful song

Mrs Modhumita Goswami

Mrs Modhumita Goswami is an Educator, Writer and a Poetess. She has authored many short stories and poems that have been published regularly in newspapers, magazines, anthologies and AWWA Journal, AVANI. An alumnus of St. Xavier’s College and Jadavpur University, Kolkata, she is a Master’s degree holder in Business Administration (HR) and Mass Communication. She has been nominated for “the Best Communicator Award” by The Telegraph, for her teaching and communication skills. A staunch supporter of true welfare activities and AWWA initiatives, she has expertly managed her responsibilities as an Army wife, and a mother and lived her dreams as an educator and an author

Mrs Prachi Joshi Johar

Mrs Prachi Joshi Johar is a language specialist who has multi-purposed her skills to various advantages. In a career spanning over 20 years, she has worked as a feature writer, radio announcer, journalist, senior copywriter, instructional designer, PR manager, editorial team lead and test prep trainer. She has also authored 8 board games, published by Scholastic India and Frank Educational Aids and has 5 Critical thinking books to her credit. She is currently the Academic and Communication Head of Words Worth English Language System. She is also a consultant with College Counseling Coach, a study abroad ed-tech enterprise as their Communications and Marketing head. She is a poet and  regularly posts her verses on her social media page called Verse Case Scenario. 

Mrs Anjali Patwardhan

After completing graduation in Commerce from Rajasthan University, Mrs Anjali Patwardhan pursued a diploma in travel and tourism. Worked in the tourism industry for a couple of years and moved towards her calling of working with small children for which she did her NTT and a PG Diploma in Pre-Primary Teacher’s Training from Symbiosis Pune. Pre Covid, she volunteered with Special Needs children at Asha Kiran in Pune. Presently she is pursuing a Diploma in School Counselling from Symbiosis.

 

Mrs Shruti Sharma

Born and brought up in the city of dreams- Mumbai, Mrs Shruti Sharma wears multiple hats both in professional and personal realms. Shruti is a diploma holder in commercial arts and has been working as an advertising professional since last 23 years.  Shruti has recently founded Imlliadrakee – The Creative Shop under which she writes songs, jingles, poetry and scripts for Cinema, Television and Advertising industry. In her exciting stint of two decades, she has worked on brands like Cadbury, Fevicol, Pidilite, Castrol, Mentos, Centuary Mattress, Bajaj electricals, Asian Paints, Adani Realty, Richard Gere Foundation etc. She has also won a number of international awards for her work.  

Mrs Aneeta Sharma

Mrs Aneeta Sharma has her roots in Himachal Pradesh and hails from a family steeped in military traditions. She is an educator by profession with 28 years of teaching experience and is passionate about travelling.  She has published two books in 2022. Apart from this, she has contributed to International & National poetry anthologies. Her work has also been published by Kitaab International, Indian Periodicals, Visual Verse (Berlin) and Setu (USA) on their platforms. Her blogs appear under Random Musings@ TOI. She is currently a member of the Council for Global Education, Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI) and works with an NGO  for destitute children in NOIDA. 

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