Riddhi Bhutani, 21 years of age from the city, becomes the youngest to receive the Global Women’s Inspiration Award at the GWIA Awards and Conclave of 2021 held on March 8 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Riddhi, not limiting herself to just studies, has excelled in almost every other sphere of life too. At the tender age of 17, she started her own NGO, ‘BeKind’, and started to work for the betterment of the underprivileged sections of society. A final year student of MIT World Peace University, Pune, she is also an avid reader and a motivational speaker.
She has also secured over 50 awards in National and International debate competitions, and has been the youngest founder on the Panel Discussion at the World Peace Parliament of 2018, and has also recently been a delegate for the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations 2021. With her enlivening work through her NGO, she has touched the lives of several people and aided in the upliftment of numerous families. Currently preparing for her final semester, she has also been placed as an Analyst in KPMG, a multinational firm and one of the Big Four.
“There are several women out there, doing so much more than I am, and this is just a small contribution from my end towards the society, and I will continue doing it, no matter where I am in life. My mantra in life is very simple, Be kind to everyone, you can never know a person’s struggle behind their smile. And this award is not just mine, it belongs to every woman who has sacrificed, struggled or is still struggling in life to reach a goal they have set in mind and those are the women who are the real heroes, ” Riddhi summed. She is the daughter of Er Sanjay Bhutani, who is into the construction and interior designing business, and Bina Bhutani, who is a teacher at Modern School, Koradi Road.
