We would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Puja Sekera who is joining Ammucare as part of the Special Advisory team.
She has done her Ph.D in Toxicology from St.John's college, Agra University. She has also published a couple of research papers.
She took her academic pursuits to the next level by working as a lecturer in SD degree college Muzaffarnagar and Meerut Engineering College.
Later, she also worked with Media house NETWORK 18.
On the personal front, she is married to renowned UP cadre IPS officer Mr.Navneet Sekera who is the architect of 1090 - Women Power line.
SOCIAL WORK DETAILS :
In her journey spanning 14 years,Dr. Puja Thakur Sekera has done relentless social work under the aegis of her NGO- SHRAM SEWA &RUDRAUSHTIKA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION.
Her social welfare projects have benefited a large section of society like BabariaCriminal Tribe. She has worked with women jail inmates, children in juvenile homes, leprosy patients, senior citizens and mentally challenged children. She regularly does blanket distribution to thousands of underprivileged people on the streets, in hospitals, on the railway station, in orphanages and old age homes.
RUDRAUSHTIKA INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION has supported many social causes which has helped in economic empowerment of many NGOs by providing market to products made by blind children, jail inmates and many more social institutions supporting the underprivileged by organising expos in various cities.
Her latest initiative is “MISSION SASHAKT”.
This is an umbrella project of her foundation Rudraushtika International Foundation working for WOMEN EMPOWERMENT. It is a POWER TO EMPOWER girls and women of all ages. Here the core subject is FIGHTING CRIME AGAINST WOMEN .
Dr Puja trains our daughters by strengthening them emotionally and morally To SPEAK UP & RAISE their voice against all types of harassment, exploitation and crimes by equipping and EMPOWERING our girls to fight the evils of ongoing domestic and onroad harassment, cyber harassment, drug abuse. This is done by organizing awareness sessions for awakening and conditioning their minds against all forms of harassment . Mission Sashakt makes them aware of avenues for registering complaints and regarding woman supportive laws and amendments.
Dr Puja Thakur Sekera has been reaching out to the girls by carrying out extensive talk sessions at rural, urban, semi urban schools and colleges. She has been reaching out to students, teachers and lecturers of various academic institutions all over Uttar Pradesh as part of spreading awareness under her umbrella project mission "Sashakt ".
We wish her luck in all her endeavours and look forward to her valuable advise as part of Team Ammucare.
