Majestic May 2022

MAJESTIC MAY \"SUPPORTING THE POWERFUL YOU\" Articles by LAJA Women Laja is India's FIRST FORUM, that #IamRemarkable - By Surekha Ritesh focuses on Challenges for Working Professionals - women's By Devina Adhiya Development and The Month The Month Empowerment. Gone By To Come Founded in 2014, LGP Learning Meet LAJA Soul Circle by a woman, with women, only for Classic Coolers - LAJA's Jal Paan women; the forum LAJA Jal Paan Culinary culinary believes that Queen in the women are LAJA and The Making Goalchy Club already Networking meet LAJA TV empowered and LAJA Global LAJA Global only need Networking Meet Networking Meet acknowledgement, appreciation and LAJA Featured Women encouragement to reach for the skies. Pooja Chauhan - LAJA, Navsari Editorial Team Dr Forum Gada - LAJA, Mumbai Priyanka Sida LAJA Unnati Ki Paatshala Vandana Joshil Stocks and Shares LAJA Safarnama Hira Mehta Rinkal Shah Preethi K Power ed By,

THE MONTH GONE BY April LGP LEARNING MEET 9 The LAJA Growth Platform Meet held in April connected the participants to nature's bounty! From understanding how to utilise small spaces to what to plant, the participants learnt everything about balcony and terrace gardens. Here are some highlights from the LGP meet... April LAJA JAL PAAN CULINARY - L2A1JA'S SOULCCLIARSCSLIEC COOLERS Under the LAJA Jal Paan culinary segment, Archana Shah shared 3 brain-freezing recipes to tide over the heat of the summers- Mazedar Roohafza, Masala Cola and Blue Lagoon. A welcome relief indeed!

April LAJA AND THE GOALCHY CLUB 22 NETWORKING 42 men and women met at a networking meet organized collaboratively by LAJA and The Goalchy Club, in association with Redbrick Offices on April 22nd. There were entrepreneurs sharing their work regardless of their gender. This is networking in its true sense. April LAJA GLOBAL NETWORKING 23 MEET Laja women from various fields from all over India presented their work at the Laja Global Networking Meet held on 23rd April, 2022. The women connected with each other and collaborated with each other too. In this meet, the presenters also grabbed the opportunity of getting gifts from Laja by participating in a quiz based on pitches made by the participants. Our next networking meet will be on - 28th May, 2022

THE MONTH TO COME May LAJA SOUL CIRCLE - LA1 JA'S SOUTLALCKIRYCOLUER HEART OUT When the going gets tough and you need someone to talk to, LAJA steps in. Every First Sunday of the Month, LAJA arranges for a non-judgemental, free space online for women to vent their problems, share their deepest thoughts and unload their conscience. This is a SAFE SPACE, where everyone is free to talk and share. May LAJA'S JAL PAAN CULINARY 4 Let's Put some Tadka in your life! Don't forget to Join us on 4th May 2022, Wednesday. (Instagram Live) only on LAJA's Jal Paan Culinary Segment. May SOUQLUCEEIRNCILNE THE MAKING LA8 JA'S Queen In The Making(QITM) by Dr. Shivangi Maletia in association with Laja and EmpowerKids Personality School by Priyanka Behl, are coming yet again to Mumbai for their one day session on DAILY MOTIVATION IN A WOMAN'S LIFE

The session shall be filled with INSPIRING STORIES from real life women, who have transformed their lives by focussing on self- growth and self- empowerment. Choicest few stories shall be selected to be honoured and awarded as the INSPIRING GEMS OF INDIA. Do submit your life stories to nominate your transformation journeys for the award at [email protected]. Register here, before the seats get filled, https://imjo.in/SeUYX5 May LAJA TV 15 The special guest on LAJA TV in May is someone who is young, an achiever, successful and a supremely talented filmmaker. She has the spunk and the vision of a true storyteller. Join in on May 15th to meet her. STOCKS AND SHARES Keeping true to our promise of educating our women on Investments, Stocks and Shares; LAJA has also launched an interactive WhatsApp group - LAJA - Shares & Stocks. Here a team of experts share tips, give guidance and answer questions relating to investments and share trading. With daily voice notes, messages and sharings the experts have managed to convert novices into fairly decent experts capable of studying the markets themselves and investing wisely.

LAJA FEATURED WOMEN Pooja Chauhan, dreams of being. She all aspects of life and LGP Member has done her bit to now when I see them prove herself as an flourish, it fills me with \"No matter how known ideal mother every now happiness that simply and then. It is under cannot be put into or unknown you are to her undying support words\", she says. Yet that her sons are doing another achievement me, I always have the entire family proud that's close to her today. While the elder heart is the success of something to offer you, one has obtained his her 15 year long Master's degree from research on herbal absolutely free of cost. the UK and is on the products.Pooja vouches verge of preparing for on these products A smile. Yes, I believe his PhD, the younger made from pure Indian one would soon obtain herbs and wants to let in spreading smiles the degree of B.E. in the world know how Computer Engineering breathtakingly wherever I go\", says and follow the effective Indian herbal footsteps of his brother products can be. She Pooja Chauhan, our by educating himself wishes to drag the further in the UK as present generation out featured woman. well. \"I've tried to of the danger they've inculcate all the put themselves into by Hailing from the city necessary values in my using the so-called kids and to be a rock attractive products of of Navsari, Pooja is a solid support to them in today. woman who aspires to Dr. Forum Gada, An extrovert who's fond LAJA Mumbai of trying her hand at be the best at every new things through self exploration and a keen single thing she tries follower of Karma and Jainism, such is our her hand at, which woman of the week Dr. Forum Gada from LAJA explains how she's Mumbai. A Cosmetic Dentist by Profession, such a wonderful she has always excelled in academics homemaker and an and has also previously secured the 23rd Rank even adorable mother. in scholarship exams all over Mumbai. For Pooja, the greatest achievement of her life would be when she establishes herself as the kind of mother she

Today, she takes pride encourage and at home so I keep in running a successful promote women led employing women and dental practice since businesses. Every increase the strength the last 3.5 years. \"I woman should work, not of my practice with believe every woman is just to support herself super enthusiastic a multi tasker and can financially, but to women on board, who flourish beyond create her own happy have wonderfully imagination if she has space for some time elevated the bar at my faith in her abilities. I throughout the day. I clinic\", she says. always like to believe charity begins FOUNDER SPEAKS When a dream sets its many women's support foundation and grows, and confidant. With my it is no longer a dream team of passion driven, but a movement. That is foresighted, and what LAJA is to me. A visionary women; LAJA movement that changes is growing lives, encourages substantially. With people, enriches space for more women existence, and gives leaders, i as the energy to people to do Founder am sure that more for more people. the revolution called We might not have LAJA will spred to exponential numbers to millions of women boast about, but we across the globe. have innumerable Join the revolution examples of growth because you are and success to talk deserving of some self- about. love and RidDhi Doshi Patel - Founder Laja, Child Laja has grown from a encouragement. You my Psychologist young woman's dear woman are cherished dream to absolutely 'worth it'. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER... A perfect example of age is just a number. Watch this thought provoking movie - The Blue Helmet, that stars our very own LAJA Member - Hira Mehta. The movie is available on Disney Hotstar and shares a wonderful message with simplicity and warmth.

LAJA UNNATI KI PAATSHALA LAJA is proud to announce the successful launch of our Learning Segment - LAJA Unnati Ki Paatshala. Under this segment, LAJA wishes to give all our LAJA Members an opportunity to choose from the best available long and short-term courses provided by our collaborators who are accredited and recognised Educational Institutes and get authentic Certification at the end of their courses. These Certificates will add to our LAJA women’s Qualifications and aid in their future growth in their chosen profession. Towards this end, LAJA in association with the Association of Trainers and INEX has conducted the very Certification Course on POSH. The participants have gone through rigorous training that includes case studies, discussions, handouts and practical sessions as well. The next Certificate Course will be announced shortly. Stay tuned to the LAJA WhatsApp group and Facebook and Instagram pages for more details.

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