Gargi Gupta

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Gargi Gupta
Gargi Gupta Awardee of Nari Shakti Puraskar on 8th march 2018 at Rastrapati Bhavan IMG 2592 1.jpg
Gargi Gupta Awardee of Nari Shakti Puraskar on 8 March 2018 at Rastrapati Bhavan
Born
Gargi

(1961-07-19) 19 July 1961 (age 62)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationSocial worker
Years active1992–present
Known forFounder of Voice Of World (NGO) [1]
Parent(s)Prabir Gupta (father) [2]
Pranati Gupta(mother)
Awards Nari Shakti Puraskar [3]

Gargi Gupta is the founder and secretary of Voice Of World (NGO), a multi-unit non-profit organization for visually impaired, disabled, and orphaned children [1] in Eastern India, headquartered in Kolkata, India.

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Life

Gupta was born in West Bengal. She finished her schooling at Kolkata and joined the Indian Railways. The city's street children were her first introduction to the conditions of the poor after the death of her parents.[ citation needed ]

Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar to Gupta Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar for the year 2017 to Ms. Gargi Gupta, Kolkata, West Bengal, at a function, on the occasion of the International Women's Day, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.jpg
Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Nari Shakti Puruskar to Gupta

Gupta started her work with six children in her father's rented house in North Kolkata. In 2018 the number of inmates was 300. [4] It is the only privately run facility of its kind. [2] Voice of World started its South Kolkata Centre in 1998 in another house of Prabir Gupta. Residential Kindergarten School, Braille Press [2] and the library is located there.

In recognition of her services, Indian President Ramnath Kovind awarded Gupta with the Nari Shakti (women empowerment) award on 8 March 2018.

The charity

Voice Of World's inmates are orphan or from under-privileged families. Along with their free education they experience various sports including mountaineering and trekking. [5] In 2018 she introduced coastal trek for disabled inmates. [1] After completion of education of inmates, she and her NGO take care of rehabilitation of inmates, especially visually disabled girls. [6] [7]

Major works

Awards and honours

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