Geetha Poduval

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Geeta Poduval
Geeta Poduval.png
BornNovember 10
Ahmedabad
Occupation(s)Founder-Director, DRZYA and Founder-Trustee, Drzyashakti Trust
Years active2012-present
Known forSocial entrepreneurship, Capacity building of differently-abled, Unique Performances and Films

Geeta Poduval (born November 10) is a social entrepreneur, motivational speaker, counsellor and activist for disabled people. She is the Founder-Director of DRZYA, [1] a firm that brings disabled and unique performances, talks and workshops from across the world on one platform. Through DRZYA, she scouts for talent among specially abled, trains them and provides them a platform to perform and earn a livelihood. She is also the Founder-Trustee of Drzyashakti Trust, an NGO for the services of disabled people. In the past, she has been a film and TV actress, anchor and CAG Senior Audit Officer (Comptroller and Auditor General - India's national and state audit authority). The two notable films to her credit are Sukumarji's Kandethal [2] (Malayalam) and Madhu Kaithapram's Vellivelichathil [3] (Malayalam).

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Early life and background

Geeta was born in Ahmedabad in a middle class Malayali family. She joined CAG and passed the internal officer's grade examination. During this time she handled many audits including the UN Audit in Western Africa. She worked for the organisation for twenty years until her voluntary retirement in 2014 as Senior Audit Officer. Parallel to her career, she pursued her singing, classical dancing and acting interests. While in the service, she participated in one of the talent shows on Amrita TV, and then took up various anchoring and acting projects. Geeta also wrote short stories and articles for magazines including Femina and Woman's Era and conducted motivational talk sessions and training programs for government organisations, PSUs and Corporate houses. She has also been involved in social activism. [4] In 2017 she founded Drzya, [5] [6] a firm that offers disabled artists opportunity to showcase their talent professionally and participate in inspirational talks and workshops. Later in 2018 she founded Drzyashakti Trust [7] to serve and promote the causes of disabled people. Presently she is involved in capacity building of disabled people, counselling and mentoring them, delivering workshops and inspirational talks.

Anchoring

Geeta has anchored over 500 shows in India and abroad, ranging from award functions, cultural meets, musical nights, corporate events and social meets in Hindi, English, Gujarati and Malayalam languages.

Acting

Geeta has acted in films, TV serials, corporate films and advertisements.

Training and speaking

Geeta has been a speaker at various forums and events. She was a speaker at TEDxYouth@JGIS. [35] She was invited as the Keynote speaker during the Daughters’ Day celebration of the Bengaluru chapters of PRCI and YCC. [36] She has been conducting training programs and motivational talks for corporate houses and government organisations for many years on a wide range of topics including women leadership, diversity and inclusion, POSH, managing life and life goals among others.

Awards and honors

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