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Rakesh Shukla (born 1971 [1] [2] [3] ) is an Indian entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and animal welfare activist. He runs a home in Bangalore for over 700 rescued dogs. [1] [4] [2]
Rakesh Shukla | |
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| Born | 1971 |
Rakesh Shukla (born 1971 [1] [2] [3] ) is an Indian entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and animal welfare activist. He runs a home in Bangalore for over 700 rescued dogs. [1] [4] [2]
Shukla received a Bachelors of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications, then a Masters in Business Administration. He then worked in various telecom companies[ specify ] in India, the US, and Singapore before becoming an entrepreneur. [5] [ better source needed ]
Shukla self-funded and created The Writers Block (TWB) in 2006, which provides technical writing programs. [6] [7] The company employs a large number of women who had left jobs to raise children. [8]
Shukla founded Voice of Stray Dogs (VOSD). In July 2010, it was merely a website. [9]
In response to media reports of the July 2011 death of a two-year-old boy named Sandeep, supposedly killed and eaten by stray dogs, [3] Shukla carried out his own investigations at the site, persuading the authorities to do a second autopsy. [3] He eventually finding evidence against the dogs being responsible. [3] After this, Shukla held a press conference under VOSD's name. [3]
With the eventual death of Cookie, a paralyzed St. Bernard found in garbage in Bangalore in September 2012, [10] Shukla established an independently funded dog rescue home under the auspices of VOSD. [11] VOSD began rescuing injured or ill dogs on 15 October 2012 [9] and began emergency rescues on 16 October 2013. [12]
For his work rescuing stray dogs, Shukla has been labeled "The Dogfather of India". [13] [3] He has appeared on television, radio, and newspaper interviews speaking on behalf of dogs, including BBC, [11] Al Jazeera, [14] CNN IBN, [15] NDTV, and TED. [16]
VOSD ran a 2017 program called "PatriotDogs", which provides homes for dogs retiring from the Indian security and military forces. It got support from celebrities Virat Kohli [17] and Soha Ali Khan Pataudi, [18] and appeared in publications Times of India , [19] the New Indian Express , [20] MTV India, [21] and the Deccan Chronicle . [22]
Shukla was named one of Bangalore's Heroes in 2013. [3] He features in the book Real Inspiring Stories by Pradeep Khare. [23]
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