Soulful स्कूल | Session 13 | Shukla Bose - Parikrma Humanity Foundation

Current involvements:

In the year 2003, Shukla started the Parkirma Humanity Foundation - A roof-top school in Rajendranagar in Bengaluru with 165 students from the slums. Today, with over four schools and one junior college, Parikrma Humanity Foundation continues to offer high quality education and support to 1500 children from four orphanages and over 80 slums in the city and was awarded the No.1 Social Impact School in India 2019-20.

A TED speaker, Shukla Bose has been contributing towards shaping and influencing education policies at the State and National level. Shukla is a member of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) - headed by Dr. K Kasturirangan. She is the academy Member, HundrED Organization, Finland. She has published three papers in international journals and contributes opinion pieces for national dailies on education and policies.

She has been nominated as the chairperson to draft the Karnataka school education policy, and works with the Karnataka State Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), IQ Education Excellence Task Force, to check on quality in education. A member of the national CII Education Committee, Shukla helps in drafting the national policy for schools. She is on the board of a few private and public sector organizations for prevention of sexual harassment of women at workplace.

Past work experiences:

She was with Oberoi hospitality group for 13 years and was the CEO of RCI for 11 years. She volunteered with Mother Teresa for 7 years. Her experience with slum and street children greatly encouraged her to make the development of under-served children as her mission in life.

Awards and recognition:

Shukla was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1995, the Bharat Gaurav Award in 1996 and the Woman of the Year award in 2000.

A TED speaker, Shukla was awarded the Pride of Karnataka Roundtable International in 2015.

She was nominated as a Bangalore Hero in a Bangalore Mirror (a national daily) campaign in 2014.

Qimpro Platinum Standard Award in Education in 2017.

Woman Achievers Award 2018 from FICCI-FLO. Times Power Women award 2019. She was recognized for her contribution to the education of the poor by the Save Government Schools initiative 2019. She was awarded the international Excellence Award for Education Development from the Global Achievers Foundation and the Parivathan Inspire Awards for women and child development in 2019.