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Dr. Shukla Bose
Founder-CEO
Parikrma Humanity Foundation

Dr Shukla Bose is bridging the growing gap in urban India between those who benefit from economic liberalisation and those who don’t – through Parikrma Humanity Foundation, a non-government organisation founded in 2003. Her professional work spans over 26 years in the hospitality sector and over 20 years in social reform, education advocacy and the social sector. A TED speaker, Bose was also awarded the Pride of Karnataka Roundtable International in 2015.

Current involvements:

Bose has been shaping and influencing education policies at the State and National levels. She was a member of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC) headed by Dr K Kasturirangan. She is an academy Member at HundrED, Finland and is (2022) one of the Advisors in the National Focus Group, working on a chartered school governance and leadership plan.

Bose works with the Karnataka State Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and IQ Education Excellence Task Force to check on the quality of education. A national CII Education Committee member, Shukla, helps draft the national school policy. She is on the board of a few private and public sector organisations for the prevention of sexual harassment of women in the workplace. She continues to publish peer-reviewed papers in conferences and international journals.

Past work experiences:
Bose worked for the Oberoi hospitality group for 13 years and was the CEO of RCI for 11 years. She also volunteered with Mother Teresa for seven years. Her experience with slum and street children greatly encouraged her to make the development of underserved children her mission in life.

Awards and recognition:

• Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1995
• Bharat Gaurav Award in 1996
• Woman of the Year award in 2000
• Pride of Karnataka award from Roundtable International in 2015
• Nominated as a Bangalore Hero in a Bangalore Mirror in 2014
• Qimpro Platinum Standard Award in Education (2017)
• Women Achievers Award (2018) from FICCI-FLO
• Times Power Women Award (2019)
• She was recognised for her contribution to the education of the poor by the Save Government Schools initiative (2019)
  International Excellence Award for Education Development from the
• Global Achievers Foundation
  Parivathan Inspire Awards for Women and Child Development in 2019
• ‘Work of Wonder’ by WoW Skin Science, celebrating those who work towards changing society in 2021
• She was awarded the Education 2.0 – Outstanding Leadership Award, DubaI, 2022
• Bengaluru Women Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022
• In 2023, at PN Rao’s 100 years of existence celebration, Bose was awarded for their contribution to society.

Renowned international author Simon Winchester has a chapter on Bose in his new book, Knowing What We Know, which has been featured by news agencies worldwide.

Contact:
Email: shuklab@parikrmafoundation.org

Published articles and blog:

https://shuklabose.medium.com/

Parikrma Advisory Board

1. Mr. Manab Bose, Exec Director, Thinktank Consultants, Bangalore
2. Mr. Leonard Menezes, Ex Chairman Hilton International
3. Padmashri Prof Padmanabhan. Balaram, Ex. Director, Indian Institute of Science
4. Mr. Nirav Shah, Managing Director, Turismo Ventures
5.  Mrs. Shukla Bose, Founder & CEO, Parikrma Humanity Foundation
6. Mr. Abdul Jaleel, Vice President, Adobe Systems, Bangalore
7. Prof. S Sadagopan, Ex-Director, IIIT-Bangalore
8. Dr. Dennis Encarnation, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
9.  Mr. Chetan Garga, Ex-Managing Director and Country Head, Allstate India
10. Ms.Mahua Acharya, MD CQuest Capital, LLC.
11. Ms.Aarti Chandana, Partner at Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund
12.  Mr.Dinesh Malkani, Founder and CEO at Smarten Spaces