PROJECT ON A BUSINESS PERSONALITY

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:

Dr.Ipshita Bansal, Chaudhary(7451), Lecturar(WISDOM), Aanchal Bhasin(7452), Indegenious Mgmt. System. Aastha Suman(7453), Abha Lavania(7454), Aakanksha

Ad iti Goyal(7455).

SHABANA AZMI

(An iron lady)

ACKNOWLDGEMENT We consider it to be our foremost duty to thank our Indigeneous Management System teacher,Dr.Ipshita Bansal, for giving us such a wonderful opportunity to prepare a project based on the life of any famous personality . Our project topic is Shabana Azmi-An iron lady. In this project we have made a sincere attempt to incorporate all the important aspects related to veteran actress Shabana Azmis life.All these aspects are a source of inspiration for us in some form or the other. We would also like to thank our Dean,Shri Siddhartha Shastri,WISDOM & batchmates.The project is in a simple and lucid language. Thank you.

CONTENTS
Reasons for choosing Shabana Azmi Content/analysis of Shabana Azmi Dream of Shabana Azmi Vision Planning and strategic thinking Leadership style of Shabana Azmi Interpersonal resolution Implementation process (NGO) Learnings from Shabana Azmi dynamics and conflict

REASONS FOR CHOOSING SHABANA AZMI

Shabana Azmi is popular as a film celebrity who married to Jawed

Akhtar and is a political activist.But I can bet,there is lot more to Shabana Azmi that we should know.She must be very sharp individual and brilliant conversationalist in real life. Shabana Azmi is a multi-faceted woman who has achieved success in many fields. She is an actor, a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, a social activist, a philanthropist, and a strong proponent for women empowerment.Shes got a voice thats heard and it goes beyond the film industry. Shes a force to reckon with on her own and with a strong home team powered by Javed, Farhan and Zoya Akhtar, it gets more formidable. Like Sachin Tendulkar,it amazed me how effortless Shabana Azmi making acting look like.there is probably nobody comes to portrayal of everyday life characters as she does in her films like apne paraye,arth ,masoom,paar and many more.In Arth, there are scenes where she defines human limitations to play emotions ,as she is out of her marriage and all by herself in the big bad world.She look so scared and shaken from her core.In Masoom, she played a role of wife who is betrayed by her husband in a very genuine way. Everything brings the character alive on screen. I am not sure what Method Acting means, but whatever method she applies, seems to be the best to me.

She has made an incredible contribution in raising voice against unjust and inequality. She has also been actively involved in fighting AIDS. She has brought in notice a number of social issues. Initially, her efforts for the social welfare were considered to be a publicity gimmick. But, her strong determination and hard work proved people that she is genuinely concerned and not trying to draw peoples attention to come into limelight. She has taken a keen interest in fighting for issues like communalism.She is a leading advocate of AIDS awareness in India. She has undertaken campaigns and made public statements over issues close to her heart, particularly social justice such as the rights of women, plight of slum dwellers etc. For her sincerity and commitment in social activism, Shabana Azmi won the Rajiv Gandhi Award, Yash Bhartiya award from the government of the state of Uttar Pradesh. She is a living legend of Indian cinema who is also committed as a political and social activist.She do so for not being in a limelight but,because she is actually caring for that reasons.She is an amazing actress who has truly proved her talent and verstality.Not only this but she is also able to inculcate her family too with her career.

CONTENT/ANALYSIS OF SHABANA AZMI

Shabana Azmi (Hindi: , Urdu: ; born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and neorealism. Regarded as one of the finest actresses in India, Azmi's performances in films in a variety of genres have generally earned her praise and awards, which include a record of five wins of the National Film Award for Best Actress and several international honours.She has also received four Filmfare Awards. Azmi has appeared in over 120 Hindi films in both mainstream and independent cinema, and since 1988 she has acted in several foreign projects. In addition to acting, Azmi is a social and women's rights activist, a Goodwill Ambassador of theUnited Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), and a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament.She is married to Indian poet and screenwriter Javed Akhtar.[5]

EARLY LIFE AND BACKGROUND

Shabana Azmi was born in a Muslim family. Her parents are Kaifi Azmi (an Indian poet) and Shaukat Azmi (a veteran Indian People's Theatre Association stage actress),[4] both of whom were members of the Communist Party of India. Her brother, Baba Azmi, is a cinematographer. Her parents had an active social life, and their home was always thriving with people and activities of the communist party. It was not unusual for her to wake up in the morning and find members of the communist party sleeping about, from a previous night's communist social that ran late. Early in childhood, the environment in her home was inculcated into her a respect for family ties, social and human values; and her parents always supported her to develop a passion for intellectual stimulation and growth. Azmi did her schooling from the premier girl's school, Queen Mary School, Mumbai. She completed a graduate degree in Psychology from St. Xaviers College, Mumbai, and followed it with a course in acting at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.She described the reason she decided to attend the film institute, saying, "I had had the privilege of watching Jaya Bhaduri in a (Diploma) film, Suman, and I was completely enchanted by her performance because it was unlike the other performances I had seen. I really marvelled at that and said, 'My god, if by going to the Film Institute I can achieve that, that's what I want to do.'" Azmi eventually topped the list of successful candidates of 1972.[9]

CAREER
Azmi graduated from the FTII in 1973 and went on to sign on Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' Faasla and began work on Kanti Lal Rathod's Parinay as well. Her first release, however, was Shyam Benegal's directorial debut Ankur (1974). Belonging to the arthouse genre of neo-realistic films, Ankur is based on a true story which occurred in Hyderabad. Azmi played Lakshmi, a married servant and villager who drifts into an affair with a college student who visits the countryside. Azmi was not the original choice for the film, and several leading actresses of that time refused to do it. The film went on to become a major critical success, and Azmi won the National Film Award for

Best Actress for her performances. Upperstall.com described her work in the film as "an outstanding psychologically penetrating performance very different from those seen normally till then in mainstream Hindi cinema", and famous independent filmmaker Satyajit Ray commented, "In Ankur she may not have fitted immediately into her rustic surroundings, but her poise and personality are never in doubt. In two high pitched scenes, she pulls out the stops to firmly establish herself as one of our finest dramatic actresses".
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She went on to receive the National Film Award consecutively for three years from 1983 to 1985 for her roles in movies, Arth,Khandhar and Paar. Another film Godmother (1999) earned her another National Film Award, taking her tally to five. Azmis acting has been characterized by a real-life depiction of the roles played by her. In Mandi, she acted as a madam of a whorehouse. For this role, she put on weight and even chewed betel. Real life portrayals continued in almost all her movies. These included the role of a woman named Jamini resigned to her destiny in Khandhar, and a typical urban Indian wife, homemaker and mother in Masoom. She also acted in experimental and parallel Indian cinema. Deepa Mehtas 1996 film Fire depicts her as a lonely woman, Radha, in love with her sisterin-law. The on-screen depiction of lesbianism (perhaps the first in Indian cinema) drew severe protests and threats from many social groups as well as by the Indian authorities. Her role as Radha brought her international recognition with the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Chicago Film Festival and Jury Award for Best Actress atOutfest, Los Angeles.[4] Some of her notable films include Shyam Benegal's Nishant (1975), Junoon (1978), Susman (1986), and Antarnaad (1992);Satyajit Rays Shatranj Ke Khiladi; Mrinal Sens Khandhar, Genesis, Ek Din Achanak; Saeed Mirzas Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai; Sai Paranjpyes Sparsh and Disha; Gautam Ghoses Paar; Aparna Sens Picnic and Sati ; Mahesh Bhatts Arth; Vinay Shuklas Godmother. Her other films include the commercially successful Manmohan Desai's Amar Akbar Anthony, andParvarish and Prakash Mehras Jwalamukhi. Azmi starred in Hollywood productions such as John Schlesingers Madame Sousatzka (1988) and Roland Joffes City of Joy (1992). Azmi debuted on the small screen in a soap opera titled Anupama. She portrayed a modern Indian woman who, while endorsing traditional Indian ethos and values, negotiated more freedom for herself. She had also participated in many stage plays, and notable among them include M. S. Sathyus Safed Kundali (1980), based on The Caucasian Chalk Circle; andFeroz Abbas Khan's Tumhari Amrita along with actor Farooq Sheikh, which ran for five years. She toured Singapore on an assignment with the Singapore Repertory Theatre Company, acting in Ingmar Bergmans

adaptation of Ibsens A Doll's House, which was directed by Rey Buono. Pointing out the differences in all these media, she once remarked that theatre was really the actors medium; the stage was actors space; cinema was the directors medium; and television was a writers medium

AWARDS AND HONORS:

National Awards:
Azmi has received the National Film Award for Best Actress five times, making her the overall most-awarded actor in the function:[4]

1975 1983 1984 1985 1999

National National National National National

Film Award for Film Award for Film Award for Film Award for Film Award for

Best Actress, Best Actress, Best Actress, Best Actress, Best Actress,

Ankur Arth Khandhar Paar Godmother

Filmfare Awards: Winner:

1978 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Swami 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Arth 1985 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Bhavna 2006 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominated:

1975 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Ankur 1981 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Thodisi Bewafaii 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Masoom 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Avtaar 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mandi 1985 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Sparsh 2003 - Filmfare Best Villain Award for Makdee 2004 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Tehzeeb

International awards:

1993: Best Actress award for Libaas in North Korea

1994: Best Actress award for Gautam Ghoses Patang at the Taormina Arte Festival in Italy 1996: Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress for Fire at the Chicago International Film Festival[4] 1996: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, for Fire in L.A. Outfest[4]

Other awards:

Azmi won the award for Best Actress (Hindi) at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (BFJA) for Ankur in 1975, Paar in 1984, Khandaar in 1985, Ek Pal in 1987, and Godmother in 1999. She won the Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) award for Tehzeeb in 2003.[17] 1998: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mrityudand. 2004: Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for Tehzeeb. 2005: Star Screen Awards - Best Performance in an Indian Film in English for Morning Raga

Honours and recognitions

1988: Awarded the Padma Shri from the government of India. 1988: Yash Bhartiya Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for highlighting womens issues in her work as an actress and activist. 1994: Rajiv Gandhi Award for "Excellence of Secularism" 2002: Martin Luther King Professorship award by the University of Michigan conferred on her in recognition of her contribution to arts, culture and society. 2006: Gandhi International Peace Award, awarded by Gandhi Foundation, London.[18] 2007: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Art by Chancellor of the University Brandan Foster by the Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire[19] 2009: She was honoured with the World Economic Forums Crystal Award. 2012: Awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

Memberships Held by Shabana Azmi:

Present - Member of National AIDS Commission (of India) 1989 Present - Member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India 1997 Present - Member of the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament.

2002- The United Nations Population Fund appointed her as its goodwill Ambassador for India

DREAM OF SHABANA AZMI

I had had the privalege of watching Jaya Bhaduri in a (Diploma) film Suman and I was completely enchanted by her performance because it was unlike the other performances I had seen. I really marvelled at that and said my god, if by going to the Film Institute I can achieve that, that's what I want to do.
Shabana Azmi is doing movies which act as an instrument for social change which involving around the rights of women, development, reproductive health, housing for the economically weaker sections, public health and HIV AIDS. And Shabana Azmi appointed by SAARC as a goodwill ambassador

She manages her family and social activities very well. She hardly matter in which you are working its all about sense of responsibility. Even One be in glamorous can pay her responsibility toward society through this profession. Like Shabana besides being an intense actress, she is also a social and political activist. She is not averse to doing anything as long as it's not at cross purposes with her values.

VISION OF SHABANA AZMI

Women empowerment Health awareness Justice and equality in society Prohibition of child exploitation Free and compulsory education AIDS awareness Rural development Hindu muslim harmony International peace

 International exposure for bollywood

PLANNING AND STRATEGIC THINKING

Some of the examples of her which shows her planning and strategic thinking: Oct 13, 1999 - To stabilise the growing population, the Government should come out with a strong population policy and appropriate reproductive healthcare measures, Shabana Azmi, a goodwill ambassador of UNFPA and MP, said.As coercive methods of population planning have failed in the past, the new policy should make men and women equal partners in decisions regarding reproductive health issues, without violating the reproductive rights of people, she said.All states should learn from Tamil Nadu and Kerala whichhave successfully implemented India's reproductive and child health (RCH) policy that started in 1997. Feb 7, 2003 - MUMBAI: An NGO headed by Shabana Azmi, Nagari Nivara Hakk Samiti which deals with housing rights, will build India's largest rehabilitation project for the urban poor at Chandivli in Mumbai. General secretary of the Samiti P K Das, an architect, said the project would be undertaken by the Samiti and not by the Sumer corporation who owns the land. As many as 16,500 families displaced from the Borivli national park will be accommodated in a township to be developed on 1.89 lakh sq metres of land. Following a PIL filed by environmentalists about 65,000 families had to be moved out of the park. Of these, 33,000 families were entitled to rehabilitation. Oct 29, 2006 - NEW DELHI: Clerics in India have taken exception to Shabana Azmi's recent comment that Quran doesn't compel women to cover their face. Maulana Mahmood Madani, a Rajya Sabha member and general secretary

of the influential Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, said: "Only Islamic scholars can speak on such issues, Azmi has received no Islamic education, it's only proper for Muslim women to wear veil, what she has said is an offence against Islam,"Madani said. But the clerics do not seem to have the last word on Islam. Former Union minister Arif Mohammad Khan, who has spoken out against orthodoxy within the community starting from the Shah Bano case in the eighties, quotes the Quran seeking to prove the clerics wrong. Jun 15, 2008-NEW DELHI: Actor and social activist Shabana Azmi and Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya have been appointed SAARC goodwill ambassadors for a HIV/AIDS programme for the member-countries. The members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and India which met in Kathmandu in April, selected them from among a large number of nominations received from the member-countries.Ms. Azmis name was recommended by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO). The conferment of the title and the launch of the programme for the ambassadors are likely to take place during the 15th SAARC summit in Colombo in August. Ms Azmi will contribute to achieving the objective of the SAARC strategy, facilitating implementation of its work plan in all countries, addressing the issue of stigma and discrimination, and creating greater awareness through mass media and public appearance in the region. She will focus on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into the development agenda and advocate affordable treatment, care and support for PLHWA (people living with HIV/AIDS); and facilitate fund raising from within and outside the region. The goodwill ambassador programme was conceived to facilitate the SAARC Regional Strategy on HIV/AIDS and its work plan. Engaging wellknown personalities will not only provide prominence to the issue but also ensure that the message reaches the furthest corner of the region in the next two years. Apr 12, 2010 - Shabana Azmi is disappointed. She will not be able to attend the London premiere of her next release, It's A Wonderful Afterlife (IAWA), on April 12 because of her broken leg. She will have to skip another premiere that is at Birmingham on Thursday. Shabana said, "Apart from the two premieres, I won't be able to attend my mother's book release in London, a discussion at the Nehru Centre, and my first cousin's marriage in London. The doctor had told me my foot would take six weeks to heal." But this week when the doctor removed Shabana's cast, she couldn't walk. "It was sheer agony so the doctor re-plastered it, and said he couldn't allow me to travel in that condition," said Shabana. A source said that initially there were talks of Shabana attending the event on a wheelchair or will use crutches. He added, "The producers of IAWA, Studio 18, were planning to fly her down

for the events, but now they have had to cancel all their plans too." The source added, "Now she will have to wait for Gurinder Chaddha to reach Mumbai later this month and join in the Indian promotion of IAWA, whose Hindi dubbed version is called Mar Jaawaan."

LEADERSHIP STYLE OF SHABANA AZMI

While making her niche as a serious actress in the clutter of glamorous stars in 1970s, Shabana Azmi's debut coincided with the birth of parallel cinema in India. Her striking countenance that fits into a vast spectrum of roles, to emote and empathise with versatile characters, has made her hold sway on a genre of cinema for more than three decades.

Today, she says, "the 'Parallel Cinema is maturing". What has been known as the "parallel cinema" - films dealing with serious issues and excluding the lavish musical numbers - are emerging from art houses into mainstream theatres. "India has been liberating. So, there is a change in the making of parallel cinema movies too. A lot of people are fond of saying that parallel cinema is completely dead which I don't agree with. I feel that a different kind of parallel cinema is being attempted by urban, contemporary, Englishspeaking men and women. All of these people are talking about their own reality. These films are now also being made in English because these directors are looking for an international market. So it's not necessary for a film to find acceptance in a village as well as in metropolitan cities," says Azmi. Azmi, who ruled Indian 'Parallel Cinema' for 30-years feels, "If you expect the parallel cinema of today will mimic the parallel cinema of 70s, then it means that we are not looking for changes." Also she was totally against of wrong portrayal of women in Indian cinema. Shabana Azmi shook her head at the memory, her cheeks reddening in anger. "This director showed me a script about a woman who was an ugly duckling -- she was dark-complexioned. She is forcibly married to this guy, but he leaves her for a light-skinned woman. Then the ugly duckling is adopted by the light-skinned woman. In the end, both women fall at the feet of the man. The director was giving me the part of the ugly duckling. I said, of course, I will not do the film.

"That's one of the problems with popular movies here," she continued. "Women are not treated as sex objects. They are treated as mindless objects, which is worse."

INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

(1) Shabana Azmi-Bollywood, Women Are Wronged or Revered Shabana Azmi shook her head at the memory, her cheeks reddening in anger. "This director showed me a script about a woman who was an ugly duckling -- she was darkcomplexioned. She is forcibly married to this guy, but he leaves her for a light-skinned woman. Then the ugly duckling is adopted by the light-skinned woman. In the end, both women fall at the feet of the man. The director was giving me the part of the ugly duckling. I said, of course, I will not do the film. "That's one of the problems with popular movies here," she continued. "Women are not treated as sex objects. They are treated as mindless objects, which is worse." Ms. Azmi, who most recently acted in two American movies made in India, "City of Joy" and "The Return of the Pink Panther," is one of India's best-known actresses. She has managed to work both in the wildly popular Hindi films -- the meat and potatoes of Bollywood, Bombay's assembly-line movie industry -- as well as in India's small, serious movie industry, which is referred to as the parallel cinema. (2) Apr 22, 2002 - But the ideologues who fanned the flames of the Ayodhya conflict have only hardened their positions recently. ... Shabana Azmi, a Muslim actress and member of Parliament, says, "The

battle today is not between Hindus and Muslims. It is between the moderate, sane voice of Muslims..

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS Formation of NGO

Shabana Azmi only has to ask and people will come forward because of the respect they have for not only her talent but for her fierce commitment to social issues.

Mijwan Welfare Society (MWS) 'KOI TO SOOD CHUKAYE KOI TO ZIMMA LEY US INQUILAB KA JO AAJ TAK UDHAAR SA HAI' - Kaifi Azmi Mijwan Welfare Society (MWS) is an NGO founded by Kaifi Azmi, father of Shabana Azmi, in 1993 that works for the empowerment of villagers in a small village, Mijwan in Azamgarh UP India where he was born. Her father believed that India's remarkable economic progress can only be meaningful if it reaches out to rural India, where 80 percent of the population lives but is denied access to opportunity.

Today Mijwan is a model village. But it was a long and ardous journey filled with obstacles and he had to face many a hurdle from vested interests. Once when Shabana Azmi asked him Abba don't you get frustrated when change doesn't occur at the pace you want it to ? He answered with equanimity, bete when you are working for change, you should build into that expectation the possibility that the change might not happen in your lifetime. But you must have the conviction that if you carry on working with dedication then the change is bound to occur- even if it happens after you. His prophetic words have become my mantra in the work that I do with the weak and the dispossessed........ If we can overcome the Digital Divide between urban and rural India, we will be able to provide a level playing field to our children. Education is the key but the emphasis must be on Quality Education. All too often education reinforces gender divides and prohibits a spirit of enquiry. At the Kaifi Azmi Schools we have gender just, secular curriculums that instil confidence, values of inclusion and social justice.. Pyar ka jashn nai tarha manana hoga Gam kisi dil mein sahi Gam ko mitana hoga..... - Shabana Riyasat Hussain- Secretary MWS: Kaifi Saab ka ek sher hai, Woh mera gaon hai, woh mere gaon key chulhey, Ki jinme sholay toh sholay, Dhuan nahin milta. Jab kaifi saheb ney Mijwan main kaam karna shuru kiya tha toh wahan kuch bhi nahin tha unka yeh sher uski kafiyat ka izhaar karta hai. Mijwan key logon ney kabhi television nahin dekha tha. Yahan tak key kabhi pressure cooker nahin dekha tha. Aaj aap aakar dekhiye Mijwan ek model gaon hai Itney badi hastiyon key beech khadey rekhkar merey paon thodey kaap zaroor rahein hain lekin mera seena khushi sey chauda ho raha hai ke kaifi saheb ka gaon Mijwan kahan sey kahan tak aa gaya hai. Aap sab ka shukriya.

After Kaifi Azmi passed away on 10th May 2002.Shabana Azmi, along with her godchild Namrata Goyal,took on the task of carrying her father's dream forward by steering MWS which runs: 1 2 3 4 Kaifi Kaifi Kaifi Kaifi Azmi Azmi Azmi Azmi High School for girls Inter College for girls Computer Training Center Sewing and Tailoring Center.

Kaifi Azmi Girls Inter College

Kaifi Azmi Girls High School was established in the year 1998 in a make shift arrangement with one teacher and only two students. Prior to it, Late Kaifi Azmi influenced State Government through Local Administration to start a Primary and two Middle School, one for Boys and one for Girls. Success of these Junior Schools made Mijwan Welfare Society to establish a High School for Girls at Mijwan only to help the girls of this extremely backward village to access education. Late Kaifi Azmi, single handed, generated funds to construct the school building to get the recognition from State Education Department. The school received the recognition to run up to Class 10 in the year 2001.During his own life time, Late Kaifi Azmi felt the necessity of higher education for girls. He, as President of Mijwan Welfare Society, insisted upon making this school an Inter College. The School was recognised as an Inter College in the year 2006 but, unfortunately, the man behind this dream was not there to see the realisation of his dream.Today Kaifi Azmi Girls Inter College is standing tall in Mijwan with 10 Classrooms, 1 Office and a Principals residence apart from 212 Students in all four grades and 9 Staff.To encourage girls to come to school & to be educated, Mijwan Welfare Society arranges to provide bicycles to deserving girl students. Recently Union Bank of India donated 28 cycles to such girls. Jet Airways, a private airliner also extended its helping hand to Mijwan Welfare Society to spread education among girl child. Major Requirements Mijwan Welfare Society solicits generous help from individuals, organisations and corporate houses to create a Corpus Fund to hire more Teachers for Kaifi Azmi Girls Inter College.There is an immediate requirement of Furniture to accommodate the girls properly in the classrooms.The School building needs repair. Major Donors The School building was constructed with the financial help from

 Maulana Azad Education Foundation Mr. Shyam Benegal, a noted Film Maker & Ex-Member of Parliament Ms. Shabana Azmi, a noted Film Actor, Ex-Member of Parliament & daughter of Late Kaifi Azmi, the Founder. Mr. Mrinal Sen, a noted Film Maker & Ex-Member of Parliament allocated fund to establish a Sports Complex for Mijwan Youth. Samina Azmi - Principal Kaifi Azmi Inter College for girls: Khawateen-o-hazrat! Kaifi Azmi Inter College mein jis baat par sabse zyada zor diya jata hai wo ye hai ki ladke aur ladkiyon mein koi farq nahi hai. Aaj hamare gaon ki ladkiyon mein bedaari aur sha-oor badh raha hai. Lekin sadiyon se chali aati reetiyon ko todne mein waqt lagta hai.Lekin jab Shabanaji aur Namrata Mijwaan aati hain aur hamare students ke parents se baat karti hain aur unko samjhati hain to unke dimaag khulte hain aur tabdili zyada raftaar se aati hai.Isliye mein unka shukriya adaa karti hoon.

Kaifi Azmi Computer Training Centre

Late Kaifi Azmi had first hand experience of leading an unproductive life being unemployed at his youth. Hence, he resolved to develop the skills of local youth who in majority belong to lower strata of society. The local youth had no knowledge of world outside. Kaifi knew the necessity of employment. He knew how this huge resource of energy could be mishandled by people with vested interest, otherwise. He again became instrumental to establish a beautiful Computer Training Centre in the year 2000 through Mijwan Welfare Society. The Computer Centre was

inaugurated by Mr. Suraj Bhan, the then H.E. Governor of Uttar Pradesh in august presence of the Founder himself, Mr. Amar Singh-Member of Parliament and Ms. Shabana Azmi.This Computer Centre is situated next to Kaifi Azmi Girls Inter College with its own building which has two Computer Laboratory, one for Boys another for Girls with 15 Computers.Mijwan Welfare Society is in the process of converting it into District Learning Centre of NIIT, first of its own kind in entire state of Uttar Pradesh, in collaboration with Affirmative Action-NIIT.At the same time, to provide Computer Education freely to the children up to Class 5, Mijwan Welfare Society established a Hole in the Wall with three Computers, in collaboration with NIIT. Government Primary School, Mijwan is the only school in the entire State of Uttar Pradesh, run by Department of Primary Education, Government of UP which has a regular curriculum on Computer. This facility has been provided by Mijwan welfare Society free of cost. Major Requirements Mijwan Welfare Society requires a specific Corpus Fund for smooth running of this Centre. Proper Furniture is also required immediately. Major Donors

Mr. Amar Singh- Member of Parliament who allocated money from his MPLAD Fund for construction of the Building. Ms. Shabana Azmi- The then Member of Parliament who allocated money from MPLAD Fund to procure 10 Computers. Saurashtra Medical & Educational Charitable Trust, Rajkot- who donated 5 Computer.

Centre

Kaifi Azmi Stitching & Embroidery

It is a well known fact that after leaving religious studies midway at Lucknow, Kaifi Azmi reached Kanpur and became a social activist after seeing the exploitation of Textile Workers and their plight. He realised the freedom of women from the bondage of traditions and importance of them become equally empowered as their male counterparts. He wrote a poem Aurat (The Woman) to voice his concern and started a crusade against gender bias. The establishment of a Stitching & Embroidery Centre for Girls at Mijwan was his effort to let people know, he has started the movement to do so. Mijwan Welfare Society promptly acted upon the wishes of its Founder and established a Stitching & Embroidery Centre to empower the rural women of that geographical region with a skill to join their male counterparts to increase the family income and lead a purposeful life, in the year 1994. This Centre was started in a small two room building with one teacher to teach Tailoring & Stitching. Within three months another lady from the village joined the Centre as Teacher voluntarily. The impact of Mijwan Welfare Societys effort started showing result and soon people started to join the movement voluntarily. Next, it was turn to start an Embroidery Section and in that process a local woman was sent SEWA-Lucknow to get the training on famous hand embroidery technique Chikankari which is known to be brought to India by none other than Empress Noor Jahan, wife of Moghul Emperor Jahangeer, from Iran. Since last 15 years, hundreds of women & girls learnt the technique and now earning as SEWA-Lucknow was inspired at the quality of embroidery by these girls and started outsourcing some of its orders to the Centre. In the meantime, Home of Hope, Inc., USA, a not-for-profit organisation founded by Dr. Nilima Sabharwal-a Pathologist by profession & US Citizen of Indian Origin, came forward and shared the responsibility to fund the project. Today, Mijwan Welfare Society and Home of Hope are planning to establish a Production Centre at Mijwan to make this project self sustainable. Major Requirements

A Corpus Fund of US$10000 or INR5000000 is needed to be established.

Major Donors

Home of Hope, Inc., USA

Nagari Nivara Hakk Samiti

An NGO headed by Shabana Azmi, Nagari Nivara Hakk Samiti which deals with housing rights, will build India's largest rehabilitation project for the urban poor at Chandivli in Mumbai. General secretary of the Samiti P K Das, an architect, said the project would be undertaken by the Samiti and not by the Sumer corporation who owns the land. As many as 16,500 families displaced from the Borivli national park will be accommodated in a township to be developed on 1.89 lakh sq metres of land. Following a PIL filed by environmentalists about 65,000 families had to be moved out of the park. Of these, 33,000 families were entitled to rehabilitation.

Raining of stars on mijwan

In a first, 24 Bollywood celebrities showed their strength and came out to support Shabana Azmis cause of the Mijwan village in UP that her father and famous Urdu Poet Late Kaifi Azmi belonged to. Shabana Azmi's fashion show, to raise funds for the upliftment of rural women, was a true example of what the Hindi film industry is capable of when it comes together for a cause. The entire Bollywood film industry united together for this noble cause. Shabanas goodwill in the industry got the whos who of Bollywood on the ramp. It was raining Bollywood stars at Shabana Azmis charity fashion show, Mijwan, on Sunday evening. Supporting Shabanas cause was her immediate family mother Shaukat Azmi, brother Baba Azmi, husband Javed Akhtar and Javeds son Farhan Akhtar, who even walked the ramp. The show was organised to raise money for the education of girls. From Hrithik Roshan to Lara Dutta, Dia Mirza to Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra to Karan Johar, the ramp shone each time stars stepped on it in creations by Manish Malhotra. Current hotties Anushka Sharma, Ranvir Singh, Monikangana Dutta, Lisa Haydon, Shazahn Padamsee, Aditya Roy Kapur and Prateik were cheered on just as much as the veterans. Sandhya Mridul, Rohit Roy and Tusshar Kapoor also did the catwalk.

Heres what the stars had to say about Mijwan: Sonnets In Fabric:

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi has always been closely associated with charitable and social work and this time too she along with her godchild Namrata Goyal has once again put together a fund-raising fashion show. Called Mijwan- Sonnets in Fabric, this is a fashion show with a difference whereby the funds collected will be utilised for the empowerment of the girl child in rural India. The fashion show scheduled to take place in Mumbai on Jan 23 is likely to witness a lot of Bollywood bigwigs who will be participating and walking the ramp for this noble cause. Some of the big names who have confirmed their presence include Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Johar, Tusshar Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Shilpa Shetty, Sushmita Sen, Amrita Rao, Anushka Sharma, Celina Jaitley, Dia Mirza, Kunal Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Lara Dutta, Monikangana, Neha Dhupia, Prateik Babbar, Raima Sen, Ranveer Singh, Rohit Roy, Sameera Reddy, Sandhya Mridul and Shazahn Padamsee Wrapped in a Manish Malhotra sari with a brocade-sleeved blouse, Shabana Azmi kept hubby Javed Akhtar and mother Shaukat Azmi company throughout the event. The jubilant actress remembered her reasons for taking up the cause, I was 4 months old when my mother, Shaukat Kaifi ,used to strap me on her back and take me to Prithvi Theatres where she worked as an actor. She adored Prithviraj Kapoor and was very touched when Ranbir Kapoor came home and touched her feet. Its a full circle for her. she said. All the stars walking the ramp for my Mijwan benefit are giving me such good vibes. Big hug to all and to Manish Malhotras indefatigable energy, she tweeted. Hrithik Roshans connection with the Azmis spans a few generations. Kaifi Saheb who founded the NGO has worked with my grandfather Roshan Saheb, Shabana aunty has been a school friend of my dad, Im working with Zoya Akhtar in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara so its really a relationship spanning three generations. I believe that when I support a cause I get enriched by the experience because it sensitises me to the plight of those less privilegedfor a mere Rs. 6000, a girlchild in Mijwan can get through school for a whole year! We blow up 10 times that amount at a restaurant in one night! The disparity is numbing, he said.

Quoting from his personal life, Ranbir Kapoor said, My parents raised my sister Riddhima and me without any discrimination. If anything, I used to feel my sister got a better deal because she was the elder child and a girl! It is heartening that Shabana Azmi and her godchild Namrata Goyal are taking Kaifi Sahebs dream forward. I am paying my tribute to a rare poet who practised what he preached: Pyar ka jashn nai tarha manana hoga, Gam kisi dil mein sahi Gam ko mitana hoga.

Mijwan Welfare Society bags the first place at National level Cultural programme

Shabana Azmi and Namrata Goyal's Mijwan Welfare Society bags the first place at National level Cultural programme. 'The 'Pratham Sanskritik Puraskar' brought pride and glory to the participants of Kaifi Azmi Girls School located in Mijwan, a small village in Azamgarh Uttarpradesh. These are 1416 year old girls who have never stepped out of their village before. It was not an easy task for their teacher Ghanshyam to convince their parents to allow the girls out of their homes and their village.It has been due to the untiring efforts of Shabana Azmi and Namrata Goyal that these girls now feel empowered enough to say "We will refuse to get married before we turn 18 because we wish to become self reliant. Winning this prize at a National level will demonstrate our worth to our parents Surekha- student Kaifi Azmi High School for girl: Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Surekha. Thank you for supporting my small village Mijwan in Azamgarh, UP. This is the first time I have come to a big city and Im very happy. I will tell all my friends that Mijwan has become famous in the world. When I grow up I want to be a super model like the people here. Thank you.

LEARNINGS FROM SHABANA AZMI

WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM PERSONALITY AS AN INDIVIDUAL AS WELL AS A MANAGER? She is courages and has the ability to learn and has a deterministic approach to fulfill her dreams. she is one of the female pioneers in the field of art movies and social activist. She posses such a phenomenal persona with a varieties of working abilities . In spite of Muslim woman she never care about obligation which generally imposes on Muslim females. She always brings social issue related to societies through her movies. Service to humanity received worldwide recognition by her. During her long and successful career, Shabana Azmi has been recognized both in her native India and abroad her social activism, particularly on behalf of slum dwellers. Azmi, one of the best known faces in Indian film, was the first celebrity to appear in a public information campaign promoting HIV/AIDS awareness at a time when AIDS was still a taboo subject. As for as learning concerned as individual from her that we should never concerned about controversies around while you are working when you are sure that whatever you are doing that positively contributing as she is a feminist who has fought for women's causes and slum dwellers. These activities may have led to many controversies, but she knows what is right and what she is doing. And strongest point that she has trick of enjoying life is to accept the age which learn to each that don't fight the years, grow with them

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them. As from the managerial insights building the performance orientation which means effective management requires clarity of thoughts process, the ability, the ability to bring together diverse elements into a harmonious whole and to implement plans,flexibility ,interacting with the concerned parties and working in social groups an individual must be a part of a team .His/Her efforts should be directed towards society not only for self benefit but should benefit to whole organization and society. She lives her life like crystal clear water. And important point which she made for us that a person should have a overall view of your surrounding so our focus is not only lying only with one segment where you working but you have to think and make plan which give make sense to individual contribution, organization and whole society in positive way like Shabana Azmi is doing movies which act as an instrument for social change which involving around the rights of women, development, reproductive health, housing for the economically weaker sections, public health and HIV AIDS. And Shabana Azmi appointed by SAARC as a goodwill ambassador She manages her family and social activities very well. She hardly matter in which you are working its all about sense of responsibility. Even One be in glamorous can pay her responsibility toward society through this profession. Like Shabana besides being an intense actress, she is also a social and political activist. She is not averse to doing anything as long as it's not at cross purposes with her values.

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