Media Coverage
“Our first memories of social work are of our grandmother getting us involved in the activities of Calcutta Foundation. We accompanied her on field visits to villages and interacted with people we were helping.”
Leading COVID-19 Relief Efforts in West Bengal
“Shamlu Dudeja—Founder of SHE (Self Help Enterprise) India and Chairperson of the Calcutta Foundation—narrates her inspiring story, beginning as a child in Pakistan on the eve of Partition, to her education and early career as a mathematics teacher, to ultimately founding a major women’s organization in Bengal.”
“Thousands of people living in the many invisible Indias are helping tech companies build a database that will change their future”
HOW THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN ARE EMPOWERING THOUSANDS OF LIVES WITH SOCIAL INITIATIVES
HERSTORY
Watch 3 generations of Dudeja/Varma Women talk about their lives, journeys, passions, hopes and dreams over 4 days.
Mahima talks advocacy, research, compassion and her time at duke
Saumya talks Leadership, philanthropy and social impact
Malika talks about relationships overcoming loss, perseverance and her road to success
And finally Shamlu Dudeja closes the series talking about her life changing work and the genesis of it all!