Shobha Gosa is an Indian women's activistPanel discussion on - Women Continue to Contribute to Social, Economic, Cultural and Political Achievement, Indialogue Foundation, 2016. and leadership developer,Bharat Yantra, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2016-2017 promoting the movement among youthRanjan K Baruah, Gender mainstreaming workshop concludes, Assam Times, July 17, 2015. towards women empowermentRegional Action for Initiating Safety and Empowerment of Women in North East India, North East Diocesan Social Service Society. through sustained education. She is also involved in interfaith understanding,Catharine Buckell, Religion, violence and peace in India, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 2011. having contributed papers.Leslie Nathaniel, Adrian Watkins (Edited), Gospel and Globalisation: 2nd South Asia Christian Youth Conference, 8–14 June 2005, Whitefield, Bangalore, India, CMS/ISPCK, New Delhi, 2006, pp.179, 279.
Education and career After her undergraduate education in Anantapur at Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Shobha began her career with Non-governmental organisations in India in the new millennium, notably the Henry Martyn Institute, Shivarampally.Interaction, Volume 32, Number 2, July-December 2011, p.20 In 2012, she foundedMadeleine Davies, Indians are a people of great faith and spirituality, Church Times, 17 August 2018. Young People for Life IndiaDepartment of Commerce – Around India in 80 Minutes, Villa Marie College. as a registered Trust to achieve her vision of women empowerment.
Recognition Shobha's espousal of causes ranging from youth leadership, talent management, communication skills and behavioral management, as well as gender empowerment and peace buildingConversations Today, Volume 2, Issue 8, August 2014, p.11 have been recognised over the past many years. In 2011, on the sidelines of United Nations International Women's Day Centenary Celebrations held by United Nations, Government of Andhra Pradesh and State Institute of Rural Development in Hyderabad, she was awarded a Young Women Achiever AwardCoreena Suares, The Wonder Women, Deccan Chronicle, 8 May 2012. along with three other women. In 2014,MSDS - Promoting Social Entrepreneurship in India, Manava Seva Dharma Samvardhani, Chennai, 2016. Shobha was a recipient of Sadguru Gnananda FellowshipService and Society in Telangana First, September 16, 2014 awarded by a Chennai-based institution, Manava Seva Dharma Samvardhani. The citation read,
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