As we try and raise the safety standards of the national capital with the Uber NDTV Roshan Dilli campaign, we're also showcasing the people and organisations who are working hard to help empower women throughout the nation. Asia's first woman commercial pilot and founder of non-profit organisations Indha Craft and Literacy India, Captain Indraani Singh is on a mission to educate children and empower women. Captain Indraani Singh, whose NGO Literacy India also runs workshops specifically designed to empower women, told NDTV,
Being a pilot I had never planned to venture into the social sector which is highly disorganized compared to flying, so I had to work very hard by keeping the sense of urgency in all our projects and my team understand this.
Captain Singh says that her new initiative focuses on ensuring that women benefit from the 3 Es - Education, Empowerment, and Employability. With the 3Es in her mind, she has dedicated her life to providing rural women with skills that they can use to earn a living.
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38-year-old Parvesh, who did two courses in tailoring and has now been stitching for over 10 years, thanks to Captain Singh. Parvesh shared with NDTV,
I was not allowed to step out of my house but once my husband saw the scope in tailoring, there has been no looking back and with our joint earnings, we can provide better facilities for our children.
Shanti developed an interest in block printing as she told NDTV,
I enjoy making different patterns and with the money I earn I feel independent and am living a better life.
The courses offered by Captain Singh's Literacy India are not just about skills but are also about teaching moral values.
With different vocations, they won't starve, they will do something! Their aspirations and dreams will take them to whatever they want to achieve.
Even though Captain Indraani Singh has been flying for over 30 years, she says that now she has a bigger mission of ‘greater good' in life.
What started with only 5 students operating out of a construction site in Gurugram in 1996 has expanded to 13 states and reaches out over 65,000 beneficiaries today. All this has been made possible by one person's dream, along with her a dedicated and hardworking team!
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The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to relax the ban imposed on the manufacture, storage and sale on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR noting air pollution levels had remained alarming for a considerable time.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced in the assembly on Wednesday that the Delhi government will introduce a new policy for issuing Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates to vehicles from other states, in a bid to tackle air pollution.
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