KRANTI SETALVAD
(1930-2020)
Late Mrs. Kranti Jagdish Setalvad is the granddaughter of freedom fighter Dr Hariprasad Desai, daughter of freedom fighter Nirmala Desai, grandniece of freedom fighter Pritamrai Desai and first Attorney General of Independent India M. C. Setalvad and wife of freedom fighter Jagdish Setalvad.
Kranti Setalvad was originally named Rashmi Desai when she was born in Sabarmati Jail where her mother was imprisoned in August 1930, but Mahatma Gandhi who was in the Aga Khan palace in Pune at the time, sent across a message that the girl be named Kranti (revolution).
Born in Gujarat and bred in Mumbai, Kranti had passionately taken part in the Independence movement as a part of the “Vanar Sena” —a children’s brigade that participated in the freedom movement.
Food and philanthropy have always featured in Kranti’s life, all the way from her childhood when she would visit Bapu’s ashram in Wardha, she found the food there rather bland so she would hide packets of chana and sing under the carpet of her residence at the ashram to watching many of her adults in her family survive on only bhakri in jail when there was very little money at home.
Many who knew her, would vouch for her generosity when it came to help the underprivileged. She worked actively with Mani Bahvan (Mumbai).
Thus, Kranti saw in her daughter, Ms. Naini Setalvad, the passion to bring about nutritional awareness across the country and with the freedom fighter blood running in her veins, she decided to set up the Health For You Foundation with the mission to fight poor nutrition and to inculcate among people a sense of social responsibility for nutritional eating for all.
KANCHAN PAMNANI
Ms. Kanchan Pamnani – Solicitor in Bombay High & Supreme Court of India (B.com, LL.M, Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, England) and courses from the World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva and Arbitration – Indian Merchants’ Chamber and a Diploma in Intellectual Property Law – University of Bombay. Her clients include Indian citizens, multinationals, NRIs, private and public trusts, high net worth individuals NGOs in the field of disability.
Kanchan advocates rights of the disabled in and out of Court, winning landmark rulings, favorable guidelines and was part of the successful team working on the amendment to the Copyright Act – behalf of the Print Disabled.
Felicitations:
2020 – Louis Braille – Shri CU Shah Pragnya Chakshu Mahila Seva Kunj, Gujarat
2014 – Chaturastra Nari Puraskar – Hathi Ganpati Mandal , Pune
2011 – Lifetime achievement Award – Siddhi Vinayak Blind Handicapped Trust
2010 – Appreciation – Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena
2010 – Woman of the Year – Zonta Club of Bombay – Sheriff of Mumbai
2009 – National Award -Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities by President of India for Outstanding performance as Role Model
2007 – Award of Excellence by National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Dehradun
2007 – Extraordinary Efforts Award – highest standard in special area of work by Giants Group of Byculla
2007 – All India Andh Stri Hitt Association International Excellence Award
2006 – Jeevan Gaurav Award by the Maharashtra Labour Welfare Board for Outstanding Achievement by a Visually Impaired Person
2005 – Neelam Kanga Award – National Association for the Blind – Outstanding Woman Achiever
Kanchan contributes to Citizens Forum Praja actively working during Covid19, a board member of CREA (International Feminist Human Rights Organization) & National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People.
Kanchan endorsed Naini Setalvad’s life mission – “To spread awareness of good eating and the power of Indian food to all.” Kanchan jointly became trustee with Late Kranti Setalvad and began Health For You Foundation appointing Naini to head and create awareness of food to prevent, retard and reverse diseases, improve performance and mood in academic and non-academic institutes through this NGO.
NAINI SETALVAD
Nutritionist, dietician, food guru, wellness expert, obesity, lifestyle and disease management coach, sports nutritionist, researcher on dietetics, columnist, public speaker on health and positivist are just a few words that are synonymous with Naini.
Naini is a force to be reckoned with. Her early work began while she was working towards achieving the goals of the foundation. Naini’s story is what drew people in. She battled with weight loss and at the age of 32 in 1996, where she went from 160 to 60 kilos making her journey not only inspiring but truly magnetic.
Her one-on-one practice was not enough and she wanted to do more. So Naini found encouragement from the Foundation which gave her a platform to start addressing various groups and writing articles through the length and breadth of the country for various publications such as Times of India, Mumbai Mirror etc. She writes monthly articles for many magazines and other publications.
Naini has spread the knowledge of “food that is good for you” to various Women’s groups, rotary clubs, schools, colleges, corporates, Mumbai police, NGOs, Balwadis; you name it and Naini has done workshops there with the help of the foundation.
Due to her persistent efforts to spread nutritional awareness Naini Setalvad was actively associated with the Piramal group who sponsored ‘Help Your Body’ crusade and Naini was awarded in 2008 by our Late President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for spreading nutritional awareness in our country.
Naini’s positive attitude and her belief in the word ‘IMPOSSIBLE spells as ‘I’M POSSIBLE’ is truly inspiring. Her motto of “Healthy Food, Healthy Body, Health Mind and Healthy Nation” is what we all should imbibe.
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