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Chitralekha Potnis was among the selected entrepreneurs selected by the
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for Women
Entrepreneur Training. She was an executive member of the Marathi Lan-
guage Board in Toronto. To date, she has been awarded various awards. In
2018, she was awarded the Women's Hero of Education Award by the Indo-
Canadian Arts and Culture Initiative. He was also honored by the House of
Commons in Canada for his work. In addition, he was also honored by the
government for his social service during COVID-19 He was awarded the
prestigious Kotler Award at the World Marketing Summit last year.

Lack of employment and education makes it difficult for many women to
stand on their feet. She has helped many Indian and foreign women who
have come to Canada.

′′ There are many women who have been cheated and tortured by their
husbands abroad. I educated them in my college and gave them a job.
But, Free never gave anything. Pay as much as you can for education, but
the urge to do it builds self-esteem and confidence in them, ′′ That's my ex-
perience -- Chitralekha Potnis

′′ I try to educate and employ women to help them stand on their feet. Do-

ing so, I make sure they are not overwhelmed. No matter how much need-

ed, I never gave free education and a job without qualification. My constant
effort is to make them feel the satisfaction of getting something on their
own ′′

-- Chitralekha Potnis

Living in Baroda, Chitralekha started working on a project of UNICEF. The
project was to bring street children and child workers into the stream of
school education. While doing so, she came in contact with 13-14-year-old
girls who were pushed into prostitution. Contacting these girls, convincing
them and their parents, facilitating their education and earnings, explaining
about the dangers of their work, she was active in such various things. Also,
he worked for the education of child laborers.

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