Monica Purohit is a social worker, special educationist and rehabilitation professional who is the co-founder and director of Anand Service Society, an organization working for the disabled in the country.
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Wiki/Biography
Monica Purohit was born as ‘Monica Sharma’ on Saturday, 14 February 1976 (age 44 years; as in 2020) in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Their zodiac sign is Aquarius. She is also known as Monica Sharma Purohit and Monica Gyanendra Purohit. She went to Indore School of Social Work to pursue a master’s degree in social work. He has also done B.Sc. in Geology, Diploma in Fashion Designing and Marketing, B.Ed. in Deaf Education, and M.Ed. In teachers and special education.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 4″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
family and caste
parents and siblings
His mother Pushpa Sharma works in Anand Service Society. His father, PD Sharma, is a branch manager at State Bank of India (SBI) Indore.
Monica Purohit with her parents
husband and children
She married Gyanendra Purohit, a lawyer and social worker, on 18 May 2001. Monica and Gyanendra met in their college and were in love with each other since their college days.
Monica Purohit with her husband
They have two sons named Sarthak and Chinmay Purohit.
Monica Purohit with her family
livelihood
In 1997, Monica and her husband, Gyanendra Purohit, founded Anand Service Society, an organization for the deaf and disabled. The inspiration for forming the organization was his brother-in-law, Anand (Gyanendra’s brother), who was deaf and mute and died in a train accident in 1997.
Childhood picture of Gyanendra Purohit with brother
The organization has been instrumental in helping handicapped and disabled children and women in their education, training and employment support. The organization is headquartered in Indore and also operates in tribal and rural areas like Dhar and Alirajpur (the most illiterate district of India) in Madhya Pradesh.
Logo of Anand Service Society
Monica taught deaf and dumb children through the organization and inspired them to live like normal people. Through her husband’s organization and advocacy, Monica was successful in getting deaf children access to general schools, reservation of teacher posts for deaf-mute people by the state government, reservation quota for deaf people in government ITI colleges and their admission in them. BERA test mandatory for government jobs, and more. Monica is also the state level women coordinator of MP Deaf and Dumb Police Helpline run by Indore Police in joint collaboration with Anand Service Society.
Awards and Honors
- Alex Memorial Award in 2012
Monica and Gyanendra Purohit receiving the Alex Memorial Award
- Awarded the National Swayam Siddha Award by Jindal Steel Foundation in 2016
Gyanendra and Monica Purohit receive National Axiom Award by Jindal Steel Foundation
- In 2016, she was recognized as one of the 100 Women of India by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with Facebook.
- Zee Women Achiever Award for upliftment of deaf children and women empowerment in 2016
- Swaraj Mahila Excellence Award for upliftment of deaf children and women empowerment in 2016
- Gurjar Gaur First Ratna Award in 2016
- Rotary Club Award for Outstanding Service to Deaf Children and Women in 2016
- Rotary Nation Builder Award for outstanding service to deaf and hard of hearing children and women in 2017
- Innerwheel Club Award for Outstanding Service to Deaf Children and Women 2015-2016
- FICCI Flow Women Achiever Award 2018 by Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Steel Secretary of India, Smt. Aruna Sharma
Monica Purohit receives FICCI Flow Women Achiever Award
- Rotary International District 3040 – Teacher Excellence Award in 2020
Monica Purohit – Rotary District 3040 Teacher Excellence Award
- Awarded as the best teacher in the special teacher category by Indore Municipal Corporation.
- Honored by Indore Traffic Police for constructive contribution to the society by deaf women and children
Facts/General Knowledge
- During her graduation in fashion designing, she used to do sketching and acting along with her studies.
- From 1998 to 2000, she was a member of the Student Action Committee of her college.
- Before working as a social worker, she worked at the NGO Mahesh Drishtihin Kalyan Sangh Teacher Training Unit in Indore and Tata International Limited (a trading and distribution company) in Dewas, Indore.
- They have also created a CODA club of normal children of deaf adults who share common issues and problems.
- In 2005, Monica and her husband presented the blockbuster Bollywood films Sholay (1975), Gandhi (1982), Munna Bhai MBBS (2003), and Taare Zameen Par (2007) in sign language.
- India’s first deaf and speech impaired friendly police station at Tukoganj Police Station, Indore with Madhya Pradesh Police was started by Monica and her husband.
- In 2015, Monica and Gyanendra were seen in the BBC production ‘Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi’, a talk show hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and aired on Star Plus.
Tonight is the night in life Gyanendra and Monica Purohit
- In 2017, Monica and her husband appeared on ‘DSC Show’, a talk show that aired on Zee Entertainment and was hosted by Dr. Subhash Chandra.
- Amid the nationwide lockdown during the Covid pandemic (2019), the couple (Gyanendra and Monica) and Anand Service Society saved more than 500 deaf people through sign language video call helpline (launched nationally).
- Monica and her husband also taught sign language to the employees of Narmada Jhabua Gramin Bank, making the bank India’s first deaf-friendly bank.
- Monica and her husband helped deliver the election speech of deaf and mute Sudeep Shukla, who contested the state assembly elections from Satna, Madhya Pradesh in 2018, becoming the first deaf and mute MLA candidate.
Sudeep Shukla
- In 2020, Monica, along with her husband, made an appearance on the Karamveer special of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.
Gyanendra and Monica Purohit in Kaun Banega Crorepati
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