Kutchina Foundation Celebrates 10 Years of Encouraging Indian Women to Be Changemakers

News Desk, News Nation 360 : Kutchina Foundation celebrated a decade of impact with “Decades of Development: 10 Years of Empowering Women”, a landmark event that brought together policymakers, grassroots leaders, and social reformers to honour the foundation’s journey in supporting women-led change was held at Offbeat Kolkata which was attended by Dr Andrew Fleming, British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata; Hugh Boylan, Consul General of Australia in Kolkata; Sudeshna Roy, Filmmaker & Advisor to WB Commission for Child Rights; Alokananda Roy, Renowned Social Reformer & Artist; Namit Bajoria, MD of Kutchina; Nita Bajoria, Creative Director of Kutchina & many other eminent personalities. The highlight of the celebrations was the felicitation of 26 Krittika Fellows, grassroots women leaders from 10 states who have been at the forefront of building transformative change in the very critical spheres of gender rights, climate resilience, education, livelihood generation, and social justice; these change agents have collectively contributed meaningfully to the lives of over a lakh of marginalized girls and women in a very large number of geographical spaces ranging from the tribal belts of Odisha and Jharkhand to the hilly terrain of the red-light areas of Kolkata to the tea gardens of Assam; the proceedings also featured a couple of highlight moments, including viewing a special documentary that captured the ten-year impact made by the Kutchina Foundation, as well as the formal felicitation of the aforesaid 26 Krittika Fellows and thus recognizing and celebrating their meaningful contributions towards generating positive social change. Speaking to the media, Namit Bajoria, Kutchina Foundation’s Founder & Managing Trustee, stated that beyond just words, their dedication to empowering women is a promise that motivates them to dismantle obstacles and change communities. They see a time in the next ten years when all women can be a source of change and optimism. Their Krittika Fellows have become change agents over the last ten years, making a significant difference in some of the most marginalised areas.

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