Pranita Akotkar awarded Swasth Bharat Samman 2021

  

Pranita Akotkar was one of the recipients of Swasth Bharat Sammam 2021, an award instituted by Gyanyog Seva Kendra and Yog Ras Media Group as part of their Swasth Bharat Mission. The award was presented on 2nd October, 2021, at a glittering award function attended by several well known personalities from diverse backgrounds.   These trail-blazing women have made a mark for themselves in fields like Public speaking, Modelling, Acting & Social Work.

Pranita Akotkar is a successful life and communication coach.   Pranita, who comes from a small town in Maharashtra, has successfully overcome several obstacles in her life. An ex-RJ and editor at an entertainment web-site, she has now taken up coaching to give back to the people the learnings that she has had in her eventful life.  Even in the pandemic, she has coached people from 10 countries.

Speaking on the occasin, Pranita said “The pandemic resulted in a sharp increase in people reporting symptoms of anxiety and depressive disorder resulting in negative outcomes such as increase in alcoholic consumption and substance use. We had included specific modules in our coaching to help people deal with adverse impact of the pandemic on their mental health.”  While appreciating Pranita’s work, the Chief Guest stated that the communication and life coaching benefited several people during the pandemic.

Pranita now plans to take her coaching to the small towns of India from where she began once and give the benefits to the people staying there.