DISTRICT SEMINAR 2024 - VISHUDDHA
District Seminar ‘Vishuddha’ was held on Saturday,19 th October 2024 at Taj Trees , Vikhroli. The
event was painstakingly planned and executed by Project Chairmen PDC Dr Shobha Ahuja and PDC
Mita Sheth dealt with Health, Wellness and Empowerment.
Morning began with Chief Guest Association President Sunita Jain inaugurated the 10 wellness stalls
- Padma Creations, Super Millets, Voll Sante, Millenium Herbal Care ltd, Craveo, Limelight CVD
Diamonds, Prolicious, Arrantra, NM Eva Health, Seele. The stall presented a range of health care
products that delighted the members.
The 1 st session began with lighting of the lamp by Chief Guest AP Sunita Jain, DC Prerana Raichur,
Project Chairmen PDC Dr Shobha Ahuja and PDC Mita Sheth and the DEC in the presence of Dist
Seminar coordinators and the Presidents of zone 2 .
The 1 st speaker of the day was Dr Anita Sukhwani a psychiatrist who spoke on how the mental health
affects the gut health. She explained how a troubled intestine can send signals to the brain, just as a
troubled brain can send signals to the gut. Therefore, a person's stomach or intestinal distress can be
the cause or the product of anxiety, stress, or depression and how it can be avoided.
The Second Speaker of the day was Ms Bhawana Sommaya, a Celebrity Journalist. She spoke about
women empowerment, her life trajectory from a Bollywood journalist to an author and the
challenges she has faced and overcome. The audience was all attention and interacted with her on
many issues. The star of the Seminar was Ms Bhawana Sommaya .
The guest speaker second session post lunch was Yasmin Karachiwala , As the driving force behind
the introduction of the ‘Pilates’ physical fitness system in India, Yasmin has earned unparalleled
recognition as the foremost celebrity fitness trainer. Her clientele include some of Bollywood’s most
iconic stars and luminaries from other fields too.
The second session ended with a cooking demonstration and Information from Super Millets.
This was followed up by blessings given by AP Sunita Jain and her felicitation.
An interesting part of the evening was Lucky Draw by Limelight Diamonds. Limelight Diamonds
sponsored 5 diamond pendants. Members were aesthetic winning diamond pendants. The
members won many more prizes in the lucky draw Health Check Ups, Alexa, Air Dry Fryer, Micro
wave, OTG and many more.
The Official Sponsors for the District Seminar were WELSPUN Crop, CO Sponsors Herbal Hills,
Limelight and Eva NM Medical.
The District Seminar team – Project Chairmen PDC Dr Shobha Ahuja and PDC Mita Sheth and their
army of 15 angels who have left so stone unturned to make this event a grand Success. Chief
Coordinators Jayshree Bokadia and Kinny Kaul, Tejal Damani, Jagruti Shah, Akshada Acharya, Meena
Mathur, Jagruti Parekh, Dipika Choudhari, Urmila Khanna, Jayshree Bhatt, Rekha Kinariwala, Asha
Singh, Prakruti Vasani, Sarmishtha Choudhary Nisha Agarwal and Anuja Shah.
Registrations for District Seminar were handled by IWC Bombay North End.