Eastern Honours Eminent Women

KOCHI:
The Kochi-based Eastern Condiments has instituted an award to recognise ordinary women who have excelled in their life, and who have been an inspiration to many. On the occasion of the Women’s Day the Eastern Group honoured 15 women under the ‘Eastern Bhoomika Iconic Women of Your Life’ initiative, at a function held at Taj Gateway, Kochi on March 8.

This is the 5th year of this prestigious event and been conducted across 5 states namely Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uthar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh on the same day. Pranjal Patil, Asst. Collector, Ernakulam gave away the mementoes to the winners. Navas Meeran, Chairman gave away the citation to the winners.

The ‘Eastern Bhoomika Iconic Women of Your Life’ endeavour recognised the contribution made by 15 women today. As part of the selection procedure the people were asked to nominate women who influenced them in their lives. The woman could be their wife, daughter, mother, boss, teacher or colleague. They were asked to give a 60 word description of the woman along with a photograph. The nominations were through Social Media and by Post. The 15 candidates selected from this list were honoured by Eastern today.

They are Dr.Shimna Azeez, Rincy Joseph, Sandra Raju, Beepathu Kutty, Renjini S, Narghees Beegam, Chandrika PK, Bhavani Rao, Annu Suraj Nisha Majish, Sreegeetha T, Viji Penkoot , KV Rabiya – 8943831420, KC Rekha, Lijisha
Krishnan. Many of these women have contributed to society by overcoming the challenges they encountered in their life.
Out of the total employees of Eastern Condiments, 48 per cent are women. It is a rand that understands women. Nafeesa Meeran, Director, Eastern Group, is leading the campaign. For more information on the campaign log in to the website –  www.eastern.in