AsiaOne Magazine April-May 2018 Issue

the educational field. “This is inspiration enough to keep
doing what we are doing and to let the small successes
also add up to bigger ones,” she says.
Even though Dr Shroff has achieved enormous
success, she has her feet planted firmly on the ground
and considers learning as a life-long process. “Always
being in the learning mode or Living in the Gap, is one
of our core values and that helps to keep getting more
professional in our work areas,” she believes.
CarING For HUMaNITY
Always extending her helping hand to the needy, Dr Shroff
has left no stone unturned to address their pressing
needs and considers education to be the most potent
weapon for empowerment. “I firmly believe in giving back
to the society in whatever way possible. For me the only
way ahead is through the power of education. Kalorex
has taken initiatives every time any such need arose.
We have contributed greatly in the rehabilitation efforts
of the affected villages during the Gujarat earthquake of
2001. The two month camp organized by Kalorex under
the name of Visamo offered shelter, food, day care and
counselling facilities to any and everyone who walked
in,” she asserts. Today, Visamo camp has taken “a more
permanent shape as Visamo Kids Foundation which
offers boarding and lodging facilities for underprivileged
students and partnering schools provide free schooling to
them throughout their school life.” Deriving contentment
from her noble endeavours, she states, “Our tireless
efforts have borne fruit in transforming many children’s
lives forever and making them independent, self- reliant
and able to support their families.” Dr Shroff is also
concerned about the kids with special learning needs
and is actively engaged in bringing them to mainstream
through her special school. “As a promise to cater to all
sections of the society, we opened a one of its kind school,
Prerna - for students having Dyslexia and special learning
needs. We have been successful in creating awareness in
the society about these invisible needs and helped such
students achieve their potentials,” she emphasizes.
Her message for the young generation, who look up
to you as their role model is “Choose your profession by
your passion. And then put your everything into making
it happen for you.”
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