KATHMANDU: Ruby Shah from Bara district has been awarded the Zonta International 2021 Jane M Klausman (JMK) Women in Business Scholarship — a total of $10,000 award money.
Shah was nominated by the Zonta Club of Kathmandu, District 25, Area 2, and the application for the award was sent to the Zonta International District selection where she is the recipient of $2000 among the 32 total award recipients. Shah, who has become one of the six scholars worldwide to receive this international scholarship for the academic year 2021-2022, also received $8000 from Zonta Headquarters (Illinois, USA).
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Shah is a final-year undergraduate at The British College who is pursuing her BBA degree, concentrating in Finance and Accounting. Since the age of 19, Ruby has been working with several startups in different domains like business incubation, content creation, marketing, and consulting services. She served as the former Chief Operating Officer for Udhyami Nepali where she supervised the team of the company and was involved in curating strategies to create insightful content and events for aspiring entrepreneurs. Currently, she is leading the Rotaract Club of Kirtipur as its Charter President where she is working with more than 40 youths of her locality to initiate various community projects and capacity development programmes.
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With a continuous zeal and effort to empower women in the economic sphere, Shah has attended several fellowship and training seminars. In 2019, she represented Nepal at the International Youth Engagement Conference in Malaysia as the SDG presenter where she pitched a presentation on ‘ The contemporary condition of Youth Centres to empower females in Nepal’ and advocated for the role of youth centres in attaining SDG 5 (Gender Equality) and SDG 8 (Decent work and economic growth).
Seema Golcha, president of Zonta Club of Kathmandu expressed, “We congratulate her and we know that she will be a great role model for many girls who aspire to study business and be in a leadership position to empower other women”.
Every year, Zonta awards JMK scholarships to promising women to encourage them in pursuing professions in business management and seek leadership roles. The applicants should have a strong academic profile and demonstrate initiative, ambition, and commitment to pursuing a career in business.
Zonta International founded in 1919 is a leading global organisation of professionals, empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy. It envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognised as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential.
Under the umbrella and vision of Zonta International, Zonta Club Kathmandu was established in 2012 as a legally registered NGO in Kathmandu. Represented by 54 Members, professional women from diverse sectors working voluntarily on the advancement of the status of women with the objective to improve the economy, education, health, and issues related to youth and violence against women (VAW) at the national and local level through service and advocacy.
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Published Date: February 10, 2022, 12:00 am
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