Poonam Shroti, from Bhopal, is all of two feet and eight inches. An MBA in Finance with a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management, she still struggled to find a job. Poonam is 29 years old and the reason behind her short height is Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), sometimes known as brittle bone disease, or "Lobstein syndrome". As Poonam puts it, there are perhaps more plates supporting her tiny body than bones.
Finally, an HR firm seemed a shade positive. Poonam approached them stating that they need not pay her any salary until they first checked her working abilities. But the firm was firm that they would hire her.
That's when one of her friends, Ashish Mishra, helped her look at the larger picture She left her job and breathed life into Uddip Social Welfare Society.
Uddip Social Welfare Society has started a campaign CanDo for the empowerment of disabled individuals. In this campaign, Uddip worked with Shubham Viklang Evam Samaj Seva Samiti and in August 2014, a small session on skill development, career counselling and guidance was conducted.
Poonam is also coaching in terms of how to perform at group discussions or conduct himself during interviews.
Other activities that she has begun focusing on are blood donations and livelihoods. Poonam has concentrated her efforts on rural areas, having completed a survey of one village already. She wants to make the women self sufficient by providing them livelihood options.
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