Shivani Verma

BK Shivani presenting an Awakening with Brahmakumaris program in Bangkok.

Shivani Verma (Pune, 1972) better known as Brahma Kumari Shivani[1] is an Indian spiritual teacher and inspirational speaker and has been a Brahma Kumaris teacher and a member of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University since approximately 1995.[2][3][4]

She conducts motivational courses through public seminars and television programs. Since 2008, she has become increasingly well known in India and among the Indian diaspora for her leading role in the Television series "Awakening with Brahma Kumaris", aired daily on Aastha channel.[1][5][6]

In 2014, she was honored with Women of the Decade Achievers Award by ALL Ladies League for Excellence in Empowering Spiritual Consciousness.[7][8]

Biography

Sister Shivani completed her Electronics Engineering graduate degree as a Gold Medallist from Pune University in 1994, and then served for two years as a lecturer in Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune.[2][9]

In an interview, she talked about her parents going to Brahmakumaris since her childhood, and later at age 23 she herself started going to Brahmakumari workshops.[1] After initially working at the back end production of Brahmakumari television presentations in Delhi for Sony TV, where senior teachers would record teachings. Then in 2007 due to unavailability of teachers, she was asked to start answering viewers queries herself. This led to the television program titled, "Awakening with Brahma Kumaris", where BK Shivani was interviewed by co-host Kanupriya.

BK Shivani now travels in India delivering motivational talks, representing the Brahma Kumaris at charitable events ranging from the promotion of organ donation [10] to parenting programs at the Delhi Islamic Cultural Centre.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Being normal, being spiritual". MiD DAY. December 12, 2010. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  2. 1 2 "Studying engineering helped me think logically: Brahmakumari Shivani". Indian Express. June 7, 2010. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  3. ↑ "Instead of thinking to change the world,change oneself: Sister Shivani". Jharkhand State News. March 18, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  4. ↑ "Criticism, negative reactions disempower children: BK Shivani". Hindustan Times. February 22, 2014. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  5. ↑ "Profile : Sister BK Shivani". Life Positive. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  6. ↑ "BK Shivani Ji Profile". Aastha TV. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  7. ↑ "Women of the Decade". Afternoon. January 3, 2014. Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  8. ↑ ALL Ladies League
  9. ↑ "'Ensure that your happiness doesn't depend on others'". The Times of India. March 9, 2010. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  10. ↑ "'Greatest Gift'". The Times of India. August 11, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  11. ↑ "'Importance of Parent-Teacher Relationship'". The New Delhi Times. November 21, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

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