Vandana Luthra

Vandana Luthra
Born 1959
India
Occupation Entrepreneur
Title Founder and Vice Chairperson, VLCC
Spouse(s) Mukesh Luthra
Children Two daughters
Awards Padma Shri
Woman Entrepreneur Award
FICCI Successful Business Woman Award
Amity Woman Achievers Award
Outstanding Business Woman Award
Rajeev Gandhi Women Achiever Award
Website Official web site of VLCC

Vandana Luthra, is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of VLCC Health Care Ltd. a beauty and wellness conglomerate[1] represented in Asia,the GCC and Africa.[2] She was honored by the Government of India in 2013 with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contribution to the fields of trade and industry.[3] As of April 2016, she has been ranked 26th on the Forbes Asia 50 Power Businesswomen list[4] and as the 33rd most powerful woman in business in India by Fortune India.

Biography

Luthra was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. After completing a professional course from the Polytechnic for Women in New Delhi, India, she pursued domain knowledge in beauty care, fitness, food & nutrition and skin care from Germany, the UK and France. She married Mukesh Luthra in 1980, and stayed a homemaker till 1989, till the first of her two daughters was born.

Vandana started VLCC in 1989, as a beauty and slimming services centre in Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi, when her elder daughter was only three years old. The business now operates in 11 countries in South Asia, South East Asia, the GCC Region and East Africa.

Philanthrophy

Vandana actively helps the underprivileged and the physically challenged by providing them scholarships for free education. She is Vice Chairperson of the NGO, Khushii,[5] which has projects like telemedicine centres, a remedial school with midday meal facility catering to 3,000 children, and a vocational training facility.

She is Patron of the Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust, which pioneered the concept of educating children with and without disability in equal number from nursery to class VIII. The Trust now has over 800 in children in its 2 schools.

Awards and recognitions

Vandana has received a host of awards for excellence and entrepreneurship over the years including the Padma Shri (India’s fourth highest civilian honour) in 2013 for her contribution to trade and industry.

Publications

Vandana Luthra has authored two books, Complete Fitness Programme[9] and A Good Life,[10] on wellness and fitness.

References

  1. ↑ "VLCC". VLCC. 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ "BBC Interview of VLCC Founder & Mentor Vandana Luthra". BBC World News - YouTube video. 18 October 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Padma 2013". The Hindu. 26 January 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nita Ambani most powerful businesswoman in Asia: Forbes - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  5. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-big-leap-for-khushii-109012601059_1.html
  6. ↑ "Emerging Company of the Year 2014". Businesstoday. 31 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Asian Business Leaders Forum Trailblazer Award in 2012". ablfawards.
  8. ↑ "Rajiv Gandhi Women Achiever award in 2008". pnrnews.
  9. ↑ Vandana Luthra (2011). Complete Fitness Programme. Sangam Books. p. 152. ISBN 978-8125906919.
  10. ↑ Vandana Luthra (2013). A Good Life. HarperCollins India. p. 240. ISBN 978-9351160113.

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