ANKITA BAJPAI, LUCKNOW

CATEGORY: YOUNG SOCIETY LEADER

Being a dancer and a social activist, she is the brand ambassador of children’s helpline, Lucknow 1098 and the brand ambassador of Ladli Foundation of Delhi. She has helped to provide skills like dancing, skating and painting to the underprivileged children at slum areas like Madan Mohan Malviya school kids and kids of the slum area at Husaria Chauraha. With the child helpline team, she has spread awareness about child rights, child abuse and child violence among school students by performing nukkad natak and telling the children and students about child helpline number. She believes in providing skills to the underprivileged children so that they can be used by them in the future. She celebrates festivals and special days at slums by introducing children to the stories behind certain celebrations and festivals. She has had a world record of 24 hours dance and one more record of 5 hours dance on matki and a world record of 8 hours dance in water. She makes these records to spread the message that ‘girls are the pillar of the society and are very strong’. She also got awarded by Yogi Adityanath and received laurels like UP Bal Samann, Acti , UP Icon , Yashsavi , Navdurga , Shiromani , Awadh, Atal Bharat Ratan and APJ Abdul Kalaam Summit award. She has also done various reality shows like Little Masters of Zee Tv, reality shows of Colours channel, Big ganga, Sony and many more.