“Empowering more women to dream big and achieve them“- Priyanka Khurana, Mrs India 2015

MUMBAI, India - May 26, 2015 - PRLog -- In her quest to empower married women in India to dare to dream for themselves and achieve the impossible, Mrs. India 2015 Priyanka Khurana Goyal, recently launched her new initiative of ensuring some interesting workshops for Army Wife Welfare Association (AWWA). In the workshops, Priyanka was seen sharing tips of self-grooming and keeping a more interesting and upbeat lifestyle with the wives of our India Army personnel.

Priyanka will conduct 5-6 more such sessions in Mumbai in different locations and will encourage more women to do well for themselves.

Her first session happened at AWWA compound in Sainik Nagar, Colaba. The workshop also covered topics ranging from diet, parenting to fashion in order to increase a sense of wellbeing among the women attending the workshop.

"It takes a strong heart to become a soldier and it takes an even stronger heart to love a soldier. Soldiers wives are pillars behind their courage. An ordinary citizen without knowing every day is reaping the benefits of their sacrifice and devotion towards the country. We feel safe because they are sitting at the border in harsh conditions for our safety. It is my honour to be conducting a program for all wonderful ladies at AWWA and even if my tips can benefit them a little bit, I would consider myself lucky. This is my extremely little contribution towards doing a service to the people who spend their lives in service to the nation" said Mrs India 2015 Priyanka Khurana Goyal in the introductory speech.

The session was very well received by the ladies.

About Priyanka Khurana

Priyanka Khurana Goyal, Mrs India 2015 has truly had a remarkable journey. Earning 1^st Rank in Delhi University while graduating in Bachelors of Information Technology in 2004, Priyanka’s determination to make a name for herself was unwavering. Her next step, took her to the prestigious IIM Calcutta from where she completed her MBA in 2006 ranking 3^rd in her batch. Since then Priyanka has been steadily climbing the ladder at one of the largest investment banks in the world, Nomura. Currently holding the post of Executive Director, Priyanka is one who firmly believes that life after marriage holds limitless opportunities.

Priyanka is mother of a 2 year old son and thoroughly enjoys motherhood and the challenges it brings. She believes that children are our biggest teachers and show us the way to live life the right way with a lot of enthusiasm, courage and sprit of experimentation. She is also a keen follower of yoga and meditation and believes that before we interact with the outside world, we need to meaningfully get inside and introspect the bigger meaning of life. She believes that this is her key to stay balanced and happy and this allows her to take multiple roles with equal ease and grace.

Priyanka enjoys dancing to Bollywood tunes and loves cooking and entertaining people. She believes that both dancing and cooking gives her a medium to let the creativity out and express herself. She is also a keen traveller and enjoys adventure sports like snorkelling, sky diving, river rafting and various others. She believes that life is like a bouquet and it is very important for all of us to keep a balance in different aspects of our lives.

A wife, mother & working professional, Priyanka decided to take a step forward and work towards empowering & encouraging other married women in India to take up innovative work. To do this Priyanka took part in the prestigious Mrs. India Queen of Substance pageant organized by the Handicapped Children and Women’s Aid (HWCA). After successfully gunning through 7 rounds of qualification, Priyanka beat 24 other contestants to be crowned “Mrs. India, Queen of Substance”.

The title empowers Priyanka to promote different community services to help underprivileged and disenfranchised women in India. Priyanka is currently touring across India educating herself in the sociology and anthropology of India’s diverse people and traditions. Empowering women is something that is very close to her heart as Priyanka believes that India has a lot of talent which needs visibility to move to the next level of success. She greatly supports the young women entrepreneurs and uses her title to be the catalyst to take their business and confidence to the next level. She is involved in a number of initiatives with young women led start-up organisations in the field of fashion and creative designing. She is also involved with a few NGOs and initiatives that promote environmental causes including but not limited to radiation awareness, tress planation drives and creating awareness among children on issues affecting our environment. Being a young mother, Priyanka feels very deeply for autistic children and involved with a Mumbai based NGO Khushi to promote autism awareness among parents and general public. This exercise will help her represent the truest identity of India and Indian women in particular at the Mrs. Earth title in Jamaica this October.