Prachi Garg ( Hindi

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Script: प्राची गर्ग; born 19 May 1984) is an Indian author columnist, academe speaker, traveler and entrepreneur. Her books "Superwomen", focused on women

entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

and "Supercouples" based on the entrepreneurship endeavors and challenges by couples. Much of her subject or theme is oriented towards entrepreneurship,

social issues A social issue is a problem that affects many people within a society. It is a group of common problems in present-day society and ones that many people strive to solve. It is often the consequence of factors extending beyond an individual's cont ...

and development and

women empowerment Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training.Kabeer, Naila ...

in the context of Indian subcontinent. She combines dreams with realism with facts derived from the practical life.

Early life, family background and education

Prachi Garg was born on 19 May 1984 in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, in a business family. She is a daughter of Neeru Garg and Brajesh Garg. She has completed her bachelor and master in computer science from the

University of Delhi Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...

. She has earned a

master degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in business administration (MBA) from

Great Lakes Institute of Management The Great Lakes Institute of Management (also known as Great Lakes or GLIM) is a private business school in India. It was founded in 2004 by Bala V. Balachandran, a professor at Kellogg School of Management with its first campus in Chenn ...

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

Career and entrepreneurship

She has worked as an anchor and news reporter with DD News Journal, freelance journalist with EET India, and has been freelancing for HT Horizons. She is an author. She owns an enterprise Ghoomophiro. Her start-up has been covered by, Indian Express Femina, iDiva. She does trekking and organizes women guided tours.

Writing career

*''Superwomen''. The book, a collection of biographies, narrates the entrepreneurial journeys and struggles therein of 20 women from the Indian subcontinent. It depicts how these women played all their roles to perfection, aligning their families with their ambitions, showing the world their true mettle *''Supercouples''. The book, a collection of biographies. *''Supersiblings''. Her latest book focuses on siblings who've established themselves as entrepreneurs together and how their relationship has nurtured during that course. *"Legends of the startup guy". The book was launched in March and is about how a young guy Ganesh starts his business. It is a mix of Indian mythology and business lessons. *"Startup Secrets from the Ramayana". The book that has startup lessons from Ramayana.

Awards

* Received the "ET inspiring leader award for technology and entrepreneurial literature" 2021 by Economic Times * Received the "Women Disruptor of the year for the excellence in Technology * Received the "Indian Prime Women Icon Award - 2022

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References

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