Awakening with Brahmakumaris program in Bangkok

Shivani Verma (born 31 May 1972), better known as BK Shivani, is a teacher in the

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where she was an academic gold medalist, and completed a master's degree in computer engineering from the

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. Initially, she worked backstage at the production of Brahma Kumaris television presentations in Delhi, where senior teachers would record the teachings. In 2007, due to the unavailability of other teachers, she was asked to start answering the viewers' queries herself. In 2007, a pay-to-broadcast television series ''Awakening with Brahma Kumaris'' was produced for the Aastha channel in which BK Shivani was interviewed by co-host Kanu Priya. Her TV series of conversations with Suresh Oberoi was adapted into the 2015 book ''Happiness Unlimited: Awakening With Brahma Kumaris''. BK Shivani travels in India and abroad, appearing at charitable events ranging from the promotion of organ donation to parenting programs, as well as Brahma Kumaris events. In 2017 she was named as a goodwill ambassador of the

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Awards and recognitions

BK Shivani received the Women of the Decade Achievers Award by

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Ladies League in 2014 and the Nari Shakti Award in March 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shivani, BK 20th-century Indian educators 1972 births Living people Brahma Kumaris Indian spiritual teachers Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni Indian motivational speakers Indian women television presenters Indian television presenters Educators from Maharashtra Women educators from Maharashtra Women motivational speakers 20th-century women educators