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Mrs. Beena Handa
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Beena Handa is a Founder Director of Poiesis Achievement Foundation, a social institution, dedicated to motivating young people towards Achievements.


She is a graduate in Economics and a Post Graduate in HR & Marketing from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She has also attended a program at Harvard Graduate School of Education, which focused on different aspects of Teaching for Understanding framework. This has given her new insights for interacting with children, parents and process of learning through thinking.


Prior to founding Poiesis nine years back, she has worked for more than 3 decades in academics, management consultancy and as Human Resource professional at Claris Lifesciences Ltd, an Indian multi-national pharmaceutical company. She has been a visiting faculty for over 7 years at the Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad. Her contribution has been recognized by the National H.R.D. Network, CII and other bodies. DivyaBhasker has honoured her as one of the 50 “Women of Substance” of Gujarat and also Gujarat’s POWER 100 some time back.


She has opted to work with children after a long association with corporate sector, mainly to prepare children for the challenges of future. She firmly believes that every child has a great potential to grow and become an achiever provided they get guidance from parents, mentors and educational institutions.