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Purnota Dutta Bahl Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Purnota Dutta Bahl Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

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Husband: Gunjan Bahl

Education: MBA

Age: 39 Years

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s) Entrepreneur and Social Activist
Famous For Being the Founder & CEO of Cuddles Foundation
Career
Awards, Honours, Achievements • 2016: National Award for Child Welfare


• 2018: Advantage Woman Award by ICICI Bank
Personal Life
Date of Birth Year 1980
Age (as in 2019) 39 Years
Birthplace Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Nationality Indian
Hometown Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
College/University • Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai
• Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Educational Qualification(s) • Bachelor of Commerce
• MBA check sources
Linkedin
Food Habit Non-Vegetarian
Address Nangia and co, 1101, 11th floor, Tower-B, Peninsula Business Park, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra – 400013
Tattoo A tattoo on her left arm
Relationships & More
Marital Status Married
Affairs/Boyfriends Gunjan Bahl
Marriage Date Year 2006
Family
Husband/Spouse Gunjan Bahl (Chief Investment Officer at LOGOS)
Children Daughter(s)- Eva, Ahaana, and Ishana (Ahaana and Ishana are twins)
Parents Father- Sandip K. Dutta (Bank Employee)


Mother- Sulekha Dutta (Former UPSEC Employee)
Siblings Sister- Nivedita Dutta Goel

Some Lesser Known Facts About Purnota Dutta Bahl

  • Purnota Dutta Bahl is the founder and CEO of “Cuddles Foundation,” India’s one of the renowned NGOs that concentrates on the unrecognised area of nutrition for cancer-afflicted children.

  • After completing her post-graduation, Purnota worked with ‘Hindustan Times’ as a brand manager from 2006 to 2008.

  • In 2008, she worked as the head of the marketing team of Shaadi.com (People Interactive) in Mumbai.

  • Purnota once visited Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai which changed her life completely. Sharing this incident in an interview, she said,

My journey started with a visit to Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai when I came across families that go to cities like Mumbai and New Delhi to seek treatment. There I happened to see a little girl who reminded me so much of my daughter who was exactly the same age. That was the turning point in my life where I decided I had to do something.”

  • She started helping cancer affected children by donating a part of her income, but later, she thought of doing something bigger for them.

  • She quit her job and started Cuddles Foundation in 2012, with an aim to provide nutrition support to children suffering from cancer. She was supported by a few volunteers who provided funds to run the NGO.

  • This foundation works in the partnership with the government and charity-based hospitals such as Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, SGPGI in Lucknow, AIIMS in New Delhi, and NRS Medical College in Kolkata.

  • Cuddles Foundation provides nutritional supplementation, mid-day meals in OPD, and ration baskets to the needy families.

    Purnota Dutta Bahl with a Child of Cuddles Foundation

  • Purnota’s foundation has employed 24 trained nutritionists on a payroll that works in the hospitals with the pediatric oncology team. Cuddles Foundation team consists of female members only; right from executive directors to paediatric nutritionists.

  • Cuddles Foundation works with more than 21 hospitals in India serving over 35000 children.

  • In 2018, Cuddles developed their own mobile app to provide appropriate counsel and aid to the parents.

  • As per the TATA Memorial Hospital’s reports, the nutritious food has helped in bringing down the percentage of children suffering from cancer.

  • In an interview, Purnota shared one of her best experiences of her NGO’s journey, she said,

There was a boy Nandu who used to work part-time at a factory in the day and come for treatment during the evenings. Despite his illness and chemotherapy, Nandu had no choice but to work. The nutritionists from Cuddles came to his rescue. With their gentle encouragement and nutritional support, he finally quit his job. Today, having recovered he has started going to school with a noble dream of becoming a scientist to find the cure to a disease like cancer.”

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