Rakesh Shukla (animal welfare activist)
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Rakesh Shukla[1] is a Bangalore based entrepreneur[2], motivational speaker[3] and animal rights activist[4] who runs a home for over 700 rescued[5] dogs. He did his BE in Electronics and Communications, went on to do an MBA and work in various telecom companies[6] in India, US and Singapore before becoming an entrepreneur.
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Entrepreneurship
Rakesh pioneered technology content creation[7] by creating TWB_ in 2006 and grew his bootstrapped personally funded company[8] into a worldwide leader . He went on to create the first content automation solution in India and led to TWB to become the largest India-based pure-play Technical Publications vendor.
Philanthropy
Rakesh through TWB_ have always focused on creating opportunities for women in the workforce[9] by employing a large proportion and speaking for them and he would later institutionalize health care and opportunities for rural women through his non-profit VOSD for People[10].
Animal Rights
Frequently labeled the ‘‘The Dogfather of India’[11] or ‘Dog Whisper[12]’ he set about creating VOSD after the press went berserk reporting the death of a two-year-old boy named Sandeep in July 2011 reportedly killed and eaten by stray dogs[13]. Alarmed by the calls to cull what are lawfully protected animals since 2001[14]. Rakesh carried out independent investigations including a second autopsy, and came away with evidence that shifted the blame away from the dogs[15]. These were first published in on VOSD investigative website in July 2010[16] and since then VOSD has conducted 100s of investigations[17] leading to the closure of many rogue NGOs . Rakesh was co-opted officially as a member of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) in 2010 from which he resigned in 2012 citing a pressure from within AWBI Board to change many investigations carried out as an AWBI member[18]. With the eventual death of Cookie a paralyzed St Bernard found in garbage in Bangalore in Sept 2012[19] he set about creating what would turned out to the largest rescue of its kind in any city of the world[20]. To ensure no pressure is brought in by government agencies to kill or remove dogs VOSD is not funded by any government agency directly or indirectly[21].
Recognition
Rakesh Shukla was one of Bangalore’s Heroes in 2013[22] . Rakesh speaks for dogs across Television, Radio, Internet Radio, and hundreds of newspaper interviews including BBC[23] , Al Jazeera [24], CNN IBN[25] , NDTV , TED[26]. and others,. Rakesh features in the book “Real Inspiring Stories” written by Maj. (Retd.) Pradeep Khare[27]
One of the recent VOSD campaigns called, "Patriotdogs"[28] for homing dogs retiring from the Indian security and military forces got widespread support from celebrities like Virat Kohli[29] , Soha Ali Khan Patuadi[30] and others and it was featured in many publications like Times of India[31], New Indian Express[32], Sportstartlive[33], MTVIndia[34], Deccan Chronicle[35] ,etc.
References
- ^ "Meet Rakesh Shukla: From a techie to being Bengaluru's dog rescuer". The Economic Times. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "TWB gives chance to rewrite your success story". Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "TEDxICT Mumbai Speaker Rakesh Shukla". 7 March 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "DOG ACTIVISTS ARE 'BITCHY', ERGO..." Bangalore Mirror. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "The man who looks after 735 dogs". BBC News. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Rakesh Shukla, Founder & CEO, TWB_". LinkedIn.
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- ^ "The story of self-funding an enterprise". franchiseindia.com. 26 May 2010.
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(help) - ^ "Employers seek out stay-at-home moms - Livemint". www.livemint.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "VOSD for People". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "In Pics: One Man is Giving Retired, Old Dogs a New Lease of Life". The Quint. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "The Dog Whisperer - Bangalore Mirror". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "The Dog Whisperer - Bangalore Mirror". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "ABC Rules 2001" (PDF). awbi.org.
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(help) - ^ "The Dog Whisperer - Bangalore Mirror". bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ Datta, Sravasti (2015-11-02). "When man becomes a dog's best friend". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "AWS Bangalore on 8 Sept 2011: The killing continues!! - The Voice of Stray Dogs". The Voice of Stray Dogs. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "Resignation from the Co-opted member status of AWBI". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "This Cookie refused to crumble - Bangalore Mirror -". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "The Dog Father - Indian Man Takes Care of 735 Dogs That Nobody Else Wants". www.odditycentral.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "This papa is bangalore stands up for voiceless stray dogs". Hindustantimes.com.
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(help) - ^ Bangalore Mirror (2013-10-20), The Dog Whisperer - Rakesh Shukla, retrieved 2017-09-30
- ^ "The man who looks after 735 dogs". BBC News. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "AJ+". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ Rakesh Shukla (2013-12-17), CNN IBN 'India Positive' features 'The Voice of Stray Dogs', retrieved 2017-09-30
- ^ TEDx Talks (2017-08-03), Success, Wisdom and Dogs | Rakesh Shukla | TEDxICTMumbai, retrieved 2017-09-30
- ^ "Real Inspiring Stories by Maj (Retd.) Pradeep Khare".
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(help) - ^ Ketto.org. "Help VOSD bring home 100 #PatriotDogs! by The Voice of Stray Dogs (VOSD)". Ketto.org. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ Kohli, Virat (2017-03-30). "Help @VOSD1 bring home 100 #PatriotDogs! They spend their lives serving us, it's time to do something for them". @imVkohli. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
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(help) - ^ "Instagram post by Soha • Mar 13, 2017 at 6:20am UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "A sanctuary where patriot dogs spend autumn years - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "#Patriotdogs look for shelter and game of fetch". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "Kohli, Gayle support campaign for retired army dogs". Sportstarlive. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "Retired Patriot Dogs have no adopters". MTV India. 23 March 2017.
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(help) - ^ "Patriot Gains in Pooch land". Deccan Chronicle.
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