EDUCATE, EMPOWER, ENDURE

When her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2018, 32-year-old entrepreneur Megha Ahuja, an MBA in Human Resources from IMT Ghaziabad, realised that there was plenty of information and awareness around breast and cervical cancer, but little available on ovarian cancer. This struck a nerve, and was the primary reason behind her setting up Sashakt— a non-profit that aims to make every woman in India sashakt (empowered) with knowledge and support to diagnose and fight the battle against ovarian cancer. “The appalling lack of awareness and apparent