On March 8, Rajni Bakshi, Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow, Gateway House delivered the first Viren Shah Memorial Talk at Mukand Ltd., Thane at a gathering to commemorate the death anniversary of Viren Shah, Chairman Emeritus of Mukand Steel and former Governor of West Bengal.
Rajni Bakshi is a Mumbai-based author, and the Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House. She authored a Research paper in October 2012 titled ‘Civilizational Gandhi.’ Rajni serves on the Boards of Child Rights and You (CRY) and Citizens for Peace. Her literary works include the celebrated ‘Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom: For a market culture beyond greed and fear,’ which won two Vodafone-Crossword Awards, ‘Bapu Kuti: Journeys in Rediscovery of Gandhi,’ and ‘Long Haul: The Bombay Textile Workers Strike 1982-83 (1986),’ among others.