Founder Story
Holy Shrine Incenses is an endeavour of Mrs Ujjwala Shanker, a lady of great grit and determination. Despite life offering her multiple setbacks, she did not give up but kept her determination to add and create value in the lives of others. Having lost her elder son who was just 16, getting divorced after 28 years of marriage, caring for totally bedridden parents and a mentally challenged brother, she did not lose hope. Determined to create a positive impact in the lives of rural women who needed work, specially abled children who need livelihood skills and with a determination as a Bodhisattva of the Earth to protect the environment she came up with the idea of collecting the flowers which would otherwise pollute the River Gomti in Lucknow.
Ms Ujjwala Shanker is the Director of Holy Shrine Inter College and Holy Shrine Educatives, a name in the field of education for more than 30 years in Lucknow.
She is an All India topper in class 12, also holding a Gold Medal for Law and holds a Masters degree in Constitutional Law.
Her passion is educating children along with Skill Development. It was with her efforts that a Skilling Wing In Beauty Culture and Hair Dressing was opened at Jagriti, Loreto Convent , Lucknow
She is the President of Avadh Girls’ Degree College Alumnae Association and has been a core committee member of Loreto Alumnae Association.
She is an All India topper in class 12, also holding a Gold Medal for Law and holds a Masters degree in Constitutional Law.
Her passion is educating children along with Skill Development. It was with her efforts that a Skilling Wing In Beauty Culture and Hair Dressing was opened at Jagriti, Loreto Convent , Lucknow
She is the President of Avadh Girls’ Degree College Alumnae Association and has been a core committee member of Loreto Alumnae Association.
She has been awarded the CIMSME Brand India, Woman in Business Award, THE IDSA Award for excellence in Business. Amar Ujala Guru a Pranam Samman, Loreto Alumnae Award for Excellence in the field of Education, Award from FICCI FLO on her work on legal rights of the Specially Abled Persons,the AJAYA award from Mahila Samajwadi Party and the Woman Entrepreneur of the year 2024 from Zee Media and Incense Media to name a few.Her passion is to amalgamate education with vocational skills which promotes an entrepreneurial mindset amidst the youth so that they create employment opportunities for others instead of seeking for the same.
She is the founder of Shambhu Ved Kripa Trust which is working for upliftment of rural women. She is the Director of Holy Shrine Incenses and Holy Shrine Educatives.
Through these channels she actively promotes recycling of flowers, skill development of children NEP alignment , training of persons with disabilities and rural women in the craft of Incense making from recycled flowers.
She cherishes the Sustainable Development Goals and has created a Skill Development Module for classes 6, 7 and 8 for incense making called Hocus Pocus to conjure up images of fun and magic. The module uses ABTL( activity based teaching learning ) pedagogy to engage children in a meaningful fashion .
It is her vision to instill the youth of today with the idea of conscious , mindful production and consumption . She dreams to equip the youth with skill sets which will make them employment generators and creators rather than being employment seekers.
This is so that the India of the future is a confident and self reliant India.
She is the founder of Shambhu Ved Kripa Trust which is working for upliftment of rural women. She is the Director of Holy Shrine Incenses and Holy Shrine Educatives.
Through these channels she actively promotes recycling of flowers, skill development of children NEP alignment , training of persons with disabilities and rural women in the craft of Incense making from recycled flowers.
She cherishes the Sustainable Development Goals and has created a Skill Development Module for classes 6, 7 and 8 for incense making called Hocus Pocus to conjure up images of fun and magic. The module uses ABTL( activity based teaching learning ) pedagogy to engage children in a meaningful fashion .
It is her vision to instill the youth of today with the idea of conscious , mindful production and consumption . She dreams to equip the youth with skill sets which will make them employment generators and creators rather than being employment seekers.
This is so that the India of the future is a confident and self reliant India.
Thus Holy Shrine Incenses celebrates women entrepreneurship, rural women empowerment, recycling, inclusion and livelihood generating skill development. You are warmly invited to be a part of this beautiful journey.