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How quality of interaction solves global issues: Vandana Saxena Poria at TEDxNMIMS

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Vandana Saxena Poria is a UK Chartered Accountant who was born and raised in London.  After qualifying with HW Fisher she went on to work for Ernst & Young.  She left Ernst & Young to become the CEO of BPP International, the international division of the Europe's largest listed professional training company, BPP Holdings Plc.  She then went on to become one of the founding directors of Get Through Guides, a company dedicated to providing affordable quality professional education around the globe.  She has also held various prominent voluntary positions with several NGOs. Vandana gave up her successful corporate career in Europe and chose to move to India in 2005 as she wanted to 'cross-source' best practices from the UK to India and vice-versa.  In 2006, as an entrepreneur, she moved to Pune with her family, to set up a 'content research and creation' company, Get Through Guides, which develops and publishes materials for UK and international professional qualifications and delivers training courses to corporates across India.  Get Through Guides books are already being sold across the world at cost-effective prices, making education more affordable for everyone. She also chairs the British Business Group in Pune, which she set up with support from the British High Commission and local Indian businessmen, with the aim of fostering bilateral trade and encouraging a deeper understanding of each other's culture. She was awarded an OBE for services to British Trade, Investment and Education in 2008.

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