To celebrate International Women's Day, Moneylife Foundation felicitated two extraordinary activists. Sheelatai Chitnis of Multiple Sclerosis Society of India was one of them
Sheela Chitnis, the founding member and honorary secretary of Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI) said, “Working with MSSI gave me great satisfaction to meet and support patients and their families across the country. I am grateful to Rehmat (Fazalbhoy), who was my guru and taught me many things due to which I turned from a housewife to a bread earner.”
She was speaking after being felicitated by Usha Ananthasubramanian, Chairman and Managing Director of the Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB), at an event organised by Moneylife Foundation, on International Women’s Day in Mumbai, supported by DSP BlackRock's Winvestor initiative.
Moneylife Foundation also felicitated another extraordinary activist Dr Ketna Mehta from Nina Foundation. Both Ms Chitnis, who is often referred as Sheelatai, and Dr Mehta have shown incredible courage to overcome major setbacks in their personal life and have converted their experience into a mission to help others cope with similar situations.
Sheelatai, started as a founding member and Honorary Secretary of MSSI nearly 29 years ago with the help of the late Rehmat Fazalbhoy and AH Tobaccowala of Voltas. Sheelatai's first connect with Multiple Sclerosis was when her husband Mukund Chitnis was struck by MS. About 30 years later, Sheelatai has played a pioneering role in creating awareness about MS and in helping patients and families cope with this stressful and debilitating disorder and the financial burden it involves.
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which, the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. While the cause is not clear, the underlying mechanism is thought to be either destruction by the immune system or failure of the myelin-producing cells. There is no known cure for multiple sclerosis.
However, Sheelatai is hopeful that soon researchers and scientists will find cure for multiple sclerosis.
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