Deputy Mayor pledges to make Gurugram India’s first Age Friendly City on the occasion of UN International Day of Older People
Dy. Mayor Kataria discussing the pledge with Mr. Gaurav Agarwal from Samarth and Mr. Harish Khurana, President of PVSCF.
There is a need to address this issue and help senior-citizens become samarth or self-reliant. The International Day for Older Persons, celebrated every year on October 1, highlights the important contributions that older people make to society and raises awareness of the issues and challenges of ageing in today’s world. The theme for 2016 is “Take a Stand Against Ageism”. Ageism, like racism or sexism, is stereotyping and discrimination on the basis of a person’s age. For older people, ageism is an everyday challenge.
Today, civil society and the Administration of Gurugram came together on this important occasion to take an important step and pledged to make Gurugram an Age friendly city. The pledge was made by Mr. Parminder Kataria, the Deputy Mayor of Gurugram on behalf of the Administration of Gurgaon in the presence of Senior citizen representatives, activists and social workers which included Mr. Harish Khurana, President of Palam Vihar Senior Citizen Forum and Mr. Asheesh Gupta and Mr Gaurav Agarwal, Founders of Samarth Community of Senior Citizens which has members from DLF, Sushant Lok, South City and most sectors of Gurugram.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Kataria said “I understand the needs of senior citizens and am fully committed to this initiative which is very much needed. We need to take Gurugram global in all respects”. Mr. Khurana and Mr. Agarwal lauded Mr. Kataria’s work in helping the elderly and expressed their belief that this will help put Gurugram among the leading Age friendly cities of the world. Asheesh Gupta of Samarth Community, which has senior citizen members in over 30 cities across India, explained that making the world Age Friendly is a WHO initiative and that they will assist the Gurugram administration to make this a reality.
Samarth is building a community of senior citizens across the country and providing family-quality care to address both the physical and emotional needs of the elderly. Through our various activities and outreach initiatives, we currently reach about 3 lakh senior citizens living in many Indian cities.
Samarth was co-founded by Asheesh Gupta, former consultant at McKinsey & Company, co-founder of 9.9 Media and a graduate of IIT Kanpur & IIM Calcutta; Anuradha Das Mathur, an economist from University of Cambridge UK, former head of Businessworld magazine, co-founder of 9.9 Media and founding Dean of Vedica Scholars’ Program; Gaurav Agarwal, former banker at Citi and Stanchart for nearly 20 years and a graduate of MIT Manipal and FMS Delhi.
The Founders are joined by an eminent Advisory Council which includes Mrs. Asha Das, Retd. Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development; Mr. Probir Sen, Vice Chairman, Helpage India and Ex Chairman, Air India; Mr. Maxwell Parreira, Retd Jt. Commissioner of Police, Delhi; Mr. Rajendra Prasad, Former President and CFO, SRF Ltd.; Mr. Anupam Bhasin, Educationist and Consultant, Former Director, Hero Group; Mr. Vivek Atrey, Ex. Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula District; Mr. R.M. Agarwal, Retd. General Manager, Indian Railways and Mr. Manu Raman, Former COO of Mu Sigma and Co-founder of Goodhands, an eldercare pioneer in Bangalore.
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