Barmer : Nari Shakti Puraskar awardee Dr. Ruma Devi will attend the Stafford Center Texas USA annual function on 21st November. She is coming to attend this program as a special guest on 21st November. Along with Ruma Devi, famous Indian film actress Bhagyashree and Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg will also be present as special guests at the event. In the program, Dr. Ruma Devi will share her experiences on Indian handicrafts, economic upliftment of women, skill development and efforts made for social change.
Anjali and Shalu Agarwal of Smile Foundation USA said that cultural programs, musical performances and dinner will be organized at the ceremony, which will be attended by many eminent personalities from the Indian and American community. The objective of this event is to promote Indian culture and strengthen cultural exchange between the two countries.
Dr. Ruma Devi has special recognition for the preservation and promotion of Indian art and culture among the Indian community settled in America. It is noteworthy that he was invited as a speaker in the annual conference by the famous Harvard University. Suffolk and Nassau, two counties of New York State, honored Ruma Devi with a citation at a public ceremony for her remarkable work in the field of women empowerment and art culture, while the American Republican Congress also honored her with a citation.
She was invited to the main flag hoisting ceremony by the Indian Embassy in the US capital Washington DC on 15 August and was invited as the celebrity guest along with actor Allu Arjun to the world famous India Day Parade held in Manhattan, New York on Independence Day. . He participated in programs like Teej Mahotsav, Raksha Bandhan, Diwali Sneh Milan etc. to promote Indian festivals in New Jersey and Texas.
He worked to popularize Indian arts by organizing fashion shows and exhibitions of Rajasthan’s handicrafts, woven and printed Indian and Western garments in big cities like New York, Las Vegas, Seattle, Atlanta, New Jersey, Houston etc. Invited as a celebrity guest to international conferences in Florida and Houston, she attracted the attention of the international community for women empowerment and the preservation and promotion of Indian handicrafts. It is noteworthy that despite leaving school in eighth grade due to adverse circumstances, Ruma Devi, who comes from a rural background, has earned worldwide fame due to her skills and social work and has brought glory to the country.
