Empowering SHASIGHT and SHAMUTE: Shahnaz Husain’s Initiative

Shahnaz Husain, pioneer of Ayurvedic beauty care and one of India’s leading women entrepreneurs, has taken Ayurveda worldwide. Today, she heads the Shahnaz Husain Group of Companies, with its global network of franchise salons, retail outlets, beauty training academies, as well as 380+ Ayurvedic formulations for beauty and health care. Shahnaz has lectured at leading international universities on Ayurveda. She spoke at Harvard Business School and became a Harvard Case Study on brand creation. Now she is a subject at Harvard for “Emerging Markets” in recognition of the international market for Ayurvedic beauty care created by her. She has received several prestigious awards, including the World’s Greatest Woman Entrepreneur Award from Success, U.S. based Business Magazine, and the Padma Shri Award. Shahnaz is dedicated to social causes through Skill Development and free courses for the physically challenged.

Over the last five decades, Shahnaz Husain’s name has become an international brand, while she is an international beauty icon. Based on the principle of “Natural Care and Cures,” the Shahnaz Husain organic formulations comprise of herb, flower and fruit extracts, essential oils and even precious minerals and gems. The Shahnaz Husain Group has evolved over 380 Ayurvedic products for beauty and health care. In fact, after developing as the brand leader in the premium segment, today the brand has a commanding presence in the middle segment on the strength of brand identity. State-of-the-art manufacturing and R&D units, as well as long expertise, have given the Group an edge over others in the sophisticated formulation of products.

Humanitarian Causes: A LIFELONG DEVOTION 

Shahnaz Husain has stayed devoted to humanitarian concerns including helping the underprivileged. She believes that a corporate or commercial organization’s contribution to a social cause should be ongoing rather than one-time. There should be a long-term and persistent commitment to improving society.  Her International Beauty Academy for the differently abled is dedicated to humanitarian concerns and has demonstrated a strong dedication to empowering the speech, hearing, and vision impaired. The training gives them professional prospects. The initiative was inaugurated in 1984 by the then President of India, Giani Zail Singh. Since then, Shasight and Shamute have taught hundreds of students free of charge and even helped them get jobs at Shahnaz Husain Salons. Shasight and Shamute have become a significant component of Shahnaz Husain’s dedication to social issues. The speech and hearing impaired, as well as the visually handicapped, are successful in finding work because they have superior sensory awareness. This allows them to focus more attention on pressure spots during massages, giving them an advantage.

The institute was established to help them advance their careers.  For Shahnaz Husain – She says “This is an integral part of my spiritual journey through life.”

According to her “For other’s work is their career.  In my journey of life, I believe in a combination of financial power and spiritual power. You must be part of both.   You can’t have worldly gain and starve the soul”. For their training, she made a beauty book done in Braille. The first BEAUTY book of its kind in the world for the visually impaired.

For More Information visit : www.shahnaz.in

SHAHNAZ HUSAIN (CMD Shahnaz Husain Group),is a pioneer and leader of Ayurvedic Beauty care in India