" "I met Antara during the worst phase of my life. I was coping from the life-altering end of an 8-year old relationship, away from home and family, under severe pressure of study-break from a set career, absolute ambiguity of where and how life would go from this place of "rock bottom" and troubled thoughts due to passing away of a few close ones. All of this and much more baggage from my past kept pushing me deep into depression. I was experiencing loss of appetite, palpitations, low self esteem to begin with. While many friends and close relatives tried to help me through this time. It was not until I met Antara that I felt any better. Her first comment on meeting me gave me a sudden boost- "I saw you and felt who's this person with a shining auro around". It made me feel that even at my lowest, if a complete stranger has the capability of seeing something positive in me, I must strive harder for better days. Through periodic sessions, Antara helped me juggle through all my emotional baggage. It was effortless to confide in her. There were never unrealistic goals or promises but just honest, consistent and warm collaboration to find a way out of my struggles. She's always been very respectful and at the same time friendly so that one feels comfortable. Thanks to Antara's support, I have able to come out of this phase with the best possible result. I still bank on her for guidance and consider her as one of my go-to people." "

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" Antara worked with Ahvaan Trust and helped our young, talented team cope with work pressures,maintain a work-life balance and most importantly -- understand themselves. Her workshops are interactive, engaging and very insightful. The one-on-one work she did with our team members helped them overcome personal challenges to be more effective at work and more fulfilled individuals. Apart from our Team, Antara also conducted workshops for government school teachers of the schools Ahvaan was working with closely. Her workshops were very well received by the teachers and she helped us build a deeper rapport with them. Her warm,patient, empathetic nature and her solid ethical core make her reliable and trustworthy. We wish her all success. "

Workshops - Sarvjeet Seth Co Founder and Trustee Ahvaan Trust

" It gives me great pleasure to write a testimonial for Antara Maam She has been an integral part of our mission to provide underprivileged children an opportunity to learn about life through this beautiful game called Basketball . Her contributions started pouring in way before she actually got involved in our project from a mentor's standpoint . In villages children do not get the right guidance in terms of what opportunities lie in front of them as a matter of fact there are almost no evaluation systems in place to see what the child's aptitude is and hence they sometimes choose the wrong field . Antara has interacted in great length with the children of Dribble Academy Foundation over a 3 Year period and continued to evaluate and guide them on the emerging opportunities in the current market . Our education needs to translate into better job opportunities and thats been our main focus where she has gone into detail to help children understand what potential they have with a constant focus on it being specific to each child and their areas of Interest She has been a constant support in helping us even understand what opportunities lie in front of special children and the latest govt schemes related to job and skill based opportunities for these children . Engaging more volunteers to our program has also been a huge support for our organisation We are extremely grateful for all the support we have and look forward to her valuable input in the future as well "

Workshops - Pradyut Voleti, Founder, Dribble Academy

" Books for All, a registered NGO engaged in Education Sector, is operating Seven Library cum Creativity centers in schools for lesser privileged children. We also sponsor bright deserving students for better education in English Medium CBSE schools. Antara Sen Dave joined us as volunteer in early 2012 when we were still struggling with the curriculum & finding ways to be effective with Hindi Medium students of Govt. Primary Schools. She with her past experience found immediate acceptance with students at Gejha Primary School, who were eagerly looking forward to her sessions. Antara was able to assess capabilities of her students and was instrumental in creating Ability Group, a small group of bright students, who she felt could be nurtured with focused attention to become high performers. Her imitative led BFA to create a new Vertical sponsoring bright poor students to English Medium Public schools. Her sessions with the Ability Group were around areas of self awareness, communication, confidence building etc which benefitted the children. Books for All wishes Antara all the best in her career and hope that she will continue to devote time to social causes during her spare time. "

Workshops - Pravin Bhasin, Founder, Books For All

" I would like to personally thank you for the workshop conducted un our school. You really acknowledged the brief and your assurance and delivery of the workshop was extremely powerful in terms of addressing the issues that the organization is facing after the spread of the coronavirus. Your personal knowledge and the ability to reach out to all the attendees made this workshop more useful and the techniques suggested for managing stress have been extremely effective and as an organization we are reaping the benefits. "

Workshop - Prachi Grover, Chairperson Vidya Bharati School Delhi.

" My conversations with Antara started in 2019. I first went to her at a time when I was in the middle of an existential crisis, not knowing if I was in the right path in terms of my education and career. I was extremely anxious because my family had invested a lot of money for me and I didn’t know if I was being able to live up to their expectations. Antara helped me recognize my own mental patterns and also the analysis of my environment and how I was assuming some things to be way more difficult than it actually was. She helped me focus on the present and be grateful for all that I had at the moment. That conversation was an eye opener as it helped me introspect and understand how our minds discount all the good that happens in our life every single day. Ever since that day till today, I have gone to Antara for all my struggles - be it related to my career, family, or my relationship. She’s always helped me look at the bigger and positive side of everything and have helped me build my own resilience. I’m truly grateful to Antara for hearing me out every time I needed support and for always showing unconditional positive regard towards me. "

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