Vandana Luthra
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Vandana Luthra | |
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| Born | July 12, 1959 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Title | Founder, VLCC |
| Spouse | Mukesh Luthra (m. 1980) |
| Children | Two daughters (Pallavi Luthra, Meera Bhatia) |
| Awards | Padma Shri Woman Entrepreneur Award FICCI Successful Business Woman Award Amity Woman Achievers Award Outstanding Business Woman Award Rajiv Gandhi Women Achiever Award |
| Website | Official website of VLCC |
Vandana Luthra (born 12 July 1959) is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder of VLCC Health Care Ltd, a beauty and wellness conglomerate[1] with a presence across Asia, the GCC countries, and Africa.[2]
Vandana Luthra was born in New Delhi in 1959. Her father was a mechanical engineer and her mother was an Ayurvedic doctor who ran a charitable initiative called Amar Jyoti. This inspired her to make a difference in people’s lives. After completing her graduation from the Polytechnic for Women in New Delhi, she went to Europe to gain expertise in beauty, food and nutrition, and skin care.[3]
Career
Vandana Luthra started VLCC in 1989 as a chain of beauty and wellness centres headquartered in New Delhi.[4]
She was appointed the first chairperson of the Beauty and Wellness Sector Skill Council in 2014. This initiative, backed by the Government of India, offers skill training for the beauty industry.[5]
Luthra is also the chairperson of the Beauty & Wellness Sector Skill Council (B&WSSC), an initiative that provides training under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana schemes.
Philanthropy
Luthra is Vice Chairperson of the NGO Khushii, which runs projects such as telemedicine centres, a remedial school with a midday meal facility catering to 3,000 children, and a vocational training facility. She is also a member of the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga and serves on the Steering Committee and Sub-Committee formed by India’s Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.
She is a patron of the Amar Jyoti Charitable Trust, which pioneered the concept of educating children with and without disabilities together in equal numbers from nursery to class VIII. The trust now runs two schools with over 800 children.
