About Dr. Meena Shah

'Health is Wealth'.  This proverb (or shall we call it the mantra of life) has existed in the society since time immemorial.  Each expert and guru has reiterated this incomparable significance of maintaining health.  But in an age when good health is available at a premium and stress and other minor/major diseases have taken over, the relevance of this age old adage is all the more palpable.  The health of people is degrading; their efficiency is reducing which is eventually causing a loss of motivation, shattered social life and deteriorated financial condition.  In such a scenario, it is imperative to have a mentor and a coach who could provide integrated health and wellness solutions to avert this impending catastrophe.  A coach who could provide solutions to poor eating habits, improper cooking practices, continually escalating stress and lack of time to exercise.  And this is where the contribution of Dr. Meena Shah becomes worth noting.  Having conducted more than 2000 health, lifestyle and stress management related seminars, programmes and workshops, she still lives by her mantra of ‘Health by Choice and not by Chance’ which has brought about an attitudinal change in the lifestyle of the participants of her programmes.

She is a doctor and pediatrician by profession; but, her penchant, passion and commitment towards better health of the society shifted her towards the profession of a Health Care Consultant.  She is currently associated with the who’s who of the corporate world to provide corporate wellness solutions to them.  She also conducts workshops for creating trainers and thought leaders in the field of corporate wellness within the corporate itself.  This is complemented with her contribution in women’s health, better cooking, stress management, Tobacco and Alcohol abnegation, the message for all of which she disseminates through the use of various media vehicles including television shows, radio talks and print editorial.

OBSCURING BOUNDARIES:

Her training and work in the area of health and wellness has created benefits without any boundaries of gender, location, financial condition or age.  She has reached out to one and all to promote her agenda of ‘Better Health for All’.  Following is a brief description of her work towards the cause:

1. Seminars for Women and Women health: More than 400
2. Seminars for Shift Workers: More than 100
3. Workshops for Retirement Planning: More than 30
4. Health Management Programmes (Diabetes, BP, Heart care): More than 75
5. Positive Health Option: More than 1200
6. Special training of the trainers for
7. BP: More than 50
8. SB: More than 30
9. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation: More than 260

WORK WITH THE MEDIA:

Dr. Meena Shah has done extensive work with the media to make open her health related solutions to the masses.  This experience of hers includes health, wellness and healthy cooking related shows on television, health tips on the radio and articles with newspapers.  She analyzes the requirements of the consumers of each media before she does a show and thus manages to encompass content which strikes a chord with her audience instantaneously.  Also, her ‘Information with Entertainment’ approach with the media has brought her many accolades as she gets the viewers/listeners/readers to cling on till the end through this approach.  Following is some detail about her work with the media:

1. Show on Adolescents and Health Care on DD 11
2. Health tips on Zee International’s show ‘Yoga for You’
3. ‘Diet Talk’ Show on 7 Star Care TV
4. Series of Nutrition Video Tips uploaded on Amul TV
5. ‘Sarvangi Swastha’ – A show dealing with Women’s Health Care on ETV Gujarati
6. ‘Food Factor’ – A show covering Healthy Eating & Wellness on Care World TV
7. ‘Health Plus’- Family healthcare programme on ETV Gujarati
8. ‘Arogya Sampada’- A show meant for Women’s healthcare on Zee International
9. TV 9 Vishesh Afternoon Health Programme
10. ‘Kalyani’- A TV Show on Women’s Healthy with ISRO
11. Health Tips on 94.3 My Fm
12. Regular columns in dailies like:
    1. Divya Bhaskar
    2. Jaihind
    3. Gujarat Abroad
13. Articles appeared in leading magazines and dailies like:
    1. Business Manager
    2. Femina
    3. India Today
    4. Chitra Lekha
    5. Gruh-Shobha
    6. Times of India