Zubaida Bai

Zubaida Bai is an Indian social entrepreneur and engineer.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She founded and is the chief executive of AYZH, a social enterprise which provides "technology solutions to rural women."[7] She was named a TED Fellow in 2009 and described as a "leader in the field of designing and engineering low-cost health products appropriate for the developing world."[7]

Biography

Bai was raised in Chennai, India.[8] She was the first person in her family to pursue post-secondary education; her female relatives typically married in adolescence.[8] She studied at Dalarna University graduating with a Master's in Engineering in product development and design, and received an MBA from Colorado State University.[7]

Due to unsanitary birth conditions, Bai developed an infection after giving birth to her first child[9] which "caused her to suffer for years."[10] This inspired her to help rural women who needed access to healthcare.[10] In 2010, Bai founded AYZH.[9]

Bai was named a TED Fellow in 2009, an Ashoka Maternal Health fellow in 2010–2011, and an Echoing Green fellow in 2012.[7] In 2011, her design for JANMA, a clean birth kit, was selected by INDEX Awards as one of 61 products "globally designed to improve life."[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Zubaida Bai | Echoing Green". www.echoinggreen.org. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  2. ↑ "JANMA Clean Birth Kit in a Purse | D-Lab". d-lab.mit.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Zubaida Bai - Global Philanthropy Forum". Global Philanthropy Forum. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  4. ↑ "Saving mothers' lives: 5 questions with Zubaida Bai". Engineering For Change. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  5. ↑ "Chicago Ideas: Zubaida Bai". Chicago Ideas Week. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  6. ↑ "Empowering Women Through a Simple Purse | USAID Impact". blog.usaid.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Zubaida Bai | TED Fellow | TED.com". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  8. 1 2 Moses, Nelson Vinod (2014-08-09). "Zubaida Bai | A pack of good health". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  9. 1 2 "Women and children first: Fellows Friday with Zubaida Bai, who creates lifesaving kits for maternal health". TED Blog. 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  10. 1 2 "Zubaida Bai (India) with Ashoka USA Fellow Rebecca Onie | Ashoka - Innovators for the Public". www.ashoka.org. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
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