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2015-16
(Registered as a non-profit Trust u/s 12AA of the Indian Income Tax Act
vide Regn. No. DIT – (E) 2014-15/DEL – WR23826 – 21072014/3668)
THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF
WOMEN’S SYNERGY
2014 –15
‘Appreciative Synergies’

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Table of Contents:
I. The Context.....................................................................................................................................................................................3
II. Our Managing Trustee Shares ................................................................................................................................................3
III. Our Vision & Mission ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
IV. Our Philosophy, Values & Approach ................................................................................................................................... 6
V. Target Group, Focus Areas & Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 7
VI. Highlights of WS Programs & Activities ..............................................................................................................................8
1. WS-SYMNET- Symbiotic Network) of Women .............................................................................................................8
2. WS-WOM -Women’s Orientation Meet Program .......................................................................................................9
3. WS-‘TIS’ - TAPPING INNER STRENGTH PROGRAM ..................................................................................................10
4. WS- ‘TReP’-TALENT REVIVE PROGRAM: ...................................................................................................................... 12
5. WS – ‘WOK’ – WOMEN’S KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM ............................................................................................13
6. WS Ps & Qs - PICTURES & QUESTIONS PROGRAM ................................................................................................14
VII. Our VOWS (Volunteers of Women’s Synergy) & Interns ............................................................................................15
VIII. International Women’s Day Celebrations .........................................................................................................................15
IX. Blueprint for WS’ Resource Pool for women.................................................................................................................. 15
X. Milestones Our Touchstones .............................................................................................................................................. 16
XI. Our Heartfelt Acknowledgements......................................................................................................................................... 17
XII. Financials ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
XIII. Looking Forward; Plans for the Future .................................................................................................................................17
XIV Our Wish List.................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
XV. Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
ANNEXURES 1-6 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................18

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I. The Context:
Indian women themselves constitute a great “collective resource”, given the fact that they hail from a wide
spectrum perhaps like nowhere else in the world! The permutations and combinations created by such a huge,
eclectic mix of our populace and their varying educational, cultural, regional, socio-economic and other
backgrounds is astounding! Hence, this fact does merit stakeholders’ attention - that this huge potential resource
could be tapped well to our advantage, to begin with. However, this strategy would be effective only when there
is ample encouragement, hand holding and trigger for our women to come forward through their own ‘self-
initiatives’, synergize among themselves and form ‘symbiotic relationships’ with corresponding knowledge of its
effectiveness, to be able to produce our envisioned results.
Such symbiotic functioning with the ‘spirit of synergies’ also produces other multifold positive outcomes like
empathy, caring and sharing, greater understanding of multiple view-points and an ‘Appreciative’ approach to
life and living, besides just physically teaming up towards achievement of specific time-bound targets as seen in
various groups, associations, places of work, families and so on.
With increasingly divisive forces in operation particularly in today’s context, it is high time a mindset is created
wherein it is deemed every individual’s responsibility towards oneself and the larger community and societies in
which they live, to ensure all that it takes to preserve the ‘individual’ well-being, family well-being as a natural but
conscientiously created state of ‘collective well-being’ of which each and every single woman has stakes!
Developing an appreciative eye for strengths, values, and assets creates the beacon, the spot of light, that glows
with possibility and hope. &
THE SPOTLIGHT THEREFORE, IS ON
‘APPRECIATIVE’ SYNERGES & SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS!
II. Our Managing Trustee Shares:
Dear friends,
It gives me immense pleasure unfolding ‘Appreciative Synergies’ covering all that had transpired during the financial
year ‘2015-16 marking our third year of existence. While on our onward journey we wish to take this opportunity to
thank Ms. Ria Ghoshal, our Co-Trustees for having been with us through our first couple of years. She had chosen to
resign with effect from 1st
April 2015 from her position on our Board, due to the fact that her professional sphere of
activities increasingly demanded her presence out of India.
This year, our focus was pinned on two milestones – 1) Deciphering ways and means of creating synergies at yet another
plane – that of stakeholders, both individual and institutional. In keeping with our underpinning philosophy, that of
Appreciative Inquiry, needless to say, our quest in this direction has also been that of an ‘Appreciative’ search for
stakeholders having a positive, holistic and appreciative approach, as far as possible; and 2) A vision planning exercise
trimming our programs and activities to match our limited resources at hand.

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With such an aim, towards the end of the year, we had succeeded in clearing our vision towards building our mission,
our corresponding programs, activities and envisioned results. Markedly, we had initiated ‘WS-HAS’ – ‘Harnessing
Synergies’ and created Resource Rosters of two distinct categories - ‘Roster of Resource Persons (Individual) and Roster
of Resource Persons (Institutional). The twofold aim of this initiative was to encourage stake holding from all quarters
from the Resource Persons’ end on the one hand and create interface opportunities and channel/access to all kinds of
resources, ‘financial’ as well as ‘non-financial’, to our wide spectrum of women on our WS-SYMNET (Symbiotic Network)
of women, on the other. We thank all well-wishers, resource persons and resource institutions that have expressed
common stakes.
The women’s symbiotic network with a corresponding synergistic network among individual and institutional members
constituting our WS-Resource Pool and its interface along various fronts aimed to be created by WS is akin to the
functioning of ‘synapses formation’ in human brains! All along WS is catalytically engaged in fostering the collective
strengths of women and their access to resources of all kinds, the need for which is articulated by themselves from time
to time, for which a ready to reach ‘Resource Pool’ and a huge group of women ever ready to cash in, are both equally
important in terms of keeping them live and ticking! This would then help women move on at a greater pace while
constantly motivating their counterparts as well, from ‘where they find themselves’ at any given point, to ‘where they
aspire to be’ – which is precisely our mission!
Appreciatively yours,
Vaidehi Krishnan

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III. Our Vision & Mission:
Such a clarity of vision of ours had emerged as a consequence of our visioning exercise undertaken by us
towards the end of this year and consequently, all our programs and activities thus got slotted in accordance
with the above classification of the entire implementation process involved.
Our Vision:
“To see women in their rightful, secure self-created positions of pride within
their families, society and the nation at large”
Our Mission:
“To establish ‘Synergies & Symbiotic Relationships’ among women from
varied backgrounds that would in turn facilitate their individual and
collective growth towards the creation of a ‘Self-sustained’ Resource Pool’
for themselves and their ‘Circumstantially Challenged’ counterparts.”

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IV. Our Philosophy, Values, & Approach:
(This section and the next have been repeated intentionally, to cater to our ‘first time’ readers of our Report)
Our underpinning philosophy and the related approach of ours, towards our mission is that of ‘Appreciative Inquiry’
(AI); a concept chosen for adaption both at organizational level as well as for facilitating women on our platform along
their personal paths in life towards ‘Appreciative Living’ (AL).
The task in front of us is to make women shed their negative mindsets, fears and anxieties and operate from their innate,
latent strengths and inner bliss. This would automatically erase their ‘inferiority complex, ‘low’ self-esteem levels if any
and leave them with the most importantly sought ‘clarity of mind’ for taking the right and timely decisions related to
their self-charted goals. The concepts of Appreciative Inquiry adapted by women facilitate the above process leading
them towards more ‘fulfilled’ lives, as they hone the corresponding life skills and become their own spokespersons.
Alongside, the spirit of ‘giving back to society, caring and sharing, respecting other’s views, strengths, belongings and
so on that happen, further promote progress.
All the greatest and most important problems of life are fundamentally insoluble... They can never be solved,
but only outgrown. This "outgrowing" proves on further investigation to require a new level of consciousness.
Some higher or wider interest appeared on the horizon and through this broadening of outlook the insoluble
problem lost its urgency. It was not solved logically in its own terms but faded when confronted with a new
and stronger life urge.
— Carl Jung
(Also, please visit ‘The AI Assumptions Box at Annex 1; Table 1, for a contextual overview of AI being inter-woven in WS programs.)
Our work is confined to the realms of ‘preventive’ and ‘promotional’ actions rather than ‘interventional’. We restrict our
domain to the former two, for two reasons: 1) What goes into ‘interventional’ process is not our forte; and 2) There is
no need to ‘reinvent’ the wheel as there are many institutions providing interventional services and the idea is to work
in sync with them. With due respect for the ‘need’ for intervention, though, referrals to stakeholders, both individual
and institutional, are organized wherever such need for interventions arises
Our idea is to avert the ‘need’ for intervention to begin with as it is costlier in terms of money as well as time which is a
prime resource. Thus, our aim is to reach out to all women, irrespective of their backgrounds, in a judgment-free,
empathetic manner ensuring that any prejudices or boundaries restraining them, including attitudinal, are all removed
in order to facilitate symbiotic relationships and create synergies amongst them at the basic preventive and promotional
space chosen by us.
We reach out to our target group mainly through word of mouth, internet and other social media, NGOs, individuals
and institutions referring them to us, on first cum first served basis, subject to availability of resources.
We are approachable by any woman irrespective of the geographical location she hails from, currently from Delhi &
NCR excepting for some select e-programs and activities open to some other states.
Also, important and noteworthy is the fact we are not ‘constituency’ based as we believe this would be an impediment
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V. Our Target Group, Focus Areas & Objectives:
Our target group of women (though not limited to) would focus on ‘circumstantially (physically, socially, psychologically
and/or financially) challenged) women. As the middle-income group deserves special attention; being a very large and
ever-growing one with a lot of ambitious women struggling to fulfill their missions and dreams, they are considered
important too. So, through the symbiotic functioning of women among various classes and groups of women synergies
built among them would fuel us towards the attainment of our mission.
Our main focus areas are:
Promoting Emotional well-being
Fueling self-development with 'self-initiatives
Building Capacities – plugging the gap between where women ARE, to where they aspire to BE
Reinforcing Avenues for women’s Income –generation prospects towards economic self-reliance
Our core values besides others are:
Integrity, Equivalence, Transparency, &
Confidentiality of information related to
personal lives of our women.
All our programs & activities are hinged
around the emotional wellness of women.
Our work by and large involves all that it
takes to ‘avert’ the very need for
intervention in the long run.

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Facilitating Networks & Synergies/Symbiotic functions
Fostering the spirit of ‘Harmony’, ‘Caring’ & ‘Sharing’;
Hand holding of women wishing to adapt concepts of ‘Appreciative Inquiry’ in their lives, for
'Appreciative Living'
While the above are our focus areas, our program objectives reflect our strategic objectives as displayed in our
‘Highlights of WS’ Programs & Activities’ section that follows. All our programs and activities are hinged around the
emotional well-being and holistic development of women.
VI. Our Programs & Activities:
1. WS-SYMNET - (Symbiotic Network) of Women:
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
To encourage the formation and growth and sustenance of a ‘one-point convergence’ platform
constituted by women from varied backgrounds coming on steadily to an ever-growing database
for women, to function symbiotically while expressing solidarity with WS’ mission.
Some highlighted features:
 A ‘cost-free’ networking opportunity for women;
 An opportunity to access WS and other programs in the market and get notified about these from time to time;
 Accessibility to others on network at individual, group & and self-created group levels while availing of the
‘window of visibility’ for showcasing themselves to the wider world;
 Flexibility in terms of opting to join or delink from the network at any point in time;
 Confidentiality when it comes to personal information related to women
Our WS-SYMNET (Symbiotic Network) of women has no ‘eligibility’ criteria whatsoever and has a count of 400+women
with women from all backgrounds including those from less advantaged backgrounds joining this network steadily.
The following information pertaining to women signing up on this network will be shared with the public:
1. Name; 2. Age; 3. Professional Background /Other status; 4. Geographical area of residence.
Individual profiles providing further information will also be accepted for portraying on our website if forthcoming from
women on their own volition. Also, such information would remain confidential and would be shared only among co-
members to facilitate and encourage their networking among themselves.
To buffer this network, this year, our focus would be along the following:
• Creation of a corresponding, parallel plane of individual and institutional stakeholders to ensure the stability
of this network to provide the proposed ‘connectivity’ among the two, namely, the women’s network and the
Resource Pool;
• A retrievable database designed by experts to a level of functionality that helps monitor and update the same
periodically for uploading online on our upcoming website;
• A mass-mailer system backed by technology to notify members on latest happenings at WS;
Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness
and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any
reward. Your life will never be the same again.
Og Mandino – 1923-1996, Author

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• A monitoring team christened as ‘Magic Eyes’ Team to monitor programs as well as act as conduits, along with
systems and processes in place that would be needed to analyze the pattern, life and growth of the network.
• The proactive involvement of youth in areas like planning, marketing, program and event management.
All women registering themselves on this network constitute the WS-SYMNET, though all participants attending our
other programs, by default get on to this network as well, unless they make a specific request for deletion which has
not happened so far even in a single case. This network which facilitates ‘direct’ social networking is ideal for women to
access opportunities, gain access as well as visibility to others on our database and the interface to other networks
within WS.
We welcome women of Delhi & NCR to come in large numbers from all backgrounds to form part of it and give it the
kind of depth and expansion that would attract resources for them.
2. WS-WOM -Women’s Orientation Meet Program:
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
To orient newcomer women mission, on the vision mission and philosophy of Women’s Synergy
and help them explore their respective avenues of participation as well as the prospective ‘take-
offs’ from this platform.
Some features highlighted:
 Women taking turns to host women’s meets in their own homes;
 Participants from varied backgrounds;
 Small groups of ten to twelve women getting an opportunity to interact 1:1 and in-depth amongst themselves as a
small group;
 Spirit of sharing, caring and giving back to society fostered
 Trailer session by ‘Resource persons’ as prequel to main program
“WOM” or Women’s Orientation Meet Program was created for unfolding our WS mandate to an audience hailing from
varied backgrounds of women. Thus, a ‘Trailer session’ by a distinguished Resource in ‘individual’ capacity or as one
representing an institution is organized for facilitating the sharing of their resources with our WS-SYMNET members
and other first timer women participants attending these sessions.
This trailer helps in bonding of the participant group as well as the matching of wavelengths among them for a collective
absorption, reflection and discussion related to our mandate that is unfolded soon after the trailer session.
Resource persons and institutions are encouraged to sign up on our Roster of Resource Persons who then by default
become our WS-SYMNET members as well and contribute voluntarily or otherwise, enriching the formation of our WS
Resource Pool (Please visit Section IX: ‘Blueprint for WS’ Resource Pool for Women’).
WS ‘WOM’ Meet for ‘Less Advantaged Women of Dhallupura, East Delhi on December 13th
2015 entitled ‘Our heartfelt
Expressions of Emotional Wellness’:
As this program was put together within a short period’s notice, the usual ‘Trailer Session’ could not be organized.
However, the participants, ten aspiring women, young and old, from less advantaged backgrounds, with dreams of
living peaceful, progressive lives shared their inner most heartfelt expressions of concerns and feelings and experiences
of all sorts within this group. The women were in turn given guidance and tips on health, well-being and opportunities
with respect to their individual levels of development and capabilities. An opportunity to enroll themselves in a free,
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The women were gifted new pair of socks and full sleeve woolen sweaters, for their children which were received by
them with a great deal of joy. These were sponsored by one of our ex-program participants of our ‘Tapping Inner
Strength (WS-TIS) program who had continued to remain our well-wisher forever.
3. WS- ‘TIS’ – Tapping Inner Strength Program:
(A psycho-social counseling & Emotional well-being program for women)
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
To provide women a platform that is conducive for women to share their personal
concerns in a confidential and professional manner and utilize 1:1 ‘psycho-social’,
group counseling and peer interaction sessions to move on in their lives in an
emotionally fulfilled manner adapting principles of ‘Appreciative Living’
Some features highlighted:
 Women have access to online as well as 1:1 coaching
 Referrals to subsidized interventions wherever necessary;
 Rescript lives through ‘creative visualization’ guided reflection sessions
 Self-counseling & access to peer support groups
 Access to free spiritual talks, retreats & programs
"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open"
-- John Barrymore
Let us consciously keep the 'Door of Happiness' wide open"
--Women's Synergy
Less advantaged women from Dhallupura & Ashok Nagar near Vasundhara Enclave attending
our ‘WS-WOM’ program – theme: ‘Our Heartfelt Expressions of Emotional Wellness.” - .. More
pics in Annexure 3

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All kinds of support from counseling, coaching and peer interactions and group support are all being facilitated through
this program. Participant women have vouched for it through their testimonials sent to us through mails, social media
and other channels. Their emotional wellness being the focus, in October 2015, an online
Women’s Synergy ‘chat room’ was inaugurated, to ensure that women get access to virtual coaching sessions facilitated
by Ms. Vaidehi Krishnan, from their comfort zones within their own homes. Distances are hence no more a barrier as
they could opt for such a facility irrespective of their geographical locations. So, 1:1 face-to-face sessions; group
mentoring sessions; follow-up support through e-mails, together sum up what is in store for our TIS participants. A
participant from Bangalore had benefited as seen from her testimonial about the WS-TIS program.
The ‘TIS-WhatsApp’ Group which was set up last year is still continuing with women constantly motivating themselves
through quotes and inspiring stories, tapping technology to their advantage. Positive thoughts, day-to-day exchange
of positive news, anecdotes, notes and quotes all keep pinging day in and day out and has worked as a great source of
inspiration in itself. It is commendable to find the WS-TIS-WhatsApp Group maintain ‘WhatsApp etiquettes without the
need for any kind of moderation from WS!
While all our ex-program participants are still active on our SYMNET database, an ex-TIS participant (who is a self-
employed entrepreneur currently on our roster of resource persons and SYM member) still continues donating brand
new T-shirts for our women’s children. Such donations are in turn given to other less advantaged women (mothers) in
our group who turn up at development programs or even merit the same from us by enrolling their girl children in
school!
Other significant activities this year were:
Special poems created for women to help them reflect on their own states of mind, holistic health and overall wellbeing;
special among them being ‘Spiraling Perils’ focusing on the importance of weaning oneself from the detrimental habit of
smoking and its relationship with health and overall wellness. The same is also meant for being put up on our upcoming
website, shared in our ‘TIS’ Workshops and so on.
WOMEN’S HAPPINESS-WELLNESS ‘MAGIC’ MATRIX: A GLIMPSE OF ‘SAMPLE GUIDANCE’ FROM
OUR ‘TIS’ PROGRAM:
Women introduced to
concepts...
Women move on to... And further on to....
A B C
1 Spot Happiness in the ‘here
n now’
Experience totally, the
‘detached’ way
Exercise their ‘+ve ‘muscles’
2 Accept ‘what Is’ -Situation,
Events, people
Appreciate ‘Both Sides’ of the
Coin & Multiple view points
Learn to ‘Let Go’ of the futile
3 Come out of ‘self-pity trap’! Give with a ‘whole-hearted’
spirit!
Practice and perfect the art of
‘Expressing Gratitude’
4 Expand networks Spread ‘love & kindness’ Zoom out with their
‘Appreciative Lenses’ for a
fuller, holistic picture of life’s
events and situations
5 Enjoy ‘Simple Pleasures’ in
life
Exercise, eat well, sleep well Smile, Laugh, Play, Dance,
Pursue sports & hobbies!
6 Have a ‘Dream’ Pin ‘intentions’ for gaining
‘direction’ and help manifest
dreams
Follow ‘intuitions’ along their
‘life-path’!
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others” - Marcus Tullius Cicero

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b) The poem “Hey! I’m a girl, just born!”; written for women on the eve of International Women’s Day –by Vaidehi Krishnan
was dedicated specially to some of our TIS-participant women as well as to flag off the theme of our WS Kaleidoscope
program.
4. WS - ‘TReP’ – Talent Revive Program:
(A self-reliance program for women)
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
To encourage, promote, showcase and revive talent of various kinds, either left behind by
women themselves or those on the verge of going extinct, by offering as many support
functions as possible like marketing, institutional linkages and so on, towards their economic
self-reliance/augmentation of family income and emotional well-being.
Some highlighted features:
 Women bounce back to their pre-hibernation phase in terms of talents & skills;
 Women perceive such an opportunity as a buffer for their emotional well-being, income-generation or augmenting
family income;
 Women tap excellent capacity building, networking, marketing and showcasing opportunities and various kinds of
support for their talent;
 Women explore multiple avenues for ‘give back to society’ by transferring their skills and talent to their less
advantaged counterparts;
 Women can operate from their own homes reaching out to those in the vicinity.
A program to help promote women’s talent and hobbies and serve as a fall back in times of their tough financial times,
our TReP Program is also an excellent bolster for women’s low self-esteem levels and for augmenting family income as
well; giving them a heightened sense of self-worth.
WS pitches in, complementing their efforts in marketing, helping them network, build their entrepreneurial capacities
and register growth from their current levels in terms of quality, branding and so on.
For the third time in succession, this year, WS was allotted a free stall at BITS Pilani on 21st
October 2015 where our
women’s exhibits were displayed and their spirit of participation was encouraged. This program however has to be
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This year’s highlights:
The BITS Pilani exhibition on signing of an MOU with NSS-BITS Pilani for the third year in succession.
5. WS – ‘WOK’ – Women’s Kaleidoscope Program:
(A multi-theme program suiting women’s individual interests and aptitudes):
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
To provide theme-based options for women to form symbiotic relationships and tap synergies amongst themselves
while pursuing various avenues within this program; for self-development/self-gratification/sharing of resources/giving
back to society.
Some highlighted features:
 Women have the option of choosing from amongst various themes offered to them or one of their own suggested
to us;
 Women shed their inhibitions and get on to a ‘pro-active’/ ‘initiative-taking’ mode when it comes to hosing
organizing/leading their chosen theme-based events;
 Women can host these programs in their own homes/vicinity of their own homes;
 Women can brainstorm amongst their groups on various themes and come up with these among their groups in a
participatory manner developing their own ideas and projects;
 Women can tap into our Resource Pool for ideas, support and facilitation of their self-designed programs.
Indian women hail from an amazingly eclectic mix of backgrounds and are akin to colourful bits of ‘bangles’ used in the
instrument called ‘kaleidoscope’. ‘WS-WOK’ (also meaning ‘a dish’ or a ‘pan’ instrumental in producing that ‘final recipe’)
acts as kaleidoscope instrumental in creating colourful patterns from out of those very irregular bits of bangles!’ Thus,
the acronym! ‘WS-WOK’ facilitates vibrant movement of such women from various backgrounds exploring themselves,
their peers and their aptitudes and interests in a creative, participatory, exploratory manner. Women are given free
reigns for choosing their own themes and ideas besides those suggested by WS, as depicted below. Thus, there is ample
scope for them to collectively create umpteen permutations and combinations of the WOK and its themes which can
work wonders when it comes to their engagement and development, both at individual as well as collective levels.
Two albums; one for ‘WS-Culinary Synergies’ theme and the other for our ‘WS-Musical Synergies’ program
are planned to be brought out. The twin objective of these albums is to make these instrumental in creating
harmonious relationships among women from varied backgrounds.
This program thus merits the consideration of promotion, pooling in of material resources and funds for marketing
and organizing the program and importantly, participation of women from all ages and irrespective of religious,
cultural or other backgrounds.
WS-RL – ‘Rescripting Life’: This program is a kind of sequel or extension of the ‘Tapping Inner Strength’
program. Those taking on the challenge of working on their weaknesses or showing their grit and determination
to work on the challenges faced by them in life deem this as a ‘self-prescription’ for their emotional states of
OUR ‘WS-WOK’ THEMES:
1. ‘WS-CS’ – ‘CULINARY SYNERGIES’;
2. ‘WS-MS’- ‘MUSICAL SYNERGIES’;
3. ‘WS-SYNGO’ – SYNERGIES ‘ON-THE-GO’;
4. ‘WS-RL’ – ‘RESCRIPTING LIFE’;
5. ‘WS-LOL’ – ‘LOADS OF LAUGHTER’;
6. ‘WS-HR’ - HOBBY ROOMS;
7. ‘WS-WS’ – ‘WOMEN SAMARITANS’

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well-being. The participant is expected to work closely with her mentor and follow a guided customized ‘creative
visualization’ process especially suited for her unique life situation faced and as shared by her.
So, while a doctor’s prescription for healing the body has the ‘RX’ this ‘RL’ is prescription for the mind, the
difference being that it is prescribed by the woman participant herself!
A Creative Visualization exercise program was created for women wishing to work on their health issues, as a
preventive measure and for their psychosomatic disorders.
6. WS Ps & Qs - Pictures & Questions Program:
(An action-oriented Research & Documentation Project for women)
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:
To help women unleash the ‘power’ and role of questioning in self-development and tap
human rights, etc., while contributing to WS’ ‘Women’s Own ‘Q & A’ Bank for a higher purpose
related to women’s lives.
Some highlighted features:
 Women’s questions collected are ‘anonymous’
 Women are oriented and groomed as Lead facilitators for this program and facilitate the flow of women’s
questions;
 The Questions bank attracts answers from the WS Desk and gets transformed in due course to WS’ Q & A Bank
 The Q & A bank is envisioned to serve as a source of Research & Documentation for WS as well as other research
organizations having stakes in women’s development;
The questions collected so far are being categorized into five fields for the time being namely, career, relationships,
parenting, health, emotional wellness.
We are still on the look-out for strategic tie-ups with various resource persons and institutions from the above fields
for facilitating access to their expert opinions on the answers provided from our end. We eagerly look forward to our
newly initiated ‘WS-HAS’ – Harnessing Synergies program which can attract the kind of stake holding envisioned by us
for taking our mission forward and vibrant women and other bloggers analyzing their Qs and As!!
Plans are afoot to bring this program under our ‘Research & Development’ wing to give a boost to women’s spirit of
questioning and satiate their quest for answers through our various communication channels like our upcoming blogs,
publications and so on, in the future.
Benjamin Disraeli: ‘We are not creations of circumstances; we are the CREATORS OF CIRCUMSTANCES.”
Women can weave their dreams and articulate their future visions most ‘Appreciatively’! –Women’s Synergy

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VII. Our Interns & VOWS:
As has always been so, there was a steady flow of youth from the student community this year as well, seeking
opportunities to serve the public at large while gaining experience along many development fields of professional
development.
The portal www.internshala.com was identified to match our requirements with all such students seeking opportunities
in the social sector and this year, we happened to hire an intern for completion of some tasks related to web
development w.r.t certain sections of our website.
One of our VOWS (Volunteers of WS) on our roster had shown exemplary zeal and enthusiasm in developing two new
program/event logos related to our upcoming program – i) Women-Xpress & ii) WeMenXpress as seen here below:
VIII. International Women’s Day Celebrations:
This day which was celebrated on 12th
March 2015, during the International Women’s Week, saw the coming together
of women from varying backgrounds for sharing deep reflections around women’s development through several
decades of the century. Ms. Vaidehi Krishnan narrated the history of women’s movements world over along with
glimpses of the approaches towards development vis-à-vis women’s emancipation, growth and development along the
tunnels of time. Enraptured participants also expressed their individual feelings and emotions hinged around
development issues and their individual perspectives.
IX. Blueprint for WS’ Resource Pool for Women:
Early this year, seeds were sown to raise and grow our much-envisioned Resource pool to fuel our mission, as depicted
in the form of our blueprint that follows:
Women are coaxed to move on from their ‘IF’ Questions to the ‘HOW’ Questions for being SUCCESSFUL!
-- Women’s Synergy
A ‘joyous’, eclectic mix with the ‘spirit of togetherness ‘- on IWD 2016 –
the very spirit which matters most to WS! Right: A highly spirited creation of
banner with ‘sea-shells’, by one of our VOWS, Ms. Tania Shome!

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The success and the magical ‘caring and sharing’ spirit is what matters in making this dream of ours true. We expect
this spirit of giving to help all contributors reap rich benefits and the desired gratification sought by them along with
any or all of its indirect benefits in store for them. This would inspire them to hold the beacon for others to emulate
them and take turns. So, we welcome everyone to experience the joy of participation in a manner of their own choice.
X. Milestones; our Touchstones:
Milestones are dreamt of much before getting materialized! Here are some of those materialized as well as some
queued up in the pipeline!
Our WS Resource Rosters corresponding to both Individual and Institutional Resource Persons is being fueled for
growth and productivity in terms of women’s access to fulfil their individual /collective growth needs;
MOU signed with NSS-BITS Pilani; for our third annual stall allotment at Pilani for WS TreP Participants;
Our Income Tax Exemption Certificate u/s 80G; from GOI’s IT Dept. (the process initiated - prospect in pipeline);
Our strategic tie ups with institutional and individual Resource Persons through our WS-Harnessing Synergies (WS-
HAS) initiative launched this year to help build our envisioned Resource Pool for women.
Our compendium of scores of poems for women and youth readied for publication;
WS Anthem, song, program related poems, marketing materials, logos, articles; and blog materials for use at various
workshops/events have all been created ‘in-house’ without incurring any expenditure whatsoever, though the
invaluable time and efforts of Team WS!
A ‘Women’s Own Q & A’ Bank readied with anonymous questions answered by the WS-Desk and ready for compilation,
publication, blogs, discussion and debates, research and analysis by interested parties and institutions, besides women
themselves.
Represented Women’s Synergy on Case Western University’s Design Jam Team’s site -http://aicommonsideascale.com
for portraying the adaptation of phases of application of AI and its principles.
A vision building exercise lent great clarity to our mission, with Ms. Jyotsna Krishnan who has a Management &
Finance background shaping up the future vision of WS; and based on her basic idea of compartmentalization of WS
operations as explained above, the idea was taken forward further by Ms. Vaidehi Krishnan for portraying the WS
mission through an ‘infographic as developed by her with the technological expertise provided by Ms. Aishwarya
Teeparthi, member of our VOWS team.
‘WS’ RESOURCE POOL ’

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XI. Our Heartfelt Acknowledgements:
A look down the road traveled during this year, has given insights into what made such wonderful things possible and
how so many well-wishers chipped in their bit to make it so! Of course, more could have been accomplished if the
momentum was jacked up harnessing other support systems and financial support as well!! We thank all our supporters,
well-wishers, program participants and hosts and wish them the very best, and for ourselves, a life-term association
with them! Please visit our ‘Acknowledgements’ section at Annexure 6.
XII. Financials:
This is an important section giving insights into the nature of expenses and the fact that WS needs financial support to
take its mission well into the future. The Balance Sheet for the FY – 2015-16 as well as the ‘Income & Expenditure’
statements have been displayed as seen in Annexures 5a & 5b. We look forward to procurement of our 80G and an
FCRA exemptions in the future so that it becomes possible to garner the funding support of institutions for our various
programs facilitating their implementation as well as for administrative functions of our organization.
XIII. Looking Forward; Plans for the Future:
We at WS hold the firm belief that there can be no learning/insights like the ones we get from challenges or even
failures for that matter! We look forward to opportunities that help us constantly gear up to transforming these very
challenges into opportunities for WS and our women members. For WS, any day, ‘happy faces’ of women, such as the
one in this picture mean so much!
XIV. Our Wish List:
We wish to gain consistent, long-term support from:
 Interns or organizations who intend to help us air our website, the development of which is still under
progress;
 A marketing team that can help us promote our programs with digital marketing and optimum use
of social media publicity
 Persons who’s forte is ‘creative’ writing for portraying various elements through all our
communication channels including social media links;
 Trainers and facilitators for conducting customized training programs for women w.r.t. various facets
of their development More individual and institutional representation on our WS-Roster.
Please visit our Annexure Section for our specific wish list recap!
XV. Conclusion:
We are sure that in the years to come, our younger generation will hold the reigns of WS and take it to great heights!
We also bank on technology to facilitate better organization of training programs, marketing, blogging and so on.
We look forward to a pattern of rich and mutually enriching dialogues, interactions and strategic alliances
between WS and various organizations, youth and women from all backgrounds so as to fortify our mission
with each passing year.
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Please turn over for ANNEXURES (1-6)
ANNEXURE 1 - THE ‘AI’ ASSUMPTIONS BOX
THE ‘TEN TENETS OF AI’ EMBEDDED IN WS’ PROGRAMS:
ASSUMPTIONS & WS’ PROGRAMS:
1 & 2 : WS-TIS (Tapping Inner Strength)
3, 4 & 8 : WS-TIS; WS-SYM (Symbiotic Meets Program)
: 5 : WS-Ps & Qs (Pictures & Questions)
6 & 7 : WS-TIS
AI follows the following
‘eight assumed
observations’
of the
human
behaviours/systems:
1. In every society, organization, or group, SOMETHING works!
WS facilitates women’s discovering ’WHAT WORKS’ for them/their groups.
2. What we FOCUS ON becomes our reality.
WS helps women develop positive focus, eg.: ‘`WOMEN CAN MAKE THIS WORLD A ‘SAFE’
PLACE TO LIVE’.
3. Reality is created IN THE MOMENT, and there are MULTIPLE REALITIES.
WS facilitates the widening of women’s horizon to accept and accommodate many realities
adopting the belief: ‘AS MANY REALITIES; AS MANY VIEW POINTS
4. The LANGUAGE WE USE creates our reality.
WS helps women exercise ‘BENIGN ASSERTION’ along their paths of negotiation and
emphasizes the importance of the ‘LANGUAGE ELEMENT’ while doing so.
5. The act of ASKING QUESTIONS of a group INFLUENCES it in some way.
WS facilitates women’s articulation of their concern for self-development, human rights and
so on, through THE ART OF QUESTIONING.
6. People have MORE CONFIDENCE AND COMFORT TO JOURNEY TO THE FUTURE (the
unknown); when they CARRY FORWARD PARTS OF THE KNOWN. (PAST)
WS orients apprises /orients women on ‘CALCULATIVE RISKS’ when venturing out of their zones
while MANAGING CHANGE and facing associated challenges.
7. If we carry parts of the past forward, they should THEREFORE BE THE BEST ABOUT OUR
PAST.
WS facilitates the ‘SUPER-IMPOSING’ of women’s negative thoughts related to fear, anxiety
etc., stemming out of their negative past experience, with PLEASANT MEMORIES attached to
their success, cordial relationships & happy moments of THEIR PAST.
8. It is important to HONOUR/VALUE DIFFERENCES.
WS stimulates women’s thoughts on this importance, for e.g., while they encounter challenges
related to handling their relationships within their families and groups of people from divergent
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The ten tenets or principles – (five core and five emergent) related to our philosophy, ‘Appreciative Inquiry’ are being
interwoven with our approach, methodologies, training sessions and activities as far as possible and wherever
appropriate, as has been described in our various programs detailed above, and are portrayed as a ‘recap’ in the
table here below:
Thus, ‘AL’ or Appreciative Living, adapted from the above tenets of our underpinning philosophy, AI, is steadily getting reinforced keeping the
‘Assumptions’ seen listed in ‘Annexure I.’ at the backdrop. All these are gradually getting blended into our mission related activities and
programs., development of WS as an organization as well as scope for adoption of these in the individual lives of women.
(For enquiries about our AI orientation programs on offer, please get in touch with us!)
THE FIVE CORE PRINCIPLES OF AI:
ANTICIPATORY; SIMULTANEITY; CONSTRUCTIONIST; POETIC & POSITIVE;
+
THE FIVE EMERGENT PRINCIPLES OF AI:
WHOLENESS; ENACTMENT; FREEDOM OF CHOICE; AWARENESS & NARRATIVE.
WS Programs: TAPPING INNER
STRENGTH- (WS- ‘TIS’)
TALENT
REVIVE
PROGRAM
(‘TReP’)
WS-
SYMBIOTIC
MEETS
PROGRAM
(SYM)
WOMEN’S
KALEIDOSCOPE
(‘WOK’)
Corresponding ‘AI’
Principles:
Awareness(A);
Freedom of Choice
(F)
Enactment
(E)
Wholeness(W);
Narrative (N)
Enactment (E)
TABLE 1: The five ‘emergent’ principles at work:
(We at WS track and fan these very AI principles across our programs, using the acronym
‘APP-SIMCONS’ & ‘WE-FAN’ Please visit ‘AI- Assumptions Box’ as well, at Annexure 1’

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ANNEXURE – 2: A POEM RELEASED COMMEMORATING THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ON 12TH
MAR ‘15
I’M A GIRL – ‘JUST BORN’
By Vaidehi Krishnan
(Specially written to inspire women joining our WS-WOK (Women’s Kaleidoscope Program’s theme: ‘Rescripting Life’ & released on the
occasion of International Women’s Day celebration)
Like this poem? If so, please send your feedback or thoughts on this poem to us at: info@womensynergy.org

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ANNEXURE 3: SOME OF OUR MANY, MANY’ CHERISHED MEMORIES:
From our Archives (IWD 2014-’15)
IWD 2016 gathering with great fervour! Late comers miss getting captured! Right: An
alumnus from our TIS program shares updates along rapid strides made to her utmost
satisfaction - her beaming face shows!
Both ‘Right’ & ‘Atop’: Priceless hugs
such as these - ‘Hugspeaks’ – Make
Backgrounds fade away in a jiffy!!

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Less advantaged, Ms. Suchitra, our
enthusiastic program participant carves
out a niche of time from her house work
and gets skilled in ribbon craft!
Our program ‘Enlivening Lives’ gets flagged off with a grand debut – unfolding the story of a ninety-year old
Ms. Silva Roy literally a beacon for other lives around!! While Anindita & Vaidehi cherish golden moments and
great memories of being with at her Gulmohar Park residence for listening to her story, here is Anindita, one
of our Trustees of WS and a great writer, ‘all ears’ for meticulously covering it for our ‘Enlivening Lives’ section!
Do read up her story at the link- https://www.padlet.com/womensynergy/enlivening_lives or get in touch
with us for procuring a soft copy through e-mail! Do get in touch with us to know in-depth and stay inspired!
Get in touch to share with us inspiring real life stories and light up lives around through this section of ours!
Ms. Jayanti, a less advantaged, but
hard-working, self-employed tailor takes
orders from women in our WS network
and is happy to receive gifts too once in
a while!

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ANNEXURE 4 – TESTIMONIALS
"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a
drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less
because of that drop.” -- Mother Teresa
“It was nice talking to you. I appreciate your efforts to help
and empower women through your activities. I also appreciate
your involvement in environmental protection. It is really great
to see your spontaneous talent in creating a beautiful poem
on parrot keeping the feature of parrot in your mind. Please
continue the efforts. Wish you all the best.”
Dr. Vincent, Environmentalist, Chennai
M very lucky to have someone so elderly n dearly from out
there .... so far away yet trying to make me feel better in my
current tumultuous time ...literally going through hell.
Love u (thinking of u as my mother n in her place) Vydehi
ma'am.
Miss u.
Shweta (Name changed)– excerpts of email from an outstation
TIS participant
Dear Vaidehi,
Hope you are doing well back in Delhi. My
apologies for being so slow to reply.
Thanks for attaching your annual report! I am
impressed to see it being prepared with so much
detail, including the financial reporting. I am sure
the women you work with benefit immensely with
this lovely and thoughtful initiative.
Wish you good luck with WS and maybe will meet
you the next time you are in Bangalore!
Regards
Shreya, Bangalore

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“Women’s Synergy (WS) is an awe-inspiring platform created
by motivated women, for women. A place to share our concerns
and also our skills, and at the same time, to learn and grow. I
wish WS all the very best, for all its initiatives and programs.
If there is a need for any of my skills and expertise, I would be
delighted to contribute and make a difference to one individual,
or a group. In the process become a partner in making our
world more joyful, peaceful and loving.”
Ms. Savita Wakhlu, Delhi
“Hello WS team,
First of all I apologize for not being in touch through mails since
the time we all met on the Women's day.
I must appreciate the heartily efforts of Vydehi Ji for clubbing
the women and tapping their inner power within.
On Women's day we all gathered at WS, since most of us were
meeting each other for the first time but with taking not much
time we started mingled with each other so wonderfully that
soon were enjoying and flowing along with the beautiful energy
within our group.
The question bank is another wonderful thing what I feel. This
is the best way to bringing out our core concerns and getting
the answers so nicely. Not only I got the answer of my question
from the experts but I also got to know additional common
concerns too.”
Anu, Delhi
Dear Mam,
Greetings, it’s really so nice of you to have taken out
your precious time to answer those queries and I
could understand that it needs something much
more than experience and maturity to answer all of
them appropriately.
Your answer to my question, "How to identify
the inner strength and utilize it" was very thoughtful
and deeper. I would rate it 5/5. Also, I liked the other
answers and feel that everyone will be satisfied.
Thank you so much. Regards,
Ruchi.

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ANNEXURE 5 (a & b) FINANCIALS
WOMEN’S SYNERGY, VASUNDHARA ENCLAVE, DELHI
5a. BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH, 2016
PARTICULARS AS AT AS AT
31.3.2016 31.3.2015
Rs. Rs.
SOURCES OF FUNDS
CAPITAL FUND
INITIAL DONATION 10000.00 10000.00
TReP DEVELOPMENT FUND 1850.50 1478.00
GENERAL PROG. FUND (CORPUS DONATIONS) 26210.00 17210.00
GENERAL RESERVE (SURPLUS) 1903.63 1127.33
TOTAL 39964.13 29815.33
APPLICATION OF FUNDS
CHAIRS 3035.00 3400.00
PROJECTOR 4136.00 0.00
CASH IN HAND 7043.50 2474.00
BALANCE IN CURRENT A/C WITH ICICI BANK 25749.63 23941.33
TOTAL 39964.13 29815.33

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5b- INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2016
PARTICULARS YEAR ENDED 31ST
MAR ‘16 YEAR ENDED 31ST
MAR ’15
INCOME Rs. Rs.
DONATIONS/CONTRIBUTIONS (REVENUE) 25000.00 38282.00
25000.00 38282.00
EXPENDITURE
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT 6362.00 13976.00
WOMEN'S PROGRAMMES MEETS 4315.00 4932.00
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
CELEBRATIONS
3130.00 1500.00
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE 1850.00 2200.00
CONVEYANCE 3878.00 1056.00
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 200.00 5933.00
BANK CHARGES 341.70 1292.14
POSTAGE/COURIER 300.00 100.00
PRTG & STATIONERY 1320.00 3806.00
TELEPHONE/INTERNET 2000.00 2000.00
DEPRECIATION 527.00 0.00
GIFTS TO SPEAKERS/RESOURCE
PERSONS/VOLUNTEERS
0.00 1400.00
24223.70 38195.14
SURPLUS 776.30 86.86

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ANNEXURE 6 – OUR HEARTFELT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NEED OF THE ‘WS’ HOUR:
Strategic Planning Experts & OD Specialists
Technological Support for Website and Digital Marketing; editing of Musical Synergies Album
Voice over experts; Creative Writing Experts; Translators for our writings into vernacular
Interns from academic institutions
Volunteers & Interns (to work on systems, Admin, Web Admin, Strategic Planning & Management
Monitoring & Evaluation
Institutional Partners & Supporters
Individual and Corporate Sponsors for our programs and events
Printing & Publications support
TEAM WOMEN’S SYNERGY!!
91 Spring Board, New Delhi Our Venue Sponsor
Ms. Jyotsna Krishnan Strategic Planning & Financial support
NSS-BITS Pilani & Ex-BITS Students’ Team Free Venue for WS’ Stall at BITS Annual Fest,
Pilani; Representation of WS’ stall, logistics
support
Ms. Ruchi Arora Material Resource Contributions
Service Provider: M/s. Printways, NOIDA, U.P Subsidized printing services
Service Provider : M/s. Brainware, NOIDA, U.P Subsidized office infrastructure support
Team Mohindra & Associates Consultative & Concessional Support
through their C.A Team
Mr R. Vidya Shankar Accounts & Admin support
Mrs. Durga Shankar Admin Support
Ms. Pragya Taneja VOWS – Strategic Planning & Financial
Ms.T.G.S. Ishwarya VOWS – Technical Support (Graphic
Designing)
Ms. Namita Singh Admin Support
Ms. Tanya Shome VOWS – Admin Support
Ms. Purvi Agarwal WS-TreP Participant & Contributor to TreP
fund
Ms. Anita Vardhan WS-TreP Participant & Contributor to TreP
fund
Ms. Lata Jayanth Well-wisher & Material Resource Support for
Events
We also express our heartiest thanks to our other well-wishers, VOWS, Resource Persons & institutions which have
joined our WS Resource Rosters!