Simran Oberoi Multani
Social Enterprise: Ovenderful, Community - Ovenderful Mom Bakers Community Bangalore India
Simran is the Founder of Ovenderful, which is a social enterprise and Ovenderful Mom Bakers Community (which has 2 sub-communities Read more
Simran is the Founder of Ovenderful, which is a social enterprise and Ovenderful Mom Bakers Community (which has 2 sub-communities too – OMBC Kids and OV Bakestreat) which is a globally recognized and awarded healthy baking community, as well as one that works on creating a wider social impact. Facebook has recently released a short-film documentary on her and OMBC’s community work- link here: https://www.facebook.com/CommunityVoices/videos/1729439560428281/?hc_ref=ARQzQqU1a0ZWB6Covv-NPpSV-isPDCT-d3KYrCBRb8j9AwlrTQNcMIBhzZ7slRjiDKU&fref=gs&dti=359562947544301&hc_location=group She is also a TEDx Speaker, where as part of the TEDxRVCE Talks, she spoke about ‘Mythbusting Veganism’, has had recipes covered in Vogue India and been a SHEROES Champion. As part of her role of a Champion in this 15 million strong women’s only community she runs a healthy baking community there as well, is part of key panel discussions related to women in business and social entrepreneurship, and shares her expertise through online chats. She is a self-taught baker who first started Ovenderful, as a niche healthy baking blog and then turned it into a social enterprise and venture that specializes in healthy & organic baking, as well as new-age areas such as vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, lactation-friendly, diabetic-friendly, nut-free, eggless, butter less bakes. For Ovenderful, her business plan was selected to present for presentation at the SHEROES Summit in Bangalore in December, 2014. SHEROES is a community-based organization that focuses on women’s careers. She is also a Mentee Alumni of The Cherie Blair Foundation's Women in Business program for 1 year, for the period of May 2014-2015. She has also won the 2nd prize in the Women's Web - Orange Flower Awards which covered over 400 nominations across India and had an esteemed jury), for Food Blogging. Also Buzzing Bubs, a well-known parenting website, decided to spotlight 10 Indian Mom Bloggers who redefine parenting through their writing and Simran was one of them. She is also an Amazon Approved Influencer. Apart from that, Simran is one of the Founding Chefs for an innovative and interactive recipe sharing platform Better Butter and as a continuation to her work in terms of using her e-bakery’s bake sales for fundraising, she is now part of the Core Team of The Bake Collective, which is an initiative that plans and organizes bake sales to raise funds for social causes and has done so for Milaap, Goonj, The Voice of Stray Dogs, Desire Society, Jeevarathni and so on in the past. OMBC was mentioned in a public post by Sheryl Sandberg (COO, Facebook) about women making a difference in their communities. OMBC was also recognized for its work in the social impact space, again by Facebook, when she was invited to Singapore as part of the first of its kind unique recognition even for FB communities -only 8 from all over Asia were called for the same. Simran has also received the Best India Mom Group Admin Award by Lakme Salon and World of Moms / FirstCry. Covered in Economic Times, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, the Times of India, Deccan Chronicle, DNA, YourStory, ShethePeople, News9-TV9, India Today, Rediff, BuzzingBubs to name a few. Details of all the media links shared at the bottom of this document. Ovenderful Mom Bakers Community - Started Nov 2014, the current number of members – 27,000+ members, with close to 200 members in 15 countries each. The main focus is healthy baking entirely – the only of its kind in India and globally as well, since there are no other FB groups of this size with this kind of unique theme. Apart from that a huge degree of commitment is present within the group to contribute to community causes through their baking – this is done via directly baking for NGOs and distributing or baking for fundraisers for the NGOs, and finally also using our baking to make underprivileged women financially independent. The Community has been recognized by the Global COO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg in April 2017 and was invited as one of the influential community leaders across Asia, in an event conducted by Facebook, for 8 such communities from across the region. Sheryl was present to recognize and understand the work being done, there as well, in November 2017. The Government of Karnataka chose to collaborate with the community, for a key online contest run-up event as part of the International Millets Fair 2018 to promote use of healthy millets in our bakes. Media Mentions LeadNOW covered Simran’s journey of building the Ovenderful community of healthy bakers that is spread across cities in India and even overseas. Go over to the link below where in a video interview she has shared how she went about building her social enterprise, Ovenderful, through collaborating with other healthy bakers. LeadNOW Video Interview: https://lnkd.in/fj7sSh7 TEDx Speaker Session - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHYwhKeyJik ShethePeople Video Interview- http://shethepeople.tv/how-simran-oberoi-is-baking-to-change-livesshaili/ Feministaa Video Interview- http://feministaa.com/2016/01/12/raising-funds-through-baking-ovenderful/ News9 - TV program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mogQKoKs4DQ Ritz Magazine article http://www.ritzmagazine.in/bake-blog-simran-oberoi-multani/ The Hindu - for Millets contest https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/230118/such-a-wonderful-initiative.html GoodTimes – Lifestyle Channel’s website https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157126831632999&id=76026867998 https://www.mygoodtimes.in/lifestyle/fitness-and-health/healthy-baking-substitues/ India Today - Simply Bangalore http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/into-the-city/1/485893.html Deccan Herald - The Healthy Cookie http://www.deccanherald.com/content/526243/healthy-cookie.html HerStory| Your Story http://her.yourstory.com/simran-multani-raises-funds-0112 http://wearethecity.in/simran-oberoi-founder-ovenderful/ http://www.theweek.in/features/lifestyle/easy-ways-to-make-healthier-bakes.html www.rediff.com/getahead/report/achievers-simran-multani-taught-herself-to-bake-now-she-helps-stray-animals/20150120.htm http://thepositivemedia.com/2016/01/10/interview-with-simran-oberoi-multani-a-vegan-baker-whos-passionate-about-community-service/ www.babychakra.com/learn/mom-inc/361-meet-the-ovenderful-mom-simran http://www.officechai.com/stories/meet-these-10-people-who-quit-their-jobs-to-do-something-amazing/ http://www.dnaindia.com/locality/bengaluru-central/bengalurus-ovenderful-distribute-healthy-baked-treats-street-children-91304 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/bengaluru-ladies-spread-christmas-cheer-to-orphanages-old-age-homes/articleshow/50281363.cms World of Moms and Lakme Salon - https://www.facebook.com/WorldOfMomsIndia/photos/a.1521956441388142.1073741828.1499114880338965/1841035566146893/?type=3&theater https://www.deccanherald.com/content/589533/whipping-up-goodness.html http://kiddydiaries.com/bake-woman-simran/ http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/express-recipes-now-order-organic-home-baked-treats-in-bengaluru-2826177-foodie/#ifrndnloc http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/49654401.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Polka Café: 15+ Organisations In India Whose Products Are As Beautiful As The Thought Behind Them ! polkacafe.com/charity-organisations-in-india-that-manufacture-products-1991.html Vistaara’s In-Flight Magazine’s Coverage of the Ovenderful Instagram account: https://www.facebook.com/ovenderful/photos/a.198313363616322.44648.139726022808390/828937213887264/?type=3&theater Vogue India - Children's Lunchbox friendly healthy recipe https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/how-schools-are-reinventing-lunch-after-the-new-fda-regulations-lunch-recipes-for-kids Read less