JAMMU, March 12 -- Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat, Former Chairperson of the Jammu & Kashmir Khadi and Village Industries Board (J&K KVIB), has been honored with the prestigious ET Inspiring Women Leaders Award at the ET Women Inspiring Conclave, held at Grand Hyatt, Gurugram. The event was organized by the Times Now Group to recognize exceptional contributions by women leaders across various fields.
Dr. Hina Bhat is the daughter of the late Mohammad Shafi Bhat, a former Member of Parliament. In 2014, she chose to leave behind a flourishing career in dentistry to enter politics by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). That same year, at the age of 36, she contested her first election from the Amira Kadal assembly segment in Srinagar but was unsuc...