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| birth_place = [[Pune]], Maharashtra, India<br />
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'''Shivani Verma''' (born 31 May 1972), better known as '''BK Shivani''',<ref name=mid/> is a [[motivational speaker]] and spiritual mentor representing the [[Brahma Kumaris]] World Spiritual Organization.<ref name=exp>{{cite web <br />
|first=Aditi |last=Ahuja | title = Studying engineering helped me think logically: Brahmakumari Shivani|work=[[The Indian Express]] | url = https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/studying-engineering-helped-me-think-logically-brahmakumari-shivani/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221063708/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/studying-engineering-helped-me-think-logically-brahmakumari-shivani/ |archive-date=2024-02-21 |date=7 June 2010| access-date = 2014-03-27 }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
BK Shivani was born on May 31, 1972 in [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref name=mid/> Her parents began following the Brahma Kumaris when she was a child, and she began to attend meetings in her early 20s.<ref name=mid/> <br />
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She completed her undergraduate in electronics engineering at the [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]], and received a master's degree in computer engineering at the [[Maharashtra Institute of Technology]]. Initially, she worked backstage at the production of Brahma Kumaris television presentations in Delhi, where senior teachers would record the teachings. In 2007, due to the unavailability of other teachers, she was asked to start answering the viewers' queries herself.<ref name=toi>{{cite web | title = 'Ensure that your happiness doesn't depend on others' | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Ensure-that-your-happiness-doesnt-depend-on-others/articleshow/5660750.cms |date=9 March 2010| access-date = 2014-03-27 | work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> <br />
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She is married to Vishal Verma with whom she ran a software company until 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/know-brahma-kumari-shivani-verma-the-spiritual-guru-of-bollywood-actors-like-shehnaaz-gill-and-sidharth-shukla/3120822/|title=Know Brahma Kumari Shivani Verma, the spiritual Guru of Bollywood actors like Shehnaaz Gill and Sidharth Shukla|date=10 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Brahma Kumaris==<br />
In 2007, a [[Brokered programming|pay-to-broadcast]] television series ''Awakening with Brahma Kumaris'' was produced for the [[Aastha TV|Aastha channel]] in which co-host Kanu Priya interviewed BK Shivani.<ref name=exp/><ref name=mid>{{cite web | title = Being normal, being spiritual | url = https://www.mid-day.com/news/mumbai-news/article/Being-normal--being-spiritual-105453 |work=[[Mid-Day]] |date=12 December 2010| access-date = 2014-03-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216232405/http://mid-day.com/news/2010/dec/121210-brahma-kumari-shivani-interview.htm |archive-date=16 February 2011}}</ref><br />
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Her TV series of conversations with Suresh Oberoi was adapted into the 2015 book ''Happiness Unlimited: Awakening With Brahma Kumaris''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shivani, 1972-|title=Happiness unlimited: conversational adaptation from the internationally acclaimed TV series : awakening with Brahma Kumaris|others=Oberoi, Suresh|year=2015|isbn=978-81-8274-826-2|location=New Delhi, India|oclc=910236837}}</ref><br />
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BK Shivani travels in India and abroad, appearing at charitable events ranging from the promotion of organ donation<ref name=GreatestGift>{{cite web | title = Greatest gift, say spiritual gurus as doctors allay fears | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Greatest-gift-say-spiritual-gurus-as-doctors-allay-fears/articleshow/48431072.cms |date=11 August 2015| access-date = 2015-11-27 | work= [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> to parenting programs,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-22 |title=Criticism, negative reactions disempower children: BK Shivani |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/criticism-negative-reactions-disempower-children-bk-shivani/story-2sc1qOkH8pMOaNJ0Riy75L.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> as well as Brahma Kumaris events. In 2017 she was named as a goodwill ambassador of the [[World Psychiatric Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wpanet.org/general-assembly-berlin-2017 |title=General Assembly – Berlin 2017 |publisher=[[World Psychiatric Association]] |access-date=2020-07-13 |archive-date=14 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714153102/https://www.wpanet.org/general-assembly-berlin-2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
*Women of the Decade Achievers Award by [[ASSOCHAM]] Ladies League in 2014.<ref name="The Tribune"/><br />
*[[Nari Shakti Puraskar|Nari Shakti Award]] in 2019.<ref name="The Tribune"/><br />
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