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'''Kasturi Rajadhyaksha''' (1923/1924 – 7 February 2010), often referred to as '''Dr. Raja''', was an Indian [[physician]] and community worker. She helped several support groups specifically for Indian or South Asian people, and focused particularly on ending domestic violence and helping South Asian business people.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Kasturi Rajadhyaksha was born in 1923 or 1924 in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?pid=139522927|title=Kasturi Rajadhyaksha obituary|work=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> In 1945, Rajadhyaksha earned her [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] degree after studying [[gynaecology]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/rajyadksha-in-ohio-womens-hall-of-fame/20081120.htm|title=Kasturi Rajadhyaksha in Ohio Women's Hall of Fame|last=Mittra|first=Ayoti|date=20 November 2008|work=Rediff News|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> She also held a [[Master's degree]] in [[Public health|Public Health]], which she earned from [[Johns Hopkins University]]. Rajadhyaksha was married to Vithal Kashinath Rajadhyaksha, with whom she had two sons.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Kasturi Rajadhyaksha worked as a physician, and after seeing the difficulties faced by the pregnant women she treated, began her career in community service setting up organizations for women. In 1965, Rajadhyaksha moved to the United States, where she continued her community work to help women.<ref name=":1" /> After finishing her master's degree in Public Health, she became the Asian coordinator for the [[Jhpiego]], a non-profit organization run by Johns Hopkins University to improve international education in gynecology and obstetrics. She spent six years in this position, during which time she traveled to over twenty countries to organize trainings in [[Laparoscopic surgery|laprascopy]]. She went on to work as a director and as the Minority Business Coordinator for the DLZ Corporation, an architectural and engineering firm based in Columbus, Ohio.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohioana.org/whf/2008/raja.asp|title=Dr. Kasturi Rajadhyaksha|website=Ohioana|publisher=Ohioana Library Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511142839/http://www.ohioana.org/whf/2008/raja.asp|archive-date=11 May 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In 1990, Rajadhyaksha founded the Women of Indian Subcontinent Support Group (WISSUG), a group to help women workers. She co-founded the Asian American Commerce Group (AACG), a group for Asian-American business owners in central Ohio. In 2003, Rajadhyaksha and nine others founded ASHA-Ray of Hope, a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] working to help [[Domestic violence|domestic abuse]] victims in the [[South Asia]]n community. She also was among the founders of the Women to Women Business Mentoring Group.<ref name=":1" /> She served on the Columbus Equal Opportunity Commission, and as a board member of the South Central Minority Business Development Council.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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In September 2008, Rajadhyaksha was inducted into the [[Ohio Women's Hall of Fame]].<ref name=":1" /> Throughout her career, she received several awards for her work. In 1996 she won the [[YWCA]] Woman of Achievement Award, and in 1998 she was awarded the Ohio's Federation of Indian Association's Outstanding Community Service Award. She was given the Ohio Civil Rights Commission's Outstanding Leader Award, and in 2001 she also won the Women of Courage Award.<ref name=":2" /> In 2003, she won the Most Distinguished Physician Community Service Award from the National Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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