Doctor Ahmad has led a gifted life. It is rare that one can combine two distinct, but totally dissimilar, careers and achieve unprecedented success in both endeavors. Dr. Ahmad has done just that.
Dr Samina Ahmad graduated from the University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan with a Medical Doctor degree. Deeply concerned about healthcare and its availability to underprivileged women and children, Dr. Ahmad subsequently opened and administered, the Al-Rehman Welfare Trust & Medical Center, in Karachi, Pakistan. In addition to the hospital, a school was also built to serve underprivileged children.
Dr. Ahmad concurrently developed a second career in scriptwriting, directing, producing and hosting numerous highly popular television programs targeted at healthcare, nutrition, family planning and social issues.
Samina , is the Business Manager for Junoon. She negotiated in collaboration with the United Nations, a South Asian college tour for the band, traveling to Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to raise AIDS awareness. Her band ”Junoon” performed at the Nobel Peace Prize concert and traveled to Srinagar, Kashmir to stage a memorable concert in 2008. ”Junoon”, was the first South Asian band to perform at the United Nations General Assembly Hall.
She has graduated as a Health Counselor and qualified for National Certification as a Holistic Health Practitioner by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. She has also received a certificate of completion for educational outreach from the Teachers College of Columbia University. Dr.Samina is a Chopra University Certified Perfect Health Consultant and Ayurveda Coach and runs her Wellness Center called ”Samina’s Wellness” in New York. Dr. Ahmad has lectured at Stanford University regarding the integration of traditional and new Asian, American and global healing principles.
In 2008 ,along with her husband Salman, they launched their latest initiative the Salman and Samina Global Wellness Initiative (SSGWI). The New York-based NGO is a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization and focuses on interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue, global health and wellness and education. In 2009 , SSGWI organized a Concert for Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, New York to increase awareness of the 3 million internally displaced persons in Pakistan.
In 2010,SSGWI launched the ”Women’s Wellness Initiative” which provides Holistic Health education to underprivileged girls in Pakistan, thereby empowering them to become community leaders, SSGWI also launched ” Build A Model Village Project ” by adopting a village in Sajawal, Thatta,Pakistan on the 1st of January 2012, this project will focus on providing sustainable housing / health, education and vocational training to the villagers of Suleman Mallah in Sindh.
She currently lives in Rockland County with her husband, Salman Ahmad who is Asia’s leading rockstar and a UN Goodwill Ambassador and their three children.
This extraordinary woman is at the forefront of the wellness movement that is fast becoming the new physical, mental and spiritual basis for present and future generations and is the host of What’s Wellness, a TV show on downtownTV.com, a TV network on the internet, which will be at the forefront of this global wellness transformation taking place in the new millennium.
Dr. Ahmad is singularly gifted as both a broadcaster and a healer and poised to become a major world voice in the world of wellness.
Dr.Samina Ahmad
Business Manager, Junoon,
Founder/ Co-executive Director SSGWI (Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative)
Chopra Certified Perfect Health Consultant & Ayurveda Coach
Holistic Health Counselor
www.junoon.com
www.ssgwi.org
www.drsamina.com