Mahima Bakshi

Mahima Bakshi is a renowned maternal child wellness consultant, women’s rights activist, author of Birthing Naturally and founder-owner of Birthing Naturally Queen. She’s a maternity influencer and has been awarded with ‘Times Most Influential Personalities 2021’ by the Times Group. She has also been felicitated by governors of Maharashtra and Haryana. She is currently associated as a Maternal Child Consultant with Daffodils by Artemis in Gurugram and Delhi, Sahyadri Hospitals in Pune and Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai. In the past, she has been associated with Fortis Hospitals, Apollo Cradle, Rainbow Children’s Hospital and Rosewalk Luxury Hospital for Women. She is also India’s first ‘Dancing for Birth’ certified instructor. She has completed certification courses in International Women’s Health and Human Rights from Stanford University; Global Adolescent Health from University of Melbourne; Everyday Parenting as well as Global Quality Maternal and Newborn Care from Yale University; Perinatal Mental Health from Postpartum Support International, USA. She has also completed advanced certified Lactation Professional India programme and has received certification in ‘Breastfeeding and Breast Diseases’ from Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India. She has also been certified as a birth doula and water birth coach by Waterbirth International. She completed her master’s in Reproductive Child Health Management from United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund and Maternal Infant Young Child Adolescent Nutrition Course from Public Health Foundation of India.