The Shahnaz Brand
The Shahnaz Husain Group is India's leading company in the field of natural beauty and anti-aging treatments. Started in the 1970s by Shahnaz Husain in New Delhi, the group has over time vertically integrated to encompass every aspect of Ayurvedic care and cure. The group has activities as diverse as beauty training institutes, growing its own herbs to manufacturing of its cosmetics line to retail to specialized treatments through its chain of over 200 beauty centers worldwide. The group has received many an accolade, the most recent of which was when it's Chairperson, Shahnaz Husain, won India's highest honor, the Padma Shree, in the field of Industry and trade for bringing Ayurveda to the West.
In 1996 Success Magazine, one of the world’s most well-respected business publications, named Shahnaz Husain the Woman of the Year and estimated the brand's worth at over $100 million. This number has grown many times since then.
 Shahnaz Husain, the pioneer and leader of herbal care in India, has achieved unprecedented international acclaim for her practical application of Ayurveda. With a burning desire to recapture an ancient heritage, Shahnaz Husain has taken India's Ayurvedic tradition to every corner of the globe.
After training for 10 years in cosmetic therapy and cosmetic chemistry, at leading institutions of the West, like Helena Rubinstein, Arnould Taylor, Swarzkopf, Christine Valmy, Lancome and Lean of Copenhagen, Shahnaz returned to her roots and studied Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of herbal healing. She set up her herbal clinic in her own home, in a very small way, rejecting the existing salon treatment methods and devised her own herbal treatments. She introduced a totally new concept of "care and cure". She also began to formulate her own Ayurvedic products. This was the beginning of the legendary Shahnaz Herbal and other ranges. In fact she has become known for her specialized clinical treatments and therapeutic products for specific problems like acne, pigmentation, scars and blemishes, skin-sensitivity, dandruff, hair loss and alopecia. Today, Shahnaz Husain heads a chain of over 400 franchise salons in India and abroad, with outlets in prestigious stores and locations all over the world. Her franchise-based enterprise has helped in the worldwide extension of the Shahnaz Herbal clinics, popularizing her formidable range of nearly 350 products.
Shahnaz has received several national and international awards, including the World's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur Award from Success Group of U.S.A. She is the first woman to be so honored, in the 107-year history of the Success awards. Among her other awards are the Arch of Europe Gold Star Award for Quality, the Golden America Award and the Indian Government Awards for Export Excellence. She has recently been honored with two prestigious international awards for Quality Excellence and Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur 2002, by Global Quality Management, in London.
Shahnaz Husain is also the pioneer of vocational training in cosmetology in India, having started her professional schools at a time when only apprenticeship training was available.
Shahnaz has never been one to rest on her laurels. She has always looked ahead, towards newer challenges, incorporating the latest techniques and introducing unique innovations. Her natural instincts and foresight have always led her to the next frontier, with her finger on the pulse of international demands. Hers is the story of the human spirit that transcends geographical boundaries and encompasses the entire world. It is a story that is an inspiration to others to follow their dreams with faith and courage. Indeed, as head of the largest herbal clinic-chain of its kind in the world, Shahnaz Husain has become a legend in her own lifetime.
1986 - Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur from FICCI
1986 - Udyog Rattan Award for Export Excellence
1988 - President’s Gold Medal for Export Excellence
1989 - Indira Priyadarshini Award from Govt of India.
1992 - Rajiv Gandhi Gold Medal for spreading the cause of Ayurveda.
1997 & 1998 - Delhi Government Award for Export Excellence
1999 - Woman of the Millenium Award, presented by Lata Mangeshkar and instituted by makers of Lata Eau de Parfum in 1999.
2004 - IMM Award for Top Ceo and Ayurvedic Ambassador
2005 - 2006 Padmashri Award – Padma Awards are the highest civilian awards from the Government of India, presented by the President of India.
1995 - Diamond Star for Quality from International Marketing Professionals of Europe and America.
1995 - Woman of the Year award in U.K.
1995 - Quality Excellence Award in Japan.
1996 - “World’s Greatest Entrepreneur” award, from Success, the prestigious U.S. business magazine, becoming the first woman to receive the award in 105 years.
1996 - Arch of Europe International Gold Star for Quality in Madrid.
1997 & 1998 - Quality Excellence Award in 1997 & 1998 in Geneva.
1997 - Leading Woman Entrepreneur award in 1997 from National Foundation of Woman Business Owners, U.S.A.
1998 - Featured in the U.N. sponsored “Woman of the Decade”.
1999 - Golden America Award for Quality Excellence in 1999 in New York.
1999 - Selected “Woman of the Year 1999”, based on outstanding achievements, by the American Biographical Institute, U.S.A.
2000 - The 2000 Millenium Medal of Honour from American Biographical Institute, U.S.A., being the country’s most notable honour for extraordinary achievement during the last century.
2002 - Quality Excellence Award from Global Quality Management U.K.
2002 - “Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur” from Global Quality Management UK.
2003 - 2004 “Woman of the Millenium”Award from Global Indian Congress, USA
2004 - 2005 Woman of the Year Award from the Governor of California, USA
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