At the small age of 5, I met a major accident while playing in a garden on a slope falling from a height about 16 feet, which caused me to be hospitalized for a month with major surgery on my broken face. Due to all this, I was brought up by my parents with utmost care for my injuries and least care for my education as I was very delicate and vulnerable to any stroke (jhapad) on my face by anyone, as slapping was very common by teachers in those days.
My parents would pay full attention for studies of my elder sister and younger brother very strictly. Although I could feel this differential behavior but was privileged of not getting beaten by them. Over the times I recovered well but despite being the neglected child, my school and college results ranked in distinction or fore first class. Along college I used to take tuitions of students, just to financially support my family.
After my commerce graduation in 1987, when I expressed my wish for doing CA course, then my father unaware of this course, enquired about it with his close friend. His close friend advise
‘Although this CA course is good, but it is not good for girls’. In those days we females belonging to eastern UP belt were not or hardly allowed for even coeducation.
But then my father’s friends’ this statement was not acceptable to me. First time I argued with my papa that how a highly reputed course can not be advisable to a Girl? I insisted that I will pursue CA course only. My father was silent for an hour and finally agreed and said as you wish.
In 1991, I became Chartered Accountant qualifying the exam from Mumbai. Got married in Varanasi where I have the credit of first lady CA practitioner of Varanasi in name and style of my firm M/s. Jamuna Shukla &Associates. The journey of my life was even more challenging after marriage due to inlaws family traditions of carrying veil (ghunghat) and also handling practice. But by the times these conventional deterrence also got settled by my regular persuasion and hard work.
As of today, have been one of the leading CA Practitioner of Varanasi as Statutory Auditor, Tax Auditor, Revenue Auditor, Stock Auditor, DISA Auditor, Tax Consultant, Peer Reviewer, Concurrent Auditor, International Taxation, Project Financer for Governmental, Non Governmental Organizations, Trusts, Societies, Public and Private companies, AOPs, Partnership Firms, Nationalized Banks, Rural banks, Cooperative Societies, Krishi Mandies, Power
Corporations etc. since more than 25 years of my practice. Have been privileged to be one of the member of delegation of eight persons who represented in Parliament to Our Honorable
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji to establish Circuit ITAT Bench in Varanasi to help we tax professionals.
Alongside practice, have also been serving to Deprived Students, Women, Girls through awareness programs and supporting through basic needs items. Have contributed to many Sewing Centers establishments in village Domri and city areas for skill development and financially empowering women and widows.
Have been doing rigorous works for Plantations, Sparrow Conservations, Cleanliness, Water Conservation, Kashi Heritage Conservation, Ghat Cleanliness etc. which was even recognized by
our Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji and was invited as Special Invitee for plantation with the PM in Kashi to launch Nationwide Plantation Campaign. Also have been nominated as Member for Namami Gange Projects and Jila Paryavaran Samiti, Varanasi by National Green Tribunal, on behalf of my trust named Varuna Seva Trust as Founder Trustee. Have been awarded as ‘Jal Ratna’ Kashi Shakti, Kashi Gourav and many other distinguished recognition socially as well as professionally.
Recently she have been coopted as NEC member of AIFTP 2021