Zubaida bai saving lives one kit at a time
Zubaida Bai is widely regarded as an expert and a leader in the field of engineering design for low-cost health products customized for the developing world. Her work at the bottom of the pyramid demonstrates her passion for empowering underserved women and girls. Her company, ayzh, designs vital healthcare products for women and girls in poverty. After being named a TED India Fellow in 2009 she co-founded ayzh, pronounced ‘eyes’, with the goal of bringing simplicity, dignity, and access to the poorest women in India via their Clean Birth Kit in a Purse, ensuring a safe and sanitary delivery. Now she and her growing company are expanding their kit style approach to include reproductive, maternal, child + adolescent health products, extending these values and empowerment to millions of women and children throughout the developing world. ayzh is positioned to become a leader in the space of sustainable, social business focused on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In June 2016, Zubaida was named an SDG Pioneer at the UN’s SDG Global Compact Summit for her work. Also a World Economic Forum ‘Young Global Leader’, her passion and determination continue to attract strategic partnerships from around the world. Day by day ayzh puts life-changing products into the hands of women and health workers who need them the most. A guest speaker at the Women In The World Summit 2016, Bai's tireless and thoughtful advocacy for change led to a TED Residency in fall of 2016 in New York.
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- Zubaida bai saving lives one kit at a time
- Zubaida bai leaders summit 2016 day 2 23 june cipriani 42nd street
- Biography
- Personal life
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Zubaida bai leaders summit 2016 day 2 23 june cipriani 42nd street
Biography
Zubaida Bai was raised in Chennai, India. She was the first person in her family to pursue post-secondary education; her female relatives typically married in adolescence. She studied at Dalarna University graduating with a Master's in Engineering in product development and design, and received an MBA from Colorado State University.
Due to unsanitary birth conditions, Bai developed an infection after giving birth to her first child which "caused her to suffer for years." This inspired her to help rural women who needed access to healthcare. In 2010, Bai founded ayzh.
Bai was named a TED Fellow in 2009, an Ashoka Maternal Health fellow in 2010–2011, and an Echoing Green fellow in 2012. In 2011, her design for JANMA, a clean birth kit, was selected by INDEX Awards as one of 61 products "globally designed to improve life."
Personal life
Zubaida Bai and her husband, Habib Anwar, co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of the company, are the parents of three children and reside in the US with frequent travels to India and Africa.