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Usha Jain Sheereen, a Haridwar-based writer, has been bestowed with 2009 Woman of the Year - India

Usha Jain Sheereen, a resident of Shivalik Nagar, Haridwar, has been conferred with coveted 2009 Woman of the year -India award by the American Biographical Institute U.S.A. Usha Jain has been given this honour for generating social awareness through her writing. Besides that she is also one of the nominees of 1000 Great Minds of the 21st century by ABI U.S.A. and also for 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century by International Biographical Centre Cambridge England.

Usha Jain is a professional Hindi Writer and after doing her masters in English from Christian College, Indore, she turned to writing. "Guftgu" a book on Ghazals was her first book, which was published in 1989. Since then she has written 11 books. A book on Art of Living is the latest work of Usha Jain. Presently she is working on a books on Parenting. Besides that she has more that 2000 articles to her credit which have been published in various newspapers. This award bears testimony that through her work she has been able to create awareness in the society and successfully managed to highlight various social issues. Her stories are also regularly aired on All India Radio.