Education & Academia

Meenakshi Bherwani, Paving the Path To a Brighter Future with World-Class Education

Director & Chartered Accountant at PFC Educationudaipur

Meenakshi Bherwani is the founder and director of PFC Education-ACCA Center, UdaipurMeenakshi Bherwani is the founder and director of PFC Education-ACCA Center, Udaipur

Meenakshi Bherwani was born and brought up in Udaipur. She grew up in a joint family, with eight sisters and two brothers. As they were a big joint family she had a memorable childhood. She led a very challenging life as she lost her mother at a very young age. Growing up in a jolly household garnered her to make valuable relations, motivating her to meet people and interact with them.

Meenakshi has been in the teaching profession since 2011, having over a decade’s experience as a mentor and teacher. Even before that she was a trainer in the corporate sector which adds up to her capabilities as a leader. Presently, Meenakshi is an Oxford Brookes University Mentor and Information Systems Auditor. She also conducts sessions of CE and ACE students and trains them to become an international chartered accountant.

Meenakshi established PFC Education in 2008, which was a result of her defiance and struggle against the mentality of the Indian society. She is considered a pioneer in the male-dominated education sector and a celebrated member in the teaching arena. Prior to that, Meenakshi worked in a Dubai based petroleum company, where she learned the technical and practical skills required to flourish in the corporate sector. She also got acquainted with the corporate etiquettes. Her time at this firm played an important role in her becoming the self-made entrepreneur that she is today.

PFC Education Center since its inception, has operated both digitally and physically, conducting online and offline sessions. This practice benefited the institute at a greater level after the outbreak of the worldwide Covid pandemic. In 2020, PFC, under the leadership of Meenakshi, got two world ranks, and the students associated with the institute performed exceptionally well. Having students from the UK, Saudi Arabia, and other countries, Covid allowed her to merge both her online and offline batches into one, through which she got the added advantage and could focus more on the management part. The local students also got the opportunity to interact with international students.

To address the increasing number of people getting depressed during the lockdown, Meenakshi launched a PFC Journal to motivate the students to do something creative and even started online counseling sessions. She firmly believes that for a student to succeed it is highly important to have peace of mind, which inspired her to start all these programs.

Meenakshi advises the people wishing to enter the teaching line that they should not get intimidated by challenges, as it is a part of life, and to face them with utmost zest. She also stresses having a personal touch to this profession, which helps the students to connect on an emotional level and perform well. Meenakshi also highlights the importance of interaction and urges the forthcoming wave of teachers to create a brand value and not just deep dive as mere professionals. For the aspiring students, Meenakshi motivates them to pursue any sort of art form, which is always helpful.

In her free time, Meenakshi loves to go on solo trips and explore new places. Not only that, these trips give her the time to explore herself as a human being, which is the key aspect of life. She considers her son, who is 11 years old, as her role model, as all that she is today and all that she’ll ever be is for him.

Lastly, Meenakshi says that there’s no one formula to becoming a leader as we can’t measure everything with one yardstick. It solely depends on the company. Sometimes you have to be an autocrat or sometimes a democrat. What’s important is to have a positive streak, and the rest will follow.