[10] In 2000, Dr Shah initiated adolescent reproductive and sexual health project in India and got it included in the School Curriculum.
[11] She is currently the Chair of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS) IMS,[12] and the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE),[13] and member of the Women’s Health Vertical of C-20, India.
[15] She was a resident doctor at Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital in ObGyn during 1972-75 and an Honorary Professor of ObsGyn of the Mumbai University.
She worked there as a Senior Registrar and became a Lecturer at the Grant Medical College, Mumbai, where she taught young doctors about pregnancy and women's health.
She has been the Convenor of FOGSI’s “Violence against women” cell and she initiated the “STAR” programme (Survivor Treatment Advocacy & Responsibility) on how to correctly collect medical evidence in cases of sexual abuse.
[38] She also initiated a 10 year program called “Growing Up” in schools all over the country from 2000 to 2010 to educate young girls on their menstruation and puberty and adolescence.