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Ela Bhatt
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founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1933-09-07 ) 7 September 1933, Ahmedabad , Bombay Presidency , British India
- Died
- 2 November 2022 (2022-11-02) (aged 89), Ahmedabad , Gujarat , India
- Education
- B.A., LL.B.; Diploma of Labor and Cooperatives;
- Alma mater
- Sarvajanik Girls High School, Surat ; M.T.B. College, Surat ; Afro-Asian Institute of Labor and Cooperatives, Tel Aviv
- Occupations
- Lawyer, philanthropist
- Organization s
- SEWA , The Elders
- Known for
- Founded SEWA
- Spouse
- Ramesh Bhatt
- Awards
- Padma Shri , Padma Bhushan , Ramon Magsaysay Award , Right Livelihood Award , Niwano Peace Prize , Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
- Constituency
- Nominated
- Website
- sewa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ela
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Ahmedabad
- Place of death
- Ahmedabad
- Occupation
- activist
- Position held
- member of Rajya Sabha
- Educated at
- Gujarat University
- Movement
- trade unionism
- Image
- MJ-Ela-Bhatt-October-2013.jpg
- Residence
- Ahmedabad
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- Commons category
- Ela Bhatt
- date of birth
- 1933-09-07
- name in native language
- इला भट्ट
- date of death
- 2022-11-02
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P10632
- Ela Bhatt
- member of
- The Elders
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Encyclopedic overview
Ela Ramesh Bhatt (7 September 1933 – 2 November 2022) was an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian, who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 1996. She was the chancellor of the Gujarat Vidyapith from 7 March 2015 to 19 October 2022. A lawyer by training, Bhatt was a part of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements and won several national and international awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1977), Right Livelihood Award (1984) for "helping home-based producers to organise for their welfare and self-respect" and the Padma Bhushan (1986).
Early life and background
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