Ela Bhatt

Also known as Ela Ramesh Bhatt

founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)

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5 total works indexed

The global distribution and burden of dengue
· 2013 · cited 8,063x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,092x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,650x
Dapagliflozin and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
· 2019 · cited 5,412x
Standardized Bleeding Definitions for Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
· 2011 · cited 4,013x

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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).

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