Kshama Metre

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Kshama Metre
Born(1950-06-25)25 June 1950
Guardian International Development Achievement Award
Nina Sibal Award
Sadguru Ganananda Award
National Women Commission Award
The Week
Women of the Year
Ojaswani Shikhar Sewa Alankaran Award

Kshama Metre, popularly known as Doctor Didi,

Guardian International Development Achievement Award of 2012,[5] she was selected as the Woman of the Year by The Week magazine, in 1993.[6] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri, in 2008, for her contributions to society.[7]

Biography

Sidhbari village, Himachal Pradesh

Metre was born on 25 June 1950 to geologist

Wamanrao Bapuji Metre and Shantabai Metre at Nagpur in the western Indian state of Maharashtra but spent her early years in Assam.[9] Moving to Delhi, she did her schooling at The Frank Anthony Public School before graduating in medicine (MBBS) from Maulana Azad Medical College and secured her post graduate degree (MD) in pediatrics from the same institution. Later, she did her senior residency at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, Delhi and set up her practice in the city.[9] It was during this time, she met Chinmayananda Saraswati, a spiritual leader and educationist; the meeting is reported to have influenced her to abandon medical practice and join the Chinmaya Mission to assist in their work in the rural areas of the country.[10]

In 1985, leaving behind her life in

microfinancing facilities through the groups.[5]

In 2003, Chinmaya Mission's rural development activities were combined under the umbrella of CORD.[12]

The organization has had a strong focus on Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, where it started, along with some presence in the neighboring districts. To leverage its long term in-depth experience in its core area of operation, starting 2005, it expanded its activities with satellite units in the states of Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand.[13] She has also focused on social issues like HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and discriminative treatment of women[4] and her efforts are reported behind setting up of social forums where law and order issues could be settled without the interference of Police.[5]

Metre's activities have been supported by the

Planning Commission of India in 2007 for a five-year term that lasted till 2012 where she was a member of the work group which focused on primary healthcare.[4] She has written several articles on rural healthcare and development; some of them getting accepted by Changemakers, a networking platform for social entrepreneurship.[15][16]

Her group of volunteers have trained over 40,000 people in the management of rural development, representing government and banking institutions,

self-help group (SHG) members.[6]
In 2015, with the increasing demand for such training, a new facility for CORD Training Center was opened in Sidhbari.

Awards and honours

In 1993,

Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of the Padma Shri.[7] The Guardian, the British national daily, chose her for the International Achievement Award in 2012, for her exceptional work to alleviate poverty in the developing world.[19]
In 2017, she was chosen for the Savitribai Jyotirao Phule award.

See also

References

  1. ^ "In Conversation with Dr. Kshama Metre – One Day at CORD Dharamsala". Tarun Goel. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Dr. Kshama Metre wins prestigious award in London". Chinmaya Mission, UK. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. ^ "CORD and Interview with Dr. Metre". Mount Madonna School. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Advisory Board". CORD USA. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d "Guardian International Development Achievement Award winner 2012: Dr Kshama Metre". Guardian UK. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Dr. Kshama Metre on Bhau Institute of Innovation". Bhau Institute of Innovation. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Kshama Metre on Religions World Charter". Religions World Charter. 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Our Inspirations". CORD USA. 2016. Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Dr. Kshama Metre Nominated for 2012 Guardian International Achievement Award". Indo American News. 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Padma Shri awardee raps Parliamentary panel team". The Tribune. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Genesis". CORD. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  13. ^ ""Conception of Self-help Groups and Experiences of CORD", a Conversation with Dr. Kshama Metre". United Nations University. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  14. ^ "My body also has needs". The Hindu. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  15. ^ Kshama Metre (January 2008). "Young Men at Risk: Transforming the Power of a Generation". Changemakers. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  16. ^ Kshama Metre (March 2008). "Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis". Changemakers. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  17. ^ "The self-help movement in rural India and CORD's experience – Community activist". International Development Research Center, Canada. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Achievements of CORD". CORD. 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  19. ^ "The Guardian Announces Development Award Winners". Women Deliver. 26 December 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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