Reema Nanavaty
Reema Nanavaty | |
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Born | |
Resting place | Ahmedabad |
Occupation | Social worker |
Spouse | Mihir Bhatt |
Children | Two |
Awards | Padma Shri |
Reema Nanavaty is an Indian developmental worker based in
She was honoured by the Government of India, in 2013, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contributions to the field of social service.[2]
Biography
If the villagers of Gokhantar, in the arid deserts of western Gujarat state have a supply of sweet water today, they have their womenfolk to thank for it says Reema Nanavaty.[3]
Reema Nanavaty was born in
Nanavaty was raised and schooled in Ahmedabad. She pursued a master's in microbiology with Medical Laboratory Technician training and graduated in Science from the Gujarat University.[7] Opting for a career of civil service, she passed the civil services examination (IAS).[7] However, her stay there lasted only one year as she quit the service to take up full-time social service.[1][8]
In 1985 she joined the rural wing of SEWA
In 2001, Reema Nanavaty launched Jeevika project, in association with the Government of Gujarat and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), an initiative to bring relief to the 2001 Gujarat earthquake victims and their families.[7] A year later, she started Shanta, a relief programme to aid the 2002 Gujarat riots victims.[1][7] She has taken SEWA out of Gujarat and the activities of the organization, now, spans across the country from Jammu and Kashmir to Assam. They are also involved in war torn Afghanistan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.[1][7]
Reema is currently member of the Advisory Council on Gender of the World Bank Group. She was also invited as a member of International Labor Organization’s High Level Global Commission on Future of Work.[10] She was the only commissioner representing the informal sector workers, self-employed workers and the rural workers union in the entire commission. She has also been invited as a member of the UN High-level Dialogue`s Technical Working Group on Energy Action to Advance Other SDGs.[11]
Personal life
She is married to Mihir Bhatt, an Architect and Urban Planner and Founder of All India Disaster Mitigation Institute.[12] They have two sons Somnath and Rameshwar Bhatt.
Awards
- Agriculture Leadership Award in 2021, Agriculture Today
- FICCI Water Awards in 2016
- ITUC Dorje Khatri Award in 2016
- Innovating – For a Better Tomorrow Award in 2014, CNN - IBN
- Social Innovator Award in 2014, Indians for Collective Action
- First Jacques Diouf Award on Global Food Security in 2013, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)[13]
- Padma Shri Award in 2013, Government of India[14]
- Designomics Awards in 2011, Bloomberg UTV, World Brand Congress and VGC
- Sankalp NABARD Award in 2009
- Kamladevi Chattopadhyay Award given by the Government of India.
See also
- Self-Employed Women's Association of India
- Ela Bhatt
References
- ^ a b c d "SEWA". SEWA. 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Padma 2013". The Hindu. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ISBN 9780761934097. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Six Decades of Textile Labour Association, Ahmedabad" (PDF). Six Decades of Textile Labour Association, Ahmedabad. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "An exhibition on Ahmedabad's forgotten heroine". Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Noted women empowerment activist and SEWA founder". Economic Times.
- ^ a b c d e "DNA India". DNA India. 21 April 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "DNA 1". DNA India. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Session on Women as Economic Players in Sustainable Development". World Trade Organisation. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Global Commission on the Future of Work". International Labour Organisation. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Reema Nanavaty Director, SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association)". World Bank Group. World Bank Group. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Lunch with BS: Reema Nanavaty". Business Standard. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Presentation of the Jacques Diouf Award" (PDF). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Reema Nanavaty receives Padma Shri". DNA Indiaa. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
Further reading
- Reema Nanavaty. "Doosri azadi". India Seminar.
- Nanavaty, Reema (2020). ""Pandemic and future of work: Rehabilitating informal workers livelihoods post pandemic."". The Indian Journal of Labour Economics. 63 (1): 151–155.
- James, A. J., Joep Verhagen, Christine Van Wijk, Reema Nanavaty, Mita Parikh, and Mihir Bhatt. "Transforming time into money using water: a participatory study of economics and gender in rural India." In Natural Resources Forum, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 205–217. Oxford, UK and Boston, USA: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 2002.
- Sijbesma, Christine, Joep Verhagen, Reema Nanavaty, and A. J. James. "Impacts of domestic water supply on gender and income: results from a participatory study in a drought-prone region in Gujarat, India." Water Policy 11, no. 1 (2009): 95–105.
External links
- "Padma Awards List". Indian Panorama. 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- Bharati Ray (4 October 2005). Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods. Sage. pp. 371 of 622 pages. ISBN 9780761934097.
- "News report". Desh Gujarat. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- Standard, Business (17 October 2014). "Seminar Report". Business Standard India. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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