Global InformationReema Nanavaty information
Reema Nanavaty | |
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| Born | 22 May 1964 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Resting place | Ahmedabad |
| Occupation | Social worker |
| Spouse | Mihir Bhatt |
| Children | Two |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Reema Nanavaty is an Indian developmental worker based in Ahmedabad, India. She has been active for three decades in organising women into co-operative organisations, enterprises and trade unions in India. She is the director of SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association of India)[1] and is credited for building women's livelihoods and enterprises within eighteen states in India as well as in neighbouring countries such as Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.
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]
- ^ "SEWA". SEWA. 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Padma 2013". The Hindu. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.