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Ela Bhatt
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founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)
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Ela Bhatt was an Indian author who lived from September 7, 1933, to November 2, 2022. She is associated with five works according to Crossref records, while Open Library lists one work under her name.
The subject is categorized as a person in MusicBrainz data, with India listed as their country and area. Although MusicBrainz records indicate a male gender, this conflicts with the subject's name and other contextual information. Ela Bhatt is referenced by 602 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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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