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{{short description|Indian social worker}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Binny Yanga
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1958|7|7}}
| birth_place = Arunachal Pradesh, India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|9|3|1958|7|7}}
| death_place = [[Guwahati]], India
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| occupation = Social worker
| yearsactive = 1979–2015
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| parents = Bini Jaipu Bini Yanya
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] Dr. Durga Bai Deshmukh Award COSIA Entrepreneur Award NCDC Award National Tribal Award [[Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative|IFFCO]] Sahakarita Ratna Award [[Eastern Panorama]] Achiever's Award
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'''Binny Yanga''' (7 July 1958 – 3 September 2015) was an Indian social worker, a member of the [[National Planning Commission of India]]<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Padma-Shri-awardee-defies-cancer-to-work-for-destitute/2013/06/14/article1634671.ece | title=Indian Express | publisher=Indian Express | date=14 June 2013 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="OWA">{{cite web | url=http://owa.org.in/Managemnt.aspx | title=OWA | publisher=OWA | date=2014 | access-date=9 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625014158/http://owa.org.in/Managemnt.aspx | archive-date=25 June 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the founder of '''Oju Welfare Association''' (OWA),<ref name="IFFCO">{{cite web | url=http://125.19.12.220/ifc/web.nsf/d1bfbfe25add5f736525778a001e943b/0da662be2a00fc3965257bf60026a133/$FILE/Profile%20of%20Awardees%202011-12.pdf | title=IFFCO | publisher=IFFCO | date=2012 | access-date=9 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209202300/http://125.19.12.220/ifc/web.nsf/d1bfbfe25add5f736525778a001e943b/0da662be2a00fc3965257bf60026a133/$FILE/Profile%20of%20Awardees%202011-12.pdf | archive-date=9 December 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Arunachals-Binny-Yanga-gets-Padma-Shri/articleshow/11662335.cms | title=TOI | publisher=TOI | date=28 January 2012 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://www.thetribuneonline.com/business-archives34.html | title=Tribune | publisher=Tribune | date=19 November 2014 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="The Cruzader of the Destitute">{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Tunx7rjF8 | title=The Cruzader of the Destitute | publisher=People's Friend Foundation | date=16 August 2013 | people=Binni Yanga | medium=Video Documentary}}</ref> a [[non governmental organization]] based in [[Arunachal Pradesh]], working for the welfare of the weaker sections of the society and campaigning against [[Social evil|social Illnesses]] such as [[child marriage]], forced marriage and [[dowry]].<ref name="Woman's Panorama">{{cite web | url=http://womanspanorama.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=177:woman-of-the-year-&catid=23:june&Itemid=30 | title=Woman's Panorama | publisher=Woman's Panorama | date=2012 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> She was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Binni Yanga was born on 7 July 1958 in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh to late Binni Jaipu, a former political assistant at [[Lower Subansiri district]] and Binni Yanya, known for her efforts for the revival of traditional handlooms, as the elder of their two daughters, the younger being Gumri Ringu, the incumbent chairman of Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women.<ref name="FIWE">{{cite web | url=http://fiwe.org/Latest-News.html | title=FIWE | publisher=FIWE | date=2014 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> She did her education at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan<ref name="Banasthali">{{cite web | url=http://www.banasthali.org/alumni/news.php?news_id=4 | title=Banasthali | publisher=Banasthali | date=2012 | access-date=9 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214182201/http://www.banasthali.org/alumni/news.php?news_id=4 | archive-date=14 December 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and during her student days, she formed a girls' forum, All Subansiri District Girls Welfare Association.<ref name="Indian Express" /> After her studies, she started her career as a teacher. During this period, she set up an adult education and nursery centre in 1979 and, later, a shelter home for destitute girls.<ref name="Indian Express" /> In 1987, Yanga joined Arunachal Police Force, when the first batch of women officers were inducted in 1987.<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Woman's Panorama" /> After only a year of service with the police force, she resigned in 1988 to enter social service on a full-time basis.<ref name="IFFCO" />

Binni Yanga was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2007 but carried on with her activities.<ref name="Indian Express" /> She lived in [[Naharlagun]] in Arunachal Pradesh and owned ''Oju Craft Centre'',<ref name="OCC">{{cite web | url=http://company.directory.bizbilla.com/oju-craft-centre_India_id78442.html | title=OCC | publisher=OCC | date=2014 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> a small enterprise employing 200 workers.<ref name="IFFCO" /><ref name="Tribune" /> She died on 3 September 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/arunachal-activist-binny-yanga-dies-illness-096|title=Arunachal activist Binny Yanga dies of illness|work=The Asian Age|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923164033/http://www.asianage.com/india/arunachal-activist-binny-yanga-dies-illness-096|archive-date=2015-09-23}}</ref>

==Oju Welfare Association and social career==
Binni Yanga registered the adult education and nursery centre she started in 1979 as a society in 1988, under the name Oju Welfare Association (OWA).<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Woman's Panorama" /> The centre has grown over the years into an organization of larger proportions, covering a number of divisions, each catering to a specified purpose. OWA maintains a free educational institution in [[Seppa]] with a student strength of 100 boys and girls, a children's home, ''Shishu Greh'', home to 150 orphaned children, ''Short Stay Home'', a temporary place of residence with a capacity to house 45 destitute girls or women, a working women's hostel, a family counselling centre and a women's help line.<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="IFFCO" /><ref name="Tribune" /><ref name="Woman's Panorama" /> They also run a girls' school, ''Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya'' at Jang in [[Tawang district]], a secondary school following CBSE syllabus and a vocational training centre.<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Woman's Panorama" /> OWA also hosts the central government agencies, ''Jan Shiksha Sansthan'' and State Resource Centre in its premises.<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="Woman's Panorama" />

Yanga organized social awareness campaigns and seminars on health and other issues and was also involved with the promotion of traditional crafts of India for which she has founded Himgiri Multi-purpose Co-operative Society, a marketing agency for the rural artisans.<ref name="Indian Express" /> The society has participated in many national and international exhibitions in countries such as UK, South Africa and Bhutan.<ref name="IFFCO" />

==Positions==
Binni Yanga was a former member of the [[National Planning Commission of India]]<ref name="Indian Express" /> and has held the chairs of the ''Jan Shikshan Sansthan'', and Arunachal Pradesh State Resource Centre, both nodal agencies under the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)]].<ref name="OWA" /> She was a member of the executive committees of the [[National Literacy Mission Programme|National Literacy Mission Authority]]<ref name="Indian Express" /> and the [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]].<ref name="IFFCO" /> She also served as ''Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Women'',<ref name="Indian Express" /><ref name="IFFCO" /> ''Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India'' (TRIFED),<ref name="IFFCO" /><ref name="TRIFED">{{cite web | url=http://www.trifed.in/trifed/(S(ztodclxthjocg2zu0walqvs3))/default.aspx | title=TRIFED | publisher=TRIFED | date=2014 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> (a [[Ministry of Tribal Affairs]] undertaking), the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship,<ref name="IIE">{{cite web | url=http://iie.nic.in/ | title=IIE | publisher=IIE | date=2014 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> Guwahati and the District Rural Health Mission,<ref name="IFFCO" /> [[Yupia]], as a member.<ref name="OWA" /> She was the secretary of Himgiri Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited,<ref name="IFFCO" /> Naharlagun and Arunachal Pradesh Women's Voluntary Association. She was also a member of ''Muskaan Society'', [[Papum Pare]] Juvenile Justice Board,<ref name="IFFCO" /> [[Rama Krishna Mission Hospital]], [[Itanagar]] and Country Women Association of India.<ref name="Indian Express" /> She also served in the executive committee of the ''Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan'', Itanagar.<ref name="OWA" />

==Awards and recognitions==
Binny Yanga received Dr. Durga Bai Deshmukh Award in 2000 followed by the COSIA Entrepreneur Award in 2009-10 from the Chamber of Small Industry Associations.<ref name="Woman's Panorama" /><ref name="Eastern Panorama">{{cite web | url=http://www.easternpanorama.in/index.php/2012/103-2013/april14/2403-achievers-award-2013-for-social-services | title=Eastern Panorama | publisher=Eastern Panorama | date=2013 | access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> A recipient of the NCDC Award of cooperative Excellence,<ref name="Woman's Panorama" /><ref name="Eastern Panorama" /> Yanga received the National Tribal Award<ref name="Eastern Panorama" /> and [[Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative|IFFCO]] Sahakarita Ratna Award in 2012.<ref name="IFFCO" /><ref name="Tribune" /> The same year, the [[Government of India]] awarded her the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]]. In 2013, she was awarded the 2013 Achiever's Award by [[Eastern Panorama]] magazine.<ref name="Eastern Panorama" />

==See also==
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* [[National Planning Commission of India]]
* [[National Literacy Mission]]
* [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]]
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{{portal|India}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV4F4sUV7xE | title=Civil Investiture Ceremony - Padma Shri | publisher=YouTube | work=Video | date=4 April 2012 | access-date=1 December 2014}}
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Tunx7rjF8 | title=The Cruzader of the Destitute | publisher=People's Friend Foundation | date=16 August 2013 | people=Binni Yanga | medium=Video Documentary}}
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[[Category:Indian women philanthropists]]
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[[Category:Women educators from Arunachal Pradesh]]
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[[Category:Social workers from Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]
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