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| name = Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat<br />
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| birth_name = Jaswantiben<br />
| birth_date ={{birth year and age|1930}} <br />
| birth_place = India<br />
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| occupation = Entrepreneur <br />
| organization = [[Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad]]<br />
| years_active = 1959―present<br />
| known_for = Founder of [[Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad]]<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]], (2021)<br />
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'''Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat''' is an Indian businesswoman, who is one of the founders of [[Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad]], a women's worker cooperative involved in manufacturing of various fast-moving consumer goods.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Zubair |title=Indian meal starter lasts 50 years |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7932979.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=March 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamdar |first1=Shraddha |title=The Journey Of Your Favourite Lijjat Papad |url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/the-journey-of-your-favourite-papad-lijjat-151412.html |publisher=[[Femina (India)]] |date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> On January 26, 2021, the [[Government of India]] conferred her India's fourth-highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in Trade and Industry category.<ref name=mumbaimirror>{{cite news |title=UPL's Shroff, Lijjat Papad founder among six Padma winners from Maharashtra |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/upls-shroff-lijjat-papad-founder-among-six-padma-winners-from-maharashtra/articleshow/80454825.cms |publisher=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=January 25, 2021}}</ref><br />
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As of 2021, she was reported to be 91 years old.<ref name=mumbaimirror/> She is one of the seven founders who founded the company producing popular 'Lijjat Papad' in 1959 as a household venture. She started the company with a seed capital of {{INRConvert|80}}, their cooperative venture - the [[Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad]] and now has a turnover of over {{INRConvert|1600|c|0}}. Her organization has employed nearly 45,000 women.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rajput |first1=Anjali |title=लिज्जत पापड़ स्टोरीः 7 महिलाओं की मेहनत, 80 रुपए की उधारी से खड़ा किया 800 करोड़ का बिजनेस |url=https://nari.punjabkesari.in/life-style/news/inspirational-story-of-jaswantiben-jamnadas-popat--her-lijjat-papads-973855 |publisher=[[Punjab Kesari]] |date=December 10, 2020 |language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar Singh |first1=Satyendra |title=#InternationalWomen'sDay : जब 7 गृहणियों ने बेलन चला कर दे दी 43 हजार गरीब महिलाओं को आर्थिक आजादी |url=https://www.inextlive.com/lijjat-papad-the-story-of-female-empowerment-in-india-starting-with-80-rupees-by-7-women-from-mumbai-201803080008 |work=Inextlive.com |agency=[[Dainik Jagran]] |publisher=[[Inext]] |date=March 8, 2018 |language=Hindi}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2020–2029)]]<br />
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Trade & Industry}}<br />
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