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{{short description|Indian social worker}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
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| birth_place = [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
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| occupation = Social worker
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| known for = ''Kasturba Vanvasi Kanya Ashram''
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Janaki Devi Bajaj]] Award
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'''Kanta Tyagi''' is an Indian social worker and the director of the ''Kasturba Vanvasi Kanya Ashram'', a [[non governmental organization]] based at [[Nimar]] which is engaged in services focussed at the economically and socially compromised rural women of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar for Kanta Tyagi">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021220/ncr1.htm | title=Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar for Kanta Tyagi | work=The Tribune | date=20 December 2002 | access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> Under the aegis of the organization, she runs a tailoring and knitting school, a condiments and [[Pappad]] manufacturing unit and a health centre for tribal women and children.<ref name="MP's Kanta Tyagi wins Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar">{{cite web | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-12-11/news/27340792_1_cash-prize-health-centre-outstanding-contribution | title=MP's Kanta Tyagi wins Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar | publisher=Economic Times | date=11 December 2002 | access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> She is the Official representative (Pratinidhi) of the [[Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust]] in [[Niwali, Madhya Pradesh]]<ref name="Smt. Kanta Tyagi, Pratinidhi, Kasturba Trust, Niwali branch – I.M.C. Ladies Wing felicitated by Janki Devi Bajaj Award.">{{cite web | url=http://www.kgnmt.org/awards.htm | title=Smt. Kanta Tyagi, Pratinidhi, Kasturba Trust, Niwali branch – I.M.C. Ladies Wing felicitated by Janki Devi Bajaj Award. | publisher=Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust | date=2015 | access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> and a member of the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Subgroup for the [[Sardar Sarovar Project]], a part of the Narmada Control Authority (NCA).<ref name="Resettlement and Rehabilitation Subgroup">{{cite web | url=http://nca.gov.in/rr_sbg.htm | title=Resettlement and Rehabilitation Subgroup | publisher=Narmada Control Authority | date=2015 | access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> She received the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 1998 for her services to the rural community.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> She is also a recipient of the [[Janaki Devi Bajaj]] Award (2002) of the Indian Merchants Chambers Ladies’ Wing.<ref name="Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar for Kanta Tyagi" />

== See also ==

* [[Sardar Sarovar Dam]]

== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
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