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| name = Leela Sumant Moolgaokar<br />
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| birth_date = 10 October 1916<br />
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'''Leela Sumant Moolgaokar''' (10 October 1916 – 20 May 1992) was an [[Indian People|Indian]] social worker, known for pioneering volunteer [[blood transfusion]] service in India.<ref name=lee>{{cite web| title =Leela Moolgaokar (1916-1992)| url =http://www.tatacentralarchives.com/history/biographies/25%20Leela%20Moolgaokar.html| work =Tata Central Archives| access-date =2014-09-04| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150108211926/http://www.tatacentralarchives.com/history/biographies/25%20Leela%20Moolgaokar.html| archive-date =2015-01-08}}</ref> Her husband, [[Sumant Moolgaokar]] was Chairman of [[Tata Motors]] and also remained Vice-Chairman of [[Tata Steel]].<br />
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| access-date = 2 September 2014<br />
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She started her career as a radiographer at the [[St George Hospital, Mumbai]].<ref name=lee/> In 1965, she started Tata Motors Grahini Social Welfare Society (TMGSWS), which ran employment generation schemes for the women in household of company employees.<ref>{{cite book|title=Citizens at Work Vol.3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xufUc9sDuNAC&pg=PA117|date= 2007|publisher=TERI Press|isbn=978-81-7993-116-5|pages=117–}}</ref><br />
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She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], fourth highest civilian honour of India by the President of India, in 1963.<ref><br />
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|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)<br />
|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]<br />
|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf<br />
|access-date=29 August 2014<br />
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|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf<br />
|archive-date=15 November 2014<br />
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</ref> She remained [[Sheriff of Bombay]] in 1975–76.<ref name=lee/><br />
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