Social worker
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.[1] 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.[2] She is the Official representative (Pratinidhi) of the Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust in Niwali, Madhya Pradesh[3] and a member of the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Subgroup for the Sardar Sarovar Project, a part of the Narmada Control Authority (NCA).[4] She received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India in 1998 for her services to the rural community.[5] She is also a recipient of the Janaki Devi Bajaj Award (2002) of the Indian Merchants Chambers Ladies’ Wing.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar for Kanta Tyagi(20 December 2002). Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ MP's Kanta Tyagi wins Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar. Economic Times(11 December 2002). Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Smt. Kanta Tyagi, Pratinidhi, Kasturba Trust, Niwali branch – I.M.C. Ladies Wing felicitated by Janki Devi Bajaj Award.. Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust(2015). Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Resettlement and Rehabilitation Subgroup. Narmada Control Authority(2015). Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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