Padala Bhudevi
Padala Bhudevi | |
|---|---|
.jpg) in March 2020 | |
| Born | New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | director and activist |
| Known for | receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar |
Padala Bhudevi is an Indian social activist with Savara women to help people to improve entrepreneurship and their family diet. In March 2020 she received the Nari Shakti Puraskar.
Biography
[edit]Bhudevi is from the Savara tribal community living in the Seethampeta area of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.[1] She was married at eleven years old and soon had three daughters. She was abused both mentally and physically by her new family.[2] Her father was running a charity he had started called "Adivasi Vikas Trust".[2] She started to help people in 1984.[3]
She researches how to improve their work visiting the Netherlands and China in 2013 to see how they cultivated their seeds.[2] She is the director of two companies. One that deals with grain and another helping farmers produce.[3] She has worked with the "Integrated Tribal Development Agency" (ITDA) and she has helped them to improve the diet of women and children.[4]
In March 2020 she was recognised with the highest award for women in India. The Nari Shakti Puraskar was given by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind recognising her work.[3]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised her efforts working as a role model for women and widows of how to be an entrepreneur.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "PM Modi praises 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' awardee Padala Bhudevi for her efforts". ANI News. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Rao, Madhu (8 March 2020). "Who is Padala Bhudevi, helped tribal women of Andhra in developing entrepreneurship". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Nari Shakti Puraskar for AP woman Padala Bhudevi from Srikakulam". Deccan Chronicle. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Padala Bhudevi receives Nari Shakti Puraskar". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 4 April 2020.