Kanta Tyagi
Indian social worker
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Kanta Tyagi is an Indian social worker from Madhya Pradesh.
Janaki Devi Bajaj Award
Kanta Tyagi | |
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| Born | Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Social worker |
| Known for | Kasturba Vanvasi Kanya Ashram |
| Awards | Padma Shri Janaki Devi Bajaj Award |
Life
She is 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]
