Awards & Winners

Ela Bhatt

Date of Birth 07-September-1933
Place of Birth Ahmedabad
(Gujarat, India)
Nationality India
Profession Philanthropist
Ela Ramesh Bhatt is an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian, who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 1996. A lawyer by training, Bhatt is a part of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements and has won several national and international awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Right Livelihood Award and the Padma Bhushan.

Awards by Ela Bhatt

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ela Bhatt.

2011


Indira Gandhi Prize
(for her lifetime achievements in empowering women through grassroots entrepreneurship)