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Malati Devi Choudhuri

Smt. Malati Devi Choudhuri

  • 1988
  • Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Development and Welfare of Women And Children
Born in 1904 in Calcutta. Resigned her membership of the Constituent Assembly and went to a distant corner of Orissa to work for the uplift and welfare of women and children. Similarly, instead of joining a college, she opted for higher education in Shantiniketan under the guidance of Rabindranath Tagore. Has been applying the Gandhian ideas of Basic Education. Has built necessary infrastructure – a Primary School, a post- basic school with advanced craft training centre, a vocat .... Read More