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Name
  
Chetna Sinha


Education
  
University of Mumbai

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Chetna Gala Sinha is an Indian social activist working to empower women in drought prone areas of rural India by teaching entrepreneurial skills and providing them access to land and other means of production.

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Early life

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Born in Mumbai, she earned her master's degree in Commerce and Economics at Mumbai University in 1982.

Career

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She is the founder and chairperson of the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahkari Bank, a microfinance bank which lends to women in rural areas. She is also the founder and President of the Mann Deshi Foundation.

Awards and recognition

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"Entrepreneurship Development Award" on 29 July 2010 by Entrepreneurs’ International, Pune.

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Chetna Sinha received the first Godfrey Phillips Bravery Amodini Award on 11 September 2009 by Godfrey Phillips.

Chetna Sinha received "Rani Laxmiibai Puraskar" on 7 March 2009 from Cyclo Transmissions Ltd., Satara. This award is given to the women who have done outstanding work in various fields.

Jankidevi Bajaj Puraskar Award for Rural Entrepreneurship 2005.

Shri Nanaji Deshamukh and the Rajiv Sheth Sabale Foundation Award 1999 presented by for work completed with drought-affected women. Governor of Maharashtra Shri P. C. Alexander Award 1994 for work in development.

Chetna Sinha is Yale Fellow, Schwab Fellow and Ashoka Fellow.

She was a speaker at TEDxGateway 2013

Personal life

Chetna is the mother of three sons and lives in Mhaswad, where Mann Deshi Mahila Bank has its headquarters.

Mann Deshi Bank

Mann Deshi Mahila Sahkari Bank is a microfinance bank which lends to women in rural areas. In response to the demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee banknotes by the Indian government, Mann Deshi bank is now helping rural people by providing 500 rupees of coin in exchange for 500 rupee notes. In this crisis of demonetization of paper currency the people most affected are those in rural areas. Mann Deshi Bank also has a business school on wheels through which it provides training to rural women.

References

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