Chhavi Rajawat
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Chhavi Rajawat is an Indian politician. She is the sarpanch
of her village Soda, 60 km from Jaipur
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She is from a small village called Soda in Malpura
tehsil, District Tonk. She is an alumnus of Rishi Valley School (Andhra Pradesh), Mayo College Girls' School (Ajmer). Lady Shri Ram College
(University of Delhi) and a Management graduate from Pune.)
, the leading English newspaper in India credits her as the changing face of rural Rajashthan.
On 25 March 2011, Chhavi Rajawat addressed delegates at the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations. Chhavi Rajawat was well-received at the meeting, followed by praises across the national news.
Sarpanch
A sarpanch is a democratically elected head of a village level statutory institution of local self-government called the gram panchayat in India and Pakistan. He, together with other elected Panchas , constitute the Gram Panchayat. The Sarpanch is the focal point of contact between government...
of her village Soda, 60 km from Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
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Early life
Chhavi Rajawat was born in Jaipur, RajasthanRajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
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She is from a small village called Soda in Malpura
Malpura
Malpura is a city and a municipality in Tonk district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Malpura is known for its Dadabadi, built by the Khartargach Sect of Shewtambar Jain in memory of 3rd Dada Gurudev Shri Jinkushalsurishwarji.-Geography:...
tehsil, District Tonk. She is an alumnus of Rishi Valley School (Andhra Pradesh), Mayo College Girls' School (Ajmer). Lady Shri Ram College
Lady Shri Ram College for Women
Lady Shri Ram College for Women , is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. It is recognized as one of the premier women's institutions for liberal arts education in India.It isalso known as the Wellesley of the East....
(University of Delhi) and a Management graduate from Pune.)
Career
Chhavi Rajawat left her corporate job and city life to help develop rural India. She became the Sarpanch (Head of a Village) of Soda, a village sixty kilometers from Jaipur, Rajasthan. Her grandfather Brig. Raghubir Singh was the Sarpanch of the village (retired from the post of Sarpanch 20 years prior to Chhavi Rajawat's elections), from which she too was elected. The Times of IndiaThe Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
, the leading English newspaper in India credits her as the changing face of rural Rajashthan.
On 25 March 2011, Chhavi Rajawat addressed delegates at the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations. Chhavi Rajawat was well-received at the meeting, followed by praises across the national news.