Sheela Balaji | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Education | Stella Maris College |
Occupation | Managing trustee of an NGO |
Employer | AIM For Seva |
Known for | preserving rice varieties |
Spouse | T. K. Balaji |
Parent(s) | T. S. Srinivasan, Prema Srinivasan |
Relatives |
TVS family Venu Srinivasan (brother) T. V. Sundram Iyengar (grandfather) |
Sheela Balaji leads the Indian educational nonprofit organization (NGO) AIM For Seva. She is the recipient of the Nari Shakti Puraskar award. She is the grand-daughter of T. V. Sundram Iyengar.
Balaji is the managing trustee and chair of AIM For Seva [1] which runs a large school in Manjakkudi in Tamil Nadu and also has 100 hostels across India. [2] She is also responsible for the Swami Dayananda Educational Trust. [3]
She started plantation of indigenous varieties of rice . [4] In 2011, her book Swami Dayananda Saraswati: Contributions & Writings, was published. [5]
In 2013, Balaji organized a festival in Manjakkudi dedicated to grains, which led to the rediscovery of old rice varieties. [4] In 2015, her book Without a Second: Concepts of Non Duality was published. [6]
In 2018, Balaji was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar. [7] [2] The award was invested by President of India Ram Nath Kovind at the Presidential Palace ( Rastrapati Bhavan) in New Delhi with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, also attending. About 40 people or organisations were honoured that year, receiving the award and a prize of $R 100,000. [8]
Sheela Balaji | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Education | Stella Maris College |
Occupation | Managing trustee of an NGO |
Employer | AIM For Seva |
Known for | preserving rice varieties |
Spouse | T. K. Balaji |
Parent(s) | T. S. Srinivasan, Prema Srinivasan |
Relatives |
TVS family Venu Srinivasan (brother) T. V. Sundram Iyengar (grandfather) |
Sheela Balaji leads the Indian educational nonprofit organization (NGO) AIM For Seva. She is the recipient of the Nari Shakti Puraskar award. She is the grand-daughter of T. V. Sundram Iyengar.
Balaji is the managing trustee and chair of AIM For Seva [1] which runs a large school in Manjakkudi in Tamil Nadu and also has 100 hostels across India. [2] She is also responsible for the Swami Dayananda Educational Trust. [3]
She started plantation of indigenous varieties of rice . [4] In 2011, her book Swami Dayananda Saraswati: Contributions & Writings, was published. [5]
In 2013, Balaji organized a festival in Manjakkudi dedicated to grains, which led to the rediscovery of old rice varieties. [4] In 2015, her book Without a Second: Concepts of Non Duality was published. [6]
In 2018, Balaji was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar. [7] [2] The award was invested by President of India Ram Nath Kovind at the Presidential Palace ( Rastrapati Bhavan) in New Delhi with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, also attending. About 40 people or organisations were honoured that year, receiving the award and a prize of $R 100,000. [8]