Padala Bhudevi

Padala Bhudevi is an Indian person helping her Savara women to improve entrepreneurship and their family's diet. In March 2020 she received the highest award for women in India - the Nari Shakti Puraskar

Padala Bhudevi
in March 2020
NationalityIndia
Occupationdirector and activist
Known forreceiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar
Spouse(s)yes, he left
Childrenthree

Life

Bhudevi is from the Savara tribal community living in the Seethampeta area of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.[1] She was married at eleven years old and soon had three daughters. She was abused both mentally and physically by her new family.[2] Her husband left her and he and his family took no responsibility for her or her children. Nevertheless she and her children survived. Her father was running a charity he had started called "Adivasi Vikas Trust".[2] She started to help in 1984.[3] She worked as a day labourer after she returned to live with her father in 2000.

Padala Bhudevi receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar award

She researches how to improve their work visiting the Netherlands and China in 2013 to see how they cultivated their seeds.[2] She is the director of two companies. One that deals with grain and another helping farmers produce.[3] She has work with the "Integrated Tribal Development Agency" (ITDA) and she has helped them to improve the diet of women and children.[4]

In March 2020 she was recognised with the highest award for women in India. The Nari Shakti Puraskar was given by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind recognising her work.[3]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised her efforts working as a role model for women and widows of how to be an entrepreneur.[1]

References
  1. "PM Modi praises 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' awardee Padala Bhudevi for her efforts". ANI News. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. Rao, Madhu (2020-03-08). "Who is Padala Bhudevi, helped tribal women of Andhra in developing entrepreneurship". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. "Nari Shakti Puraskar for AP woman Padala Bhudevi from Srikakulam". Deccan Chronicle. 2020-03-08. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. "Padala Bhudevi receives Nari Shakti Puraskar". Devdiscourse. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
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