Sheetal Amte

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{{short description|Indian public health expert}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sheetal Amte
|image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1981|1|26}}
| birth_place = [[Warora]], [[Maharashtra]]
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2020|11|30|39|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Chandrapur]], [[Maharashtra]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = [[MBBS]]
|alma_mater = [[Government Medical College (Nagpur)]]
| occupation = Doctor, public health expert, disability specialist, social worker
| known_for = CEO of the Maharogi Sewa Samiti, [[Warora]]
| spouse = Gautam Karajgi
| children = Sharvil Karajgi
|website = [http://www.sheetalamtekarajgi.com www.sheetalamtekarajgi.com ]
}}
'''Sheetal Amte''' (26 January 1981 – 30 November 2020), also known by the name '''Sheetal Amte-Karajgi''' after her marriage, was an Indian [[public health]] expert, disability specialist and social entrepreneur. She was chief executive officer and board member of a non-profit organisation, Maharogi Sewa Samiti, which focuses on helping people disadvantaged by [[leprosy]].<ref name="Sheetal Reference1">{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Madhu |title=Sheetal Amte, granddaughter of Baba Amte, dies by suicide in Maharashtra's Chandrapur |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/sheetal-amte-baba-suicide-baba-amte-granddaughter-dies-maharashtra-chandrapur-668341 |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=www.indiatvnews.com |date=30 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/four-indians-figure-in-wefs-young-global-leaders-class-of-2016/articleshow/51428091.cms|title=Four Indians figure in WEF's Young Global Leaders Class of 2016|date=16 March 2016|work=The Economic Times|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.eurasiareview.com/26052018-a-new-generation-takes-up-baba-amtes-torch-oped/|title=A New Generation Takes Up Baba Amte's Torch – OpEd|date=26 May 2018|work=Eurasia Review|access-date=29 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Life ==
Sheetal Amte was the daughter of Vikas Amte and Bharati Amte, and granddaughter of [[Baba Amte]],<ref name="Sheetal Reference3">{{cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Kirti |title=Family tree of Baba Amte: Sons Prakash and Vikas Amte; who was Sheetal Amte and her role at Anandwan |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/family-tree-of-baba-amte-sons-prakash-and-vikas-amte-who-was-sheetal-amte-and-her-role-at-anandwan/689042 |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=www.timesnownews.com |date=1 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> who established a rehabilitation home for lepers in [[Anandwan]], in the state of [[Maharashtra]],and stayed there in campus<ref name="Sheetal Reference3" />.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.vervemagazine.in/arts-and-culture/parmeshs-viewfinder-meet-the-amtes|title=Parmesh's Viewfinder: Meet the Amtes|date=3 June 2016|work=Verve Magazine|access-date=29 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/world/asia/17amte.html|title=Baba Amte, 93, Dies; Advocate for Lepers|last=Pandya|first=Haresh|date=17 February 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=29 May 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She also established Maharogi Sewa Samiti(MSS),Warora, and was its Chief Executive Officer and Board member<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" />,to run the facilities, which include a range of health care, rehabilitation, education, agriculture, and economic empowerment programmes and was .<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Palmer|first=Joanna|last2=Mullan|first2=Zoë|date=December 2016|title=Highlights 2016: moving pictures|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32532-6/fulltext?code=lancet-site|journal=The Lancet|language=en|volume=388|issue=10063|pages=2975–2988|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32532-6|issn=0140-6736}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sheroes.com/articles/meet-dr-sheetal-amte-baba-amtes-grand-daughter/MjAzNQ==|title=Dr. Sheetal Amte, Baba Amte's daughter shares her story today|website=sheroes.com|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> Maharogi Sewa Samiti has helped to create livelihood capacities of thousands of marginalised people especially those with disabilities like suffering with leprosy,Orthopedically handicapped,vision and hearing impaired and primitive tribal populance even operating from one of the most backward districts of Central India -Chandrapur since 1949.<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" />

She studied medicine and became a physician<ref name="Sheetal Reference2">{{cite news |title=Not just Baba Amte's granddaughter: From Anandwan to WEF's Young Global Leader, journey of Dr Sheetal Amte |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/not-just-baba-amtes-granddaughter-from-anandwan-to-wefs-young-global-leader-journey-of-dr-sheetal-amte-2 |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref> and also completed Master's in social entrepreneurship<ref name="Sheetal Reference3" /> from [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]](TISS),<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" /> and joined her family working at Anandwan<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" /> to continue her grandfather's vision; her brother Kaustubh is an accountant for Anandwan and her uncle [[Prakash Amte]] and aunt [[Mandakini Amte]] are also physicians at the community.<ref name=":2" /><ref>Indian public health expert,[https://www.latestnewssouthafrica.com/2020/11/30/indian-public-health-expert-dr-sheetal-amte-reportedly-dies/ Dr Sheetal Amte reportedly dies]</ref> She also studied leadership from the Harvard Kennedy School.<ref name="Sheetal Reference3" />

She helped to secure the financial assistance of the [[Tech Mahindra|Tech Mahindra Foundation]] to provide food for children in Anandwan schools.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Making Dreams Come True: The Story of the Tech Mahindra Foundation|last=Khanna|first=Vinod|publisher=Penguin|year=2015}}</ref> She also led the installation of [[Solar panels|solar power panels]] at the community,<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" /> resulting in Maharogi Sewa Samiti receiving an award for Innovative Energy Project of the Year 2016 from the [[Association of Energy Engineers]], and intended to incorporate more smart technology into the community in future to make Anandwan a smart village.<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/International-award-for-Anandwans-solar-energy-use/articleshow/54454181.cms|title=International award for Anandwan's solar energy use – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref>

In 2016, she was named a Young Global Leader by the [[World Economic Forum]]<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" /><ref name="Sheetal Reference3" />.<ref name=":0" /> She was also selected as Member of World Economic Forum Expert Network on Humanitarian Response.<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" /> She was also selected as a [[United Nations]] Innovation Ambassador and an advisor to i4P (Innovations for Peace).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inktalks.com/people/sheetal-amte|title=Stories, Ideas and Perspectives {{!}} 300+ Inspirational talks by remarkable people from INK events -|website=www.inktalks.com|access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref> Dr.Sheetal was woking as a fellow of the World Innovation Organisation,an initiative from World Summit on Innovation and United Nations.<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" /> In the year 2016 she was awarded INK fellowship and Rotary Vocational Excellence Award.<ref name="Sheetal Reference2" />

On 30 November 2020, she died by suicide.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 November 2020|first=Sahil|last=Joshi|title=Baba Amte's granddaughter Sheetal Amte dies by suicide, weeks after public spat over family trust|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/baba-amte-s-granddaughter-sheetal-amte-dies-by-suicide-weeks-after-public-spat-over-family-trust-1745448-2020-11-30|access-date=2020-11-30|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> She was also a painter and is survived by her husband Gautam Karajgi and a seven-year-old son Sharvil.<ref name="Sheetal Reference3" />

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian medical doctors]]
[[Category:Indian women medical doctors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women scientists]]
[[Category:21st-century women physicians]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:2020 suicides]]
[[Category:Suicides in India]]

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