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{{Short description|Indian social entrepreneur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Arti Rana
| image =
| alt = Arti Rana smiling
| caption = Rana in 2022
| birth_date = {{circa|1976}} (age approx. {{years since|1976}})
| birth_place =
| occupation = Social entrepreneur
| years_active =
| known_for = Women self-help groups
}}

'''Arti Rana''' (born {{circa|1976}}) is an Indian social entrepreneur. She helps fellow [[Tharu people|Tharu]] women to set up groups to make and sell handicrafts. In 2022, she received the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]], the highest civilian award for women in India.

== Career ==
Arti Rana was born around 1976. She is [[Tharu people|Tharu]] and lives in the [[Terai]], near the [[Dudhwa Tiger Reserve]] and the border with Nepal.<ref name="HT">{{cite news |title=President fetes Kheri tribal woman with Nari Shakti Award |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/president-fetes-kheri-tribal-woman-with-nari-shakti-award-101646759597517.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=8 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=9 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309004841/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/president-fetes-kheri-tribal-woman-with-nari-shakti-award-101646759597517.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Under the [[National Rural Livelihood Mission]], she set up Gautam self-employment to make items such as carpets, baskets and bags.<ref name="HT" /> The group worked with materials like moonj grass and [[jute]].<ref name="BT">{{cite news |title='Vocal for Local': UPIDR helps local women weavers, artisans gain global exposure |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy/story/vocal-for-local-upidr-helps-local-women-weavers-artisans-gain-global-exposure-318408-2022-01-09 |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=Business Today |date=9 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=10 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110033422/https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/economy/story/vocal-for-local-upidr-helps-local-women-weavers-artisans-gain-global-exposure-318408-2022-01-09 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="HT-skilled">{{cite news |title=Skilled artisans who don't know where to sell products |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20180210/281556586285709 |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 February 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Tharu handicraft work in progress in Gabroula village of Uttar Pradesh.jpg|left|thumb|Tharu Hath KargaGharelu Udyog handicraft workers in Gabroula]]
By 2016, Rana had trained around 800 Tharu women.<ref name="HT-2016">{{cite news |title=Meet Rani Laxmi Bai awardees, the women who won't give up |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/honouring-women-by-empowering-them/story-BsbP55yMMynxwqId7Le13I.html |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=9 March 2016 |language=en |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030090133/https://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/honouring-women-by-empowering-them/story-BsbP55yMMynxwqId7Le13I.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The business expanded, and by 2022 she was employing hundreds of women to make handicrafts.<ref name="HT" /> Rana was the president of the self-help group Tharu Hath KargaGharelu Udyog, which received assistance from the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] to make its [[loom]]s more efficient.<ref name="IE">{{cite news |title=Women weavers from Dudhwa Tiger Reserve profit from technological interventions for their looms |url=https://indiaeducationdiary.in/women-weavers-from-dudhwa-tiger-reserve-profit-from-technological-interventions-for-their-looms/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=India Education |date=2 February 2021 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615070851/https://indiaeducationdiary.in/women-weavers-from-dudhwa-tiger-reserve-profit-from-technological-interventions-for-their-looms/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, it was announced that a visitors centre would be built at the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to inform tourists about Tharu heritage and sell local products; Rana was one of the co-ordinators for the project.<ref name="ToI">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Kanwardeep |title=Now, enjoy rich Tharu tradition, food near Dudhwa Tiger Reserve |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/now-enjoy-rich-tharu-tradition-food-near-dudhwa-tiger-reserve/articleshow/72971458.cms |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=26 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
Rana's entrepreneurship was recognized with a Rani Laxmibai Bravery award in 2016 and a Gram Swaraj award.<ref name="HT" /><ref name="HT-2016"/>

On [[International Women's Day]] in 2022, Rana received the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]],<ref name="HT" /> the highest award for women in India,<ref name=timesofi/> for the year 2020 in recognition of her [[social entrepreneurship]]. The ceremony had been postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref name=timesofi>{{Cite news |last1=Rumi |first1=Faryal |title=Bhojpur Entrepreneur Among 29 Feted |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/bhojpur-entrepreneur-among-29-feted/articleshow/90088304.cms |access-date=9 March 2022 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Nari Shakti Puraskar winners]]
[[Category:Indian social entrepreneurs]]
[[Category:Indian weavers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian businesswomen]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian businesspeople]]
[[Category:1970s births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

Arti Rana - Revision history

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