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{{Short description|Indian entrepreneur (born 1993)}}
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| name = Bijiyashanti Tongbram
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1993}}
| birth_place = Thanga Tongbram, Bishnupur district, [[Manipur]], [[India]]
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| other_names = Bijayashanti
| known_for = First India women to make [[lotus silk]] from lotus stems.<ref name=":-)">{{Cite web|url=https://www.prakati.in/clothes-made-from-lotus-stem-fibers-bijiyashanti-tongbram-from-manipur/ |title=Clothes made from lotus Stem Fibers {{!}} Bijiyashanti Tongbram from Manipur; Prakriti |date=November 6, 2020}}</ref>
| education = graduate (Botany honours ); GP Women's College; [[Imphal]]
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| occupation = entrepreneur
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| parents = Joykumar Tongbram <br/>
Sanahal Tongbram
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'''Bijiyashanti Tongbram''' (born 1993) is an Indian female entrepreneur from [[Manipur]]. She uses [[lotus silk]] to make small mufflers and stalls.<ref name=":-)" /> Her efforts have attracted the attention of many people, including Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] of India and Chief Minister of Manipur [[N. Biren Singh]].<ref name=":-)"/> She also continues to research the medicinal properties of lotuses. After gaining some knowledge in an industrial training programme, she successfully invented fragrant lotus tea.<ref name=":)" /> In 2018, advice from a family friend changed her life amidst her struggle to build her business. A friend of her father informed her about how [[Myanmar]] farmers make yarn for weaving from lotus stems that bloom in the lakes.<ref name=":)">{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/manipur/how-a-manipur-woman-is-getting-noticed-for-her-lotus-fibre-products-6716389/ | title=Spinning a success story:How a Manipur women is getting noticed for her lotus fibre products | publisher=The Indian Express | date=October 8, 2020 |author=Leivon Jimmy}}</ref>

==Early life==
She was born in 1993 in Thanga Tongbram village in Bishnupur district of Manipur state in northeastern India.<ref name=":)" /> Her father Jai Kumar Tongbram is a field assistant in the fisheries department of Manipur's district and her mother is Chanahal Tongbram. Bijia graduated with honors in Botany from GP Women's College, Imphal in 2014.<ref name=":)" />

==Journey==
After graduating in 2014, Bijiashanti's initial plan was to establish agritourism in her area. However, due to lack of resources, her plans did not reach the height. Nevertheless, her experiments on the medicinal properties of the lotus continued. Later, in May 2019, with the help of a handful of women in her local area, she started spinning [[Lotus silk|yarn from lotus stems]] and weaving neckties and mufflers. She subsequently set up an enterprise called ''Sanajing Sana Thambal'', which has 10 women, including herself.<ref name=":-/">{{cite web | url=https://m.femina.in/trending/achievers/bijiyashanti-tongbrams-story-of-weaving-success-176711-3.html | title=Bijiyashanti Tongbram's Story Of Weaving Success | publisher=Famina | date=10 November 2020 | author=Jain Vanshika}}</ref> Their firm was recently selected for Start-Up Manipur.<ref name=":-)" />

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[[Category:21st-century Indian businesswomen]]
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[[Category:People from Manipur]]
[[Category:1993 births]]
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