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	'''Bimla Poddar''' is an Indian social worker, philanthropist and the founder of ''Jnana Pravaha'',<ref name="Jnana Pravaha">{{cite web \| url=http://www.jnanapravaha.org/campus-in-varanasi.php \| title=Jnana Pravaha \| publisher=Jnana Pravaha \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kamat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.kamat.com/umbrella/suresh_neotia.htm \| title=Kamat \| publisher=Kamat \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> a [[Varanasi]] based centre for cultural studies, engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of India.<ref name="Varanasi">{{cite web \| url=http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 \| ~~title=Varanasi \| publisher=Varanasi \| date=2015 \| access~~-~~date~~=~~1 March 2015~~ \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090438/http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| ~~url~~-~~status~~=~~dead~~ }}</ref> Under the aegis of the organization, Poddar is involved in activities related to exploration of [[Indian Culture\|India's culture]]<ref name="Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History">{{cite web \| url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme \| ~~title=Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History \| publisher=Jnana Pravaha \| date=2015 \| access~~-~~date~~=~~1 March 2015 \| archive-date=2 April 2015~~ \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113303/http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme \| ~~url~~-~~status~~=~~dead~~ }}</ref><ref name="IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dApCPMobDlAC&q=Bimla+Poddar&pg=PA176 \| title=IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style \| publisher=Chronicle Books \| ~~author~~=~~Melba Levick~~ \| ~~year~~=~~2008~~ \| pages=175 ~~\| isbn=9780811853163~~}}</ref> and ~~maintains~~ a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient India.<ref name="Kamat" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Good-Samaritans-among-UPs-6-Padma-awardees/articleshow/46015653.cms ~~\| title=Good Samaritans among UP's 6 Padma awardees \| newspaper=Times of India \| date=26 January 2015~~ \| access-date=30 April 2017~~}}</ref> Born and brought up in [[Varanasi]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], she was married into a rich business family to late Bimal Kumar Poddar<ref name="Neotia family">{{cite web~~ \| ~~url~~=~~http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-~~of-the-group.aspx \| title=Neotia family \| publisher=Neotia family \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620141104/http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx \| archive-date=20 June 2016 \| url-status=dead}}</ref> ~~and holds the directorship of many of the family concerns<ref name~~=~~"Zauba Corp">{{cite web \| url~~=~~https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/BIMLA-DEVI-PODDAR/00002429 \| title=Zauba Corp \| publisher=Zauba Corp \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name~~=~~"Bloomberg">{{cite web \| url~~=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=61135264 \| title=Bloomberg \| publisher=Bloomberg \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> which includes [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref name="Neotia family" /> She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 ~~\|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2015 \|access-date=16 February 2015~~ \|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>		'''Bimla Poddar''' (28 August 1936 - 14 May 2025) <ref name="tt">{{ cite web\| title= A guiding light who will forever live in our hearts (a family Ad) \| url= https://epaper.telegraphindia.com/calcutta-edition/29/2025-05-16/page-5.html\| website = [[The Telegraph (India)\|The Telegraph]] \|access-date=16 May 2025}}</ref> was an Indian social worker, businessperson, philanthropist and the founder of ''Jnana Pravaha'',<ref name="Jnana Pravaha">{{cite web \| url=http://www.jnanapravaha.org/campus-in-varanasi.php \| title=Jnana Pravaha \| publisher=Jnana Pravaha \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kamat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.kamat.com/umbrella/suresh_neotia.htm \| title=Kamat \| publisher=Kamat \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> affectionately known as Bari Ma.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=Bimla Poddar, breathes her last in Varanasi on May 14 at the age of 88 \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/kolkata/bari-ma-bimla-poddar-breathes-her-last-in-varanasi-on-may-14-at-the-age-of-88-prnt/cid/2100547}}</ref>

			== Early & Personal life ==
			Bimla was born and brought up in [[Varanasi]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She was married into a rich business family to late Bimal Kumar Poddar.<ref name="Neotia family">{{cite web \| url=http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx \| title=Neotia family \| publisher=Neotia family \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620141104/http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx \| archive-date=20 June 2016 \| url-status=dead}}</ref> She was also known for her deep passion for classical music.<ref name=":0" />

			== Work ==
			Bimla used to hold the directorship of many of the family concerns<ref name="Zauba Corp">{{cite web \|date=2015 \|title=Zauba Corp \|url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/BIMLA-DEVI-PODDAR/00002429 \|access-date=1 March 2015 \|publisher=Zauba Corp}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web \|date=2015 \|title=Bloomberg \|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=61135264 \|access-date=1 March 2015 \|publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref> which includes [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref name="Neotia family" /> Jnana Pravaha is a [[Varanasi]] based centre for cultural studies founded by Poddar with Suresh Neotia, engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of India.<ref name="Varanasi">{{cite web \|date=2015 \|title=Varanasi \|url=http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090438/http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 \|archive-date=2 April 2015 \|access-date=1 March 2015 \|publisher=Varanasi}}</ref> Under the aegis of the organization, Poddar was involved in activities related to exploration of [[Indian Culture\|India's culture]]<ref name="Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History">{{cite web \|date=2015 \|title=Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History \|url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113303/http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme \|archive-date=2 April 2015 \|access-date=1 March 2015 \|publisher=Jnana Pravaha}}</ref><ref name="IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style">{{cite book \|author=Melba Levick \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dApCPMobDlAC&q=Bimla+Poddar&pg=PA176 \|title=IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style \|publisher=Chronicle Books \|year=2008 \|isbn=9780811853163 \|pages=175}}</ref> and maintained a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient India.<ref name="Kamat" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web \|date=26 January 2015 \|title=Good Samaritans among UP's 6 Padma awardees \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Good-Samaritans-among-UPs-6-Padma-awardees/articleshow/46015653.cms \|access-date=30 April 2017 \|newspaper=Times of India}}</ref>

			== Awards & Recognition ==
			She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|date=2015 \|title=Padma Awards \|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|archive-date=28 January 2015 \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|publisher=Padma Awards}}</ref>

			== Death ==
			Bimla passed away in Varanasi on May 14, 2025, just a few months before her 89th birthday in August. She was cremated in Varanasi.<ref name=":0" />

	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Tarachand Ghanshyamdas]]		* [[Tarachand Ghanshyamdas]]
	* [[Culture of India]]		* [[Culture of India]]
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	==References==		==References==

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	'''Bimla Poddar''' is an Indian social worker, philanthropist and the founder of ''Jnana Pravaha'',<ref name="Jnana Pravaha">{{cite web \| url=http://www.jnanapravaha.org/campus-in-varanasi.php \| title=Jnana Pravaha \| publisher=Jnana Pravaha \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kamat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.kamat.com/umbrella/suresh_neotia.htm \| title=Kamat \| publisher=Kamat \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> a [[Varanasi]] based centre for cultural studies, engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of India.<ref name="Varanasi">{{cite web \| url=http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 \| title=Varanasi \| publisher=Varanasi \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090438/http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> Under the aegis of the organization, Poddar is involved in activities related to exploration of [[Indian Culture\|India's culture]]<ref name="Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History">{{cite web \| url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme \| title=Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History \| publisher=Jnana Pravaha \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dApCPMobDlAC&q=Bimla+Poddar&pg=PA176 \| title=IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style \| publisher=Chronicle Books \| author=Melba Levick \| year=2008 \| pages=175 \| isbn=9780811853163}}</ref> and maintains a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient India.<ref name="Kamat" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Good-Samaritans-among-UPs-6-Padma-awardees/articleshow/46015653.cms \| title=Good Samaritans among UP's 6 Padma awardees \| newspaper=Times of India \| date=26 January 2015 \| access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref> Born and brought up in [[Varanasi]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], she was married into a rich business family to late Bimal Kumar Poddar<ref name="Neotia family">{{cite web \| url=http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx \| title=Neotia family \| publisher=Neotia family \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620141104/http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx \| archive-date=20 June 2016 \| url-status=dead}}</ref> and holds the directorship of many of the family concerns<ref name="Zauba Corp">{{cite web \| url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/BIMLA-DEVI-PODDAR/00002429 \| title=Zauba Corp \| publisher=Zauba Corp \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web \| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=61135264 \| title=Bloomberg \| publisher=Bloomberg \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> which includes [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref name="Neotia family" /> She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2015 \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>		'''Bimla Poddar''' is an Indian social worker, philanthropist and the founder of ''Jnana Pravaha'',<ref name="Jnana Pravaha">{{cite web \| url=http://www.jnanapravaha.org/campus-in-varanasi.php \| title=Jnana Pravaha \| publisher=Jnana Pravaha \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kamat">{{cite web \| url=http://www.kamat.com/umbrella/suresh_neotia.htm \| title=Kamat \| publisher=Kamat \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> a [[Varanasi]] based centre for cultural studies, engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of India.<ref name="Varanasi">{{cite web \| url=http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 \| title=Varanasi \| publisher=Varanasi \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090438/http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> Under the aegis of the organization, Poddar is involved in activities related to exploration of [[Indian Culture\|India's culture]]<ref name="Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History">{{cite web \| url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme \| title=Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History \| publisher=Jnana Pravaha \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015 \| archive-date=2 April 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113303/http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme \| url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dApCPMobDlAC&q=Bimla+Poddar&pg=PA176 \| title=IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style \| publisher=Chronicle Books \| author=Melba Levick \| year=2008 \| pages=175 \| isbn=9780811853163}}</ref> and maintains a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient India.<ref name="Kamat" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Good-Samaritans-among-UPs-6-Padma-awardees/articleshow/46015653.cms \| title=Good Samaritans among UP's 6 Padma awardees \| newspaper=Times of India \| date=26 January 2015 \| access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref> Born and brought up in [[Varanasi]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], she was married into a rich business family to late Bimal Kumar Poddar<ref name="Neotia family">{{cite web \| url=http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx \| title=Neotia family \| publisher=Neotia family \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620141104/http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx \| archive-date=20 June 2016 \| url-status=dead}}</ref> and holds the directorship of many of the family concerns<ref name="Zauba Corp">{{cite web \| url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/BIMLA-DEVI-PODDAR/00002429 \| title=Zauba Corp \| publisher=Zauba Corp \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web \| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=61135264 \| title=Bloomberg \| publisher=Bloomberg \| date=2015 \| access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> which includes [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref name="Neotia family" /> She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Padma Awards \|date=2015 \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 \|archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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	[[Category:Scholars from Varanasi]]		[[Category:Scholars from Varanasi]]
	[[Category:Indian philanthropists]]		[[Category:Indian philanthropists]]

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'''Bimla Poddar''' is an Indian social worker, philanthropist and the founder of ''Jnana Pravaha'',<ref name="Jnana Pravaha">{{cite web | url=http://www.jnanapravaha.org/campus-in-varanasi.php | title=Jnana Pravaha | publisher=Jnana Pravaha | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kamat">{{cite web | url=http://www.kamat.com/umbrella/suresh_neotia.htm | title=Kamat | publisher=Kamat | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> a [[Varanasi]] based centre for cultural studies, engaged in the efforts to preserve the cultural heritage of India.<ref name="Varanasi">{{cite web | url=http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 | title=Varanasi | publisher=Varanasi | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090438/http://www.varanasi.to/index.php/cool-places/441-art34 | archive-date=2 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Under the aegis of the organization, Poddar is involved in activities related to exploration of [[Indian Culture|India's culture]]<ref name="Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History">{{cite web | url=http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/current-pdfs/bayly-conference-programme | title=Benares: Bayly and the Making of World History | publisher=Jnana Pravaha | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dApCPMobDlAC&q=Bimla+Poddar&pg=PA176 | title=IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style | publisher=Chronicle Books | author=Melba Levick | year=2008 | pages=175 | isbn=9780811853163}}</ref> and maintains a heritage museum housing artifacts from ancient India.<ref name="Kamat" /><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Good-Samaritans-among-UPs-6-Padma-awardees/articleshow/46015653.cms | title=Good Samaritans among UP's 6 Padma awardees | newspaper=Times of India | date=26 January 2015 | access-date=30 April 2017}}</ref> Born and brought up in [[Varanasi]], in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], she was married into a rich business family to late Bimal Kumar Poddar<ref name="Neotia family">{{cite web | url=http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx | title=Neotia family | publisher=Neotia family | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620141104/http://www.ambujaneotia.com/aboutus/history-of-the-group.aspx | archive-date=20 June 2016 | url-status=dead}}</ref> and holds the directorship of many of the family concerns<ref name="Zauba Corp">{{cite web | url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/director/BIMLA-DEVI-PODDAR/00002429 | title=Zauba Corp | publisher=Zauba Corp | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=61135264 | title=Bloomberg | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2015 | access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> which includes [[Ambuja Cements]].<ref name="Neotia family" /> She was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tarachand Ghanshyamdas]]
* [[Culture of India]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=IndiaColor: Spirit, Tradition, and Style | publisher=Chronicle Books | author=Melba Levick | year=2008 | pages=175 | isbn=9780811853163}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
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