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	'''Prema Gopalan''' is an Indian [[social activist]]. She co-founded the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) in 1984. She then founded and has been executive director of [[Swayam Shikshan Prayog]] (SSP) for over 20 years, supporting poor rural women in entrepreneurial schemes. She is also well known for disaster relief work in [[Bihar]], [[Gujarat]], [[Kerala]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Tamil Nadu]]. Gopalan has received awards from the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] and the [[United Nations Development Programme]].		'''Prema Gopalan''' (1955/1956 – 29 March 2022) was an Indian [[social activist]]. She co-founded the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) in 1984. She then founded and has been executive director of [[Swayam Shikshan Prayog]] (SSP) for over 20 years, supporting poor rural women in entrepreneurial schemes. She is also well known for disaster relief work in [[Bihar]], [[Gujarat]], [[Kerala]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Tamil Nadu]]. Gopalan has received awards from the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] and the [[United Nations Development Programme]]. She died on 29 March 2022 after a short illness at the age of 66.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Benerjee \|first=Shoumojit \|date=29 March 2022 \|title=Noted Pune-based social entrepreneur Prema Gopalan passes away \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/noted-pune-based-social-entrepreneur-prema-gopalan-passes-away/article65271114.ece}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Prema Gopalan was born in [[Pune]], India.<ref name="Khemka">{{cite web \|title=Prema Gopalan—Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) \|url=http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php \|website=Khemka \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20081227143550/http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php \|archivedate=27 December 2008}}</ref> She ~~holds~~ an MA in [[social work]] and completed a M.Phil in sociology and research methodology.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Awardees \|url=https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/prema-gopalan \|website=Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|archivedate=22 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822145510/https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/prema-gopalan \|url-status=live }}</ref>		Prema Gopalan was born in [[Pune]], India.<ref name="Khemka">{{cite web \|title=Prema Gopalan—Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) \|url=http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php \|website=Khemka \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20081227143550/http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php \|archivedate=27 December 2008}}</ref> She held an MA in [[social work]] and completed a M.Phil. in sociology and research methodology.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Awardees \|url=https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/prema-gopalan \|website=Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|archivedate=22 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822145510/https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/prema-gopalan \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Prema Gopalan was a co-founder with [[Sheela Patel]] of SPARC in 1984. She started SSP in 1993, aiming to put rural poor women at the center of decentralized and democratic methods of self-management.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 \|title=Prema Gopalan\|publisher=Ashoka \|accessdate=22 June 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706060400/http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 \|archivedate=6 July 2010 \|df=dmy-all }}<br>- {{Cite web \|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm \|title=From the field \|accessdate=22 June 2009 \|archive-date=24 July 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724211812/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref> SSP functioned as a self-education network within SPARC until it (in association with the Government of [[Maharashtra]]) redesigned and implemented a widespread community participation strategy across 1200 villages in the [[1993 Latur earthquake\|earthquake-hit]] districts of [[Latur]] and [[Osmanabad]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm \|publisher=Developed Nation \|title=Prema Gopalan \|accessdate=22 June 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717143709/http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm \|archivedate=17 July 2010 }}</ref> Gopalan has also worked with support efforts following the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] and floods in [[Floods in Bihar\|Bihar]] and Kerala.<ref>{{cite news \|~~last1~~=~~December 23~~ \|~~first1~~=~~Prachi~~ Bhuchar ~~New Delhi~~ \|title=Leading Ladies \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20181231-leading-ladies-the-social-warriors-1415271-2018-12-23 \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|work=India Today \|date=23 December 2018 \|archivedate=5 July 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705202509/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20181231-leading-ladies-the-social-warriors-1415271-2018-12-23 \|url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite web\|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/276138/indiapakistan_quake_toll_rises_as_politics_hampers_relief/index.html\|title=India Pakistan quake toll rises as politics hampers relief\|website=Redorbit}} {{dead link\|date=August 2020}}</ref>		Prema Gopalan was a co-founder with [[Sheela Patel]] of SPARC in 1984. She started SSP in 1993, aiming to put rural poor women at the center of decentralized and democratic methods of self-management.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 \|title=Prema Gopalan\|publisher=Ashoka \|accessdate=22 June 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706060400/http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 \|archivedate=6 July 2010 \|df=dmy-all }}<br>- {{Cite web \|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm \|title=From the field \|accessdate=22 June 2009 \|archive-date=24 July 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724211812/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref> SSP functioned as a self-education network within SPARC until it (in association with the Government of [[Maharashtra]]) redesigned and implemented a widespread community participation strategy across 1200 villages in the [[1993 Latur earthquake\|earthquake-hit]] districts of [[Latur]] and [[Osmanabad]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm \|publisher=Developed Nation \|title=Prema Gopalan \|accessdate=22 June 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717143709/http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm \|archivedate=17 July 2010 }}</ref> Gopalan has also worked with support efforts following the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] and floods in [[Floods in Bihar\|Bihar]] and Kerala.<ref>{{cite news \|first1=Prachi \| last1=Bhuchar \|title=Leading Ladies \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20181231-leading-ladies-the-social-warriors-1415271-2018-12-23 \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|work=India Today \|date=23 December 2018 \|archivedate=5 July 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705202509/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20181231-leading-ladies-the-social-warriors-1415271-2018-12-23 \|url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite web\|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/276138/indiapakistan_quake_toll_rises_as_politics_hampers_relief/index.html\|title=India Pakistan quake toll rises as politics hampers relief\|website=Redorbit}} {{dead link\|date=August 2020}}</ref>
	SSP has helped ~~female~~ entrepreneurs to start businesses in these recovering zones.<ref name="Khemka" />		SSP has helped women entrepreneurs to start businesses in these recovering zones.<ref name="Khemka" />

	==Awards and recognition==		==Awards and recognition==
	Gopalan has been made both an [[Ashoka Fellow]] and a [[Synergos]] Fellow.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Prema Gopalan \|url=https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/prema-gopalan/ \|website=The Resource Alliance \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|archive-date=22 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822145515/https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/prema-gopalan/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) presented her with the Momentum for Change Award 2016 and the following year she won an [[Equator Prize]] from the [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP). In 2018, Gopalan was ~~made~~ Social Entrepreneur of the Year award by the [[Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Banerjee \|first1=Shoumojit \|title=Defying vagaries of nature to create entrepreneurs \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/defying-vagaries-of-nature-to-create-entrepreneurs/article25439777.ece \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|work=The Hindu \|date=8 November 2018 \|archivedate=22 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822134451/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/defying-vagaries-of-nature-to-create-entrepreneurs/article25439777.ece \|url-status=live }}</ref>		Gopalan has been made both an [[Ashoka Fellow]] and a Synergos Fellow.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Prema Gopalan \|url=https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/prema-gopalan/ \|website=The Resource Alliance \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|archive-date=22 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822145515/https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/prema-gopalan/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) presented her with the Momentum for Change Award 2016 and the following year she won an [[Equator Prize]] from the [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP). In 2018, Gopalan was presented with Social Entrepreneur of the Year award by the [[Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Banerjee \|first1=Shoumojit \|title=Defying vagaries of nature to create entrepreneurs \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/defying-vagaries-of-nature-to-create-entrepreneurs/article25439777.ece \|accessdate=22 August 2020 \|work=The Hindu \|date=8 November 2018 \|archivedate=22 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822134451/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/defying-vagaries-of-nature-to-create-entrepreneurs/article25439777.ece \|url-status=live }}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian activist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
'''Prema Gopalan''' is an Indian [[social activist]]. She co-founded the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) in 1984. She then founded and has been executive director of [[Swayam Shikshan Prayog]] (SSP) for over 20 years, supporting poor rural women in entrepreneurial schemes. She is also well known for disaster relief work in [[Bihar]], [[Gujarat]], [[Kerala]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Tamil Nadu]]. Gopalan has received awards from the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] and the [[United Nations Development Programme]].

==Early life==
Prema Gopalan was born in [[Pune]], India.<ref name="Khemka">{{cite web |title=Prema Gopalan—Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) |url=http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php |website=Khemka |accessdate=22 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20081227143550/http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/sey08/prema-gopalan.php |archivedate=27 December 2008}}</ref> She holds an MA in [[social work]] and completed a M.Phil in sociology and research methodology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Awardees |url=https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/prema-gopalan |website=Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship |accessdate=22 August 2020 |archivedate=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822145510/https://www.schwabfound.org/awardees/prema-gopalan |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
Prema Gopalan was a co-founder with [[Sheela Patel]] of SPARC in 1984. She started SSP in 1993, aiming to put rural poor women at the center of decentralized and democratic methods of self-management.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 |title=Prema Gopalan|publisher=Ashoka |accessdate=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706060400/http://www.ashoka.org/node/2586 |archivedate=6 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}<br>- {{Cite web |url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm |title=From the field |accessdate=22 June 2009 |archive-date=24 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724211812/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/ssp/118200395230.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> SSP functioned as a self-education network within SPARC until it (in association with the Government of [[Maharashtra]]) redesigned and implemented a widespread community participation strategy across 1200 villages in the [[1993 Latur earthquake|earthquake-hit]] districts of [[Latur]] and [[Osmanabad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm |publisher=Developed Nation |title=Prema Gopalan |accessdate=22 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717143709/http://www.developednation.org/interviews/premagopalan.htm |archivedate=17 July 2010 }}</ref> Gopalan has also worked with support efforts following the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]] and floods in [[Floods in Bihar|Bihar]] and Kerala.<ref>{{cite news |last1=December 23 |first1=Prachi Bhuchar New Delhi |title=Leading Ladies |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20181231-leading-ladies-the-social-warriors-1415271-2018-12-23 |accessdate=22 August 2020 |work=India Today |date=23 December 2018 |archivedate=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705202509/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20181231-leading-ladies-the-social-warriors-1415271-2018-12-23 |url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/international/276138/indiapakistan_quake_toll_rises_as_politics_hampers_relief/index.html|title=India Pakistan quake toll rises as politics hampers relief|website=Redorbit}} {{dead link|date=August 2020}}</ref>
SSP has helped female entrepreneurs to start businesses in these recovering zones.<ref name="Khemka" />

==Awards and recognition==
Gopalan has been made both an [[Ashoka Fellow]] and a [[Synergos]] Fellow.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prema Gopalan |url=https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/prema-gopalan/ |website=The Resource Alliance |accessdate=22 August 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822145515/https://resource-alliance.org/speakers/prema-gopalan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] (UNFCCC) presented her with the Momentum for Change Award 2016 and the following year she won an [[Equator Prize]] from the [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP). In 2018, Gopalan was made Social Entrepreneur of the Year award by the [[Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Shoumojit |title=Defying vagaries of nature to create entrepreneurs |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/defying-vagaries-of-nature-to-create-entrepreneurs/article25439777.ece |accessdate=22 August 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=8 November 2018 |archivedate=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822134451/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/defying-vagaries-of-nature-to-create-entrepreneurs/article25439777.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

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