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'''Sailakshmi Balijepally''' or '''Sai Balijepally''' (born 25th Jan 1975 ) is an [[India]]n Pediatrician and the Founder of Ekam Foundation, an NGO working in the areas of Child and Maternal Health & Well Being. She was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar |Nari Shakti Award]] in 2015 by the President of India.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Balijepally was brought up in [[Secunderabad]] where she attended [[Keyes High School for Girls]] for 12 years. Her parents were both doctors and it was expected that she would do to. Her elder sister was her role model and she was en route to being a [[cardiologist]]. She went on to [[St Francis College for Women]] for two years before gaining entry to the [[Gandhi Medical College]]. She was there for five years and she left qualified as both a physician and as a surgeon.<ref name=inc>{{Cite book|last=Chandrasekaran|first=N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ffeDAwAAQBAJ&q=dr+sai+lakshmi+balijepalli&pg=PA153|title=Incredible Champions|date=April 2014|publisher=PartridgeIndia|isbn=978-1-4828-2213-7|pages=153–160|language=en}}</ref><br />
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On 20 January 2001 an [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|earthquake hit Gujurat]] killing 20,000, injuring many more and making 400,000 homeless. She stepped forward to volunteer then despite it clashing with her exams. Seven years later she volunteered again when the [[2008 Bihar flood|Bihar flood]] made millions homeless when a river changed course and flooded many inhabited areas.<ref name=inc/><br />
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She had been working as a junior consultant when she had tried to work out how to support 60 orphanages and she had teamed each one up with a colleague paediatrician. Her colleagues were keen to help but in time the system was not really working. The establishment of the [[EKAM foundation]] in 2009 was her attempt to refocus on the problem of supplying care.<ref name=inc/><br />
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Balijepally was awarded one of the first eight [[Nari Shakti Puraskar|Nari Shakti Awards]] for her leadership and achievement in 2015.<ref name=indiat>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/stree-shakti-puraskar-and-nari-shakti-puraskar-presented-to-6-and-8-indian-women-respectively-243468-2015-03-09|title=Stree Shakti Puraskar and Nari Shakti Puraskar presented to 6 and 8 Indian women respectively|last1=DelhiMarch 9|first1=IndiaToday in New|last2=March 9|first2=2015UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-04-22|last3=Ist|first3=2015 14:43}}</ref> The award was made on [[International Women's Day]] from the then Indian President [[Pranab Mukherjee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestcurrentaffairs.com/nari-shakti-puruskar-awardees-full-list|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar awardees full list|date=9 March 2017|website=Best Current Affairs|access-date=2020-04-18}}</ref><br />
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In 2018, her EKAM foundation went into a partnership with [[Royal Enfield]] with the aim of improving the health and well-being of mothers and children in [[Kancheepuram]]. They were working with Chengalpattu Medical College.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrdots.com/royal-enfield-partners-with-ngo-ekam-foundation/|title=Royal Enfield Partners with NGO EKAM Foundation|date=2019-05-15|website=Hrdots|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref><br />
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