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| name = Savitaben Parmar<br />
| other_names = Savitaben Kolsawallah<br />
| occupation = Entrepreneur<br />
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'''Savitaben Parmar''' is an Indian social entrepreneur from [[Ahmedabad]], India. She is known for starting a successful business despite her background of poverty and [[Caste discrimination in India|caste discrimination]] as a member of the [[Dalit]] community. Her biography was profiled as one of the fifteen stories in the book ''Dalit Millionaires: 15 Inspiring Stories'' by Milind Khandekar.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Parmar lives in [[Ahmedabad]], Gujarat. She belongs to a [[Dalit]] community. Her husband worked as a bus conductor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1994-04-30 |title=Breaking the Barriers |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19940430-breaking-the-barriers-755537-1994-04-29 |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Parmar began her business career to support her family due to financial constraints.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-07 |title=Business unusual |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/business-unusual/article5985663.ece |access-date=2025-11-19 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref> She initially gathered and sold half-burnt coals (cinders) discarded by textile mills in Ahmedabad, a trade which earned her the name "Savitaben Kolsawala" (Savitaben the coal-seller).<ref name="BusinessStandard3">{{cite news |date=6 May 2014 |title=Inspiring stories of Dalit millionaires |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/inspiring-stories-of-dalit-millionaires-114050600460_1.html |access-date=19 November 2025 |work=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Khandekar|2013|p=|loc=Chapter 5}} She eventually expanded her operations from trading coal to manufacturing.<ref name=":0" /> She established a business producing ceramic tiles in 1991, which grew into a profitable enterprise.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Woman started with selling coal now owns a huge business empire. What does it take? |url=https://bookofachievers.com/articles/sold-coal-for-a-while-and-now-how-did-she-own-a-huge-business-empire |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=BookOfAchievers |language=en-IN}}</ref> As of 2015, her tile manufacturing business had an annual turnover of [[Indian rupee|₹]]50 crore and employed over 200 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=वर्गीज |first=Anil Varghese अनिल |date=2015-10-14 |title=Fighting the Brahmin and Baniya raj |url=https://www.forwardpress.in/2015/10/fighting-the-brahmin-and-baniya-raj/ |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=Forward Press |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Ashok Khade]]<br />
* [[Kalpana Saroj]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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=== Books ===<br />
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* {{cite book |last=Khandekar |first=Milind |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dalit_Millionaires/t2ZBAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Dalit Millionaires: 15 Inspiring Stories |date=December 15, 2013 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-93-5118-583-3 |access-date=November 17, 2025}}<br />
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