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| birth_place = Katna, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India<br />
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| spouse = Jugnu Ramaswamy<br />
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| occupation = Director of NGO Street Survivors India, Interior Designer<br />
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'''Shabnam Ramaswamy''' is a social worker and interior designer in India. She is best known for her [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] Street Survivors India (SSI) situated in [[Kątna|Katna]], Murshidabad in West Bengal, which operates education and economic development programs for local villages.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dec 13|first=Anahita Mukherji / TNN /|last2=2010|last3=Ist|first3=03:24|title=Bengal's lady Tom Sawyer teaches criminals a lesson {{!}} India News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bengals-lady-tom-sawyer-teaches-criminals-a-lesson/articleshow/7090130.cms|access-date=2021-02-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-04-21|title=Changing lives of the people|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/243836/changing-lives-people.html|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-15|title=What Happens When Eight Pairs Of Rural Artisans And Urban Designers Come Together?|url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/fashion-and-beauty/what-happens-when-8-pairs-of-rural-artisans-and-urban-designers-come-together|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Verve Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Shabnam was born in the village of Katna, [[Kolkata]]. She studied at [[La Martinière Calcutta]].<br />
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She joined [[Mira Nair]]’s Salaam Balak, where she rescued runaways at Delhi station. A senior journalist, Jugnu Ramaswamy, approached her with the intention of making a film on her work. After making the film, the two married.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Shabnam Ramaswamy Is Rebuilding Women And Children's Lives In Kolkata|url=https://www.femina.in/trending/in-the-news/how-shabnam-ramaswamy-is-rebuilding-women-and-childrens-lives-in-kolkata-149568.html|access-date=2021-02-06|website=femina.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Datta|first=Sravasti|date=2019-08-12|title=How one woman single-handedly runs a school and a women’s collective in West Bengal|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/fashion/how-one-woman-single-handedly-runs-a-school-and-a-womens-collective-in-west-bengal/article28995851.ece|access-date=2021-02-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
===Street Survivors India===<br />
Street Survivors India was formed in 1990 in Delhi to provide learning opportunities for working street children. It operated Jagriti school, which was also a kitchen and night shelter. It was demolished in a government "clean-up drive" to reclaim commercial space.<br />
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SSI launched the Jagriti Gramin Library project with assistance from the [[Rajiv Gandhi]] Foundation. This program runs eleven libraries in villages near Katna. Each library was envisaged as a nodal point and support centre for children from an additional ten surrounding villages. For a minimal fee, students can read or borrow books related to their school subjects, as well as access works of reference and fiction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A battered fairy who returned with a magic wand for women of her village|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/a-battered-fairy-who-returned-with-a-magic-wand-for-women-of-her-village/cid/1290017|access-date=2021-02-06|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><br />
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===Jagriti Public School===<br />
Ramaswamy and her husband moved to Katna in [[West Bengal]] in 1999 to establish another school with the same name. Katna is in the southwest part of Murshidabad district and is among the poorest areas in the state.<br />
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==Recognition==<br />
*2013: Courage Award from Women Have Wings.<br />
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