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{{Infobox person
| name = Shalini Moghe
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|13 March 1914}}
| birth_place = [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
| death_date = {{death-date and age|30 June 2011|13 March 1914}}
| death_place = [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
| restingplace = Rambagh Muktidham, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
| restingplacecoordinates = {{Coord|22|43|34|N|75|51|33|E|}}
| othername = Shalini Tai
| occupation = Educationist, social worker
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| spouse = Dada Saheb Moghe
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| children =
| parents = [[Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate]]
| website =
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]]<br>Nai Duniya Nayika Lifetime Achievement Award
}}

'''Shalini Moghe''' (1914 - 2011) was an Indian educationist,<ref name="Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/urbanpoliticsini0000jone_v3u0 | url-access=registration | quote=Shalini Moghe. | title=Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System | publisher=University of California Press | author=Rodney W. Jones | year=1974 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/urbanpoliticsini0000jone_v3u0/page/420 420] | isbn=9780520025455}}</ref> social worker<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/1992/women--and--child-welfare/shalini-moghe | title=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080658/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/1992/women--and--child-welfare/shalini-moghe | archive-date=18 May 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the founder of Kasturba Kanya School for tribal children and Bal Niketan Sangh,<ref name="Wikimapia">{{cite web | url=http://wikimapia.org/130891/Bal-Niketan-Sangh-Indore | title=Wikimapia | publisher=Wikimapia | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> the first [[Montessori school]] in the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="Free Press Journal">{{cite web | url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/shalini-tai-moghe-passes-away/ | title=Free Press Journal | publisher=Free Press Journal | date=1 July 2011 | access-date=11 May 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518190626/http://www.freepressjournal.in/shalini-tai-moghe-passes-away/ | archive-date=18 May 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> She was the chairperson of the [[Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh]], Indore,<ref name="Indian NGOs">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianngos.org/ngo_detail.aspx?nprof=4355241211 | title=Indian NGOs | publisher=Indian NGOs | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> a national level [[non governmental organization]] working for the welfare and education of the disabled, orphans, under privileged and the economically weaker sections of the society<ref name="Karmayogi">{{cite web | url=http://www.karmayog.org/nonmumbaiprofiles/nonmumprodis.asp?r=149&nonnpoproid=2635&state=Madhya%20Pradesh&city=Indore | title=Karmayogi | publisher=Karmayogi | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> and was involved with other Indore-based educational institutions such as Prestige Public School<ref name="Prestige Public School">{{cite web | url=http://www.prestigeschool.org/GoverningBody.html | title=Prestige Public School | publisher=Prestige Public School, Indore | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> and Pragya Girls School.<ref name="Pragya Girls School">{{cite web | url=http://www.pragyagirlsschool.com/index.html | title=Pragya Girls School | publisher=Pragya Girls School | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> A winner of the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 1992, she was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1968, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for her contributions to the society.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Shalini Moghe was born in a middle-class family to [[Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate|Tatya Sarwate]], a locally known educationist and a former [[Member of Parliament (India)|member of parliament]]<ref name="Free Press Journal" /> after whom a street in Indore is named,<ref name="Get Pin Code">{{cite web | url=http://www.getpincode.info/tatya-sarvate-marg-indore | title=Get Pin Code | publisher=Get Pin Code | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> on 13 March 1914 at [[Indore]] in the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/media/pdf/JBA_1992_Bio_Shalini_Moghe.pdf | title=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> She graduated in Arts (BA) from [[Karachi]],<ref name="IBN Live">{{cite web | url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/educationist-shalini-moghe-no-more/744758.html | title=IBN Live | publisher=IBN Live | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> secured a diploma in [[Montessori education]] and did advanced training in ''Juvenile Court and Child Welfare'' before joining government service.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" /> In 1944, she resigned from the job and started a nursery school, the first [[Montessori school]] in the city,<ref name="Free Press Journal" /> wholly funded by her personal resources.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" /> After three years of operations, she formed an association with like minded people under the name, ''Bal Niketan Sangh'',<ref name="DNA Syndication">{{cite web | url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/Tearful-last-adieu-to-Shalini-Tai-/DNIND175 | title=DNA Syndication | publisher=DNA Syndication | date=2 July 2011 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> in 1947 which grew to cover a host of activities such as welfare centres in the city and surrounding villages, creches and rescue home for destitute children, nurseries, integrated child development programmes, medical camps and financial assistance for women.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" /><ref name="Free Press Journal" />

Moghe started a nursery in a sweepers' colony in 1953, though there was stiff opposition to the project. The state government nominated her as a member of the Madhya Pradesh State Social Welfare Board, placing two districts with large [[Adivasi people|adivasi]] population, [[Jhabua district|Jhabua]] and [[West Nimar]], under her care. She utilised this opportunity to spread her activities to these areas<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" /> and founded Kasturba Kanya School in Jhabua.<ref name="Free Press Journal" /> She also established a toy library, in 1971, where the poor children below the age of ten had access to educational, scientific, mechanical and constructive toys.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" /> Her social forestry campaign of 1979 brought young people under one banner and one slogan, ''One boy one tree''.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" /> She started several other programmes such as child immunization, baby shows, training on child care, toy making, manufacturing of educational equipment, and spinning.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" />

Under the aegis of Bal Niketan Sangh, she established a BEd college,<ref name="IBN Live" /> conducted teachers training programmes for primary teachers, and organised two integrated child development programmes, one at the slums of Indore city and the other at Jabot, the adivasi colony in [[Jhabua district]].<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" /> Under these programmes, she set up 170 centres which attended to child immunization, prenatal and post natal care for women, child nutrition, health education, hygiene care, preschool training and family planning.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" /> A girls' Hostel was another project she started in Jobat which also imparted training in music, [[yoga]], carpet weaving, tailoring, knitting, cooking and healthy living.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" />

Moghe was associated with several government initiatives. She was a member of one of the task forces on pre-primary education under the [[Kothari Commission|Kothari Education Commission]].<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" /> She also served a working group set up by the [[Ministry of Education]] in 1979 on ''early education'' as a member.<ref name="TE India">{{cite web | url=http://www.teindia.nic.in/mhrd/50yrsedu/g/T/W/0T0W1304.htm | title=TE India | publisher=TE India | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> She was also a member of the reception committee of the International Solar Food Processing Conference 2009.<ref name="International Solar Food Processing Committee">{{cite web | url=http://www.solarfood.org/solarfood2009/1_ConferenceInformation/Committees.pdf | title=International Solar Food Processing Committee | publisher=International Solar Food Processing Committee | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

It is reported that Moghe, popularly known as ''Shalini Tai''<ref name="Free Press Journal" /> (Tai means older sister in Marathi),<ref name="Wiki Books">{{cite web | url=https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hindi/Family_relations | title=Wiki Books | publisher=Wiki Books | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> worked without remuneration for the major part of her career and her earnings were spent for her social activities.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation bio" /> She was married to Dada Saheb Moghe, a civil servant<ref name="Free Press Journal" /> and she died 30 June 2011,<ref name="Hotfrog">{{cite web | url=http://www.hotfrog.in/Companies/Bal-Niketan-Sangh | title=Hotfrog | publisher=Hotfrog | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> at the age 98 succumbing to old age illnesses.<ref name="Free Press Journal" /> She was cremated at Rambagh Mukthidam, a crematorium in Indore.<ref name="DNA Syndication" /><ref name="Wikimapia Rambagh Mukthidam">{{cite web | url=http://wikimapia.org/2124541/hi/rambagh-muktidham | title=Wikimapia Rambagh Mukthidam | publisher=Wikimapia | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
The [[Government of India]] honoured Shalini Moghe with the civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1968.<ref name="Padma Shri" /> She received the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 1992 for ''Outstanding Contribution in Development and Welfare of Women and Children and/or Gandhian Constructive Work by Women Workers''.<ref name="Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation" /> She was selected for the ''Nai Duniya Nayika Lifetime Achievement Award 2010'' in 2009.<ref name="Nai Duniya Nayika Lifetime Achievement Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.adgully.com/naidunia-nayika-awards-honours-the-unnoticed-women-42512.html | title=Nai Duniya Nayika Lifetime Achievement Award | publisher=Adgully | date=2010 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] declared her as one among ''Pradesh Ki Gauravshali Betiyan'' (State's Daughters of Pride) on the State Foundation Day on 1 November 2011 as a part of the ''Beti Bachao Abhiyan'' ([[Save girls|Save the Daughter Campaign]]).<ref name="Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day">{{cite web | url=http://www.ummid.com/news/2011/November/02.11.2011/bjp_embarassed.htm | title=Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day | publisher=Unmid | date=2011 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh]]
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{{portal|India|Education}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.narishakti.org/Photos.asp?See=N&No=12&PhotoNo=22&submit1=Submit | title=Civil investiture ceremony | publisher=Narishakti | date=2015 | access-date=11 May 2015}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
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