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	\| name = Sheela Balaji		\| name = Sheela Balaji
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	\| nationality = [[India]]n		\| nationality = [[India]]n
	\| education =		\| education = [[Stella_Maris_College,_Chennai\|Stella Maris College]]
	\| occupation = Managing trustee of an NGO		\| occupation = Managing trustee of an NGO
	\| employer = [[AIM For Seva]]		\| employer = [[AIM For Seva]]
	\| known_for = preserving rice varieties		\| known_for = preserving rice varieties
	\| spouse =		\| spouse = TK Balaji
	\| partner = ~~TK Balaji~~		\| partner =
	\| children =		\| children =
	\| parents =		\| parents = TS Srinivasan, Prema srinivasan
	\| relatives = Venu ~~srinivasan~~(~~brother~~)		\| relatives = [[Venu_Srinivasan\|Venu Srinivasan]] (Brother)
	\| website =		\| website =
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	~~\| religion = Hindu~~
	~~\| salary =~~
	}}		}}
	'''Sheela Balaji''' leads the Indian educational [[nonprofit organization]] (NGO) [[AIM For Seva]]. She is known for preserving [[List of rice cultivars\|rice varieties]]. She started with four varieties and now has thirty. She has been awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] for her work and leads one of the largest organisations offering free education in India. She ~~heils~~ from the powerful TVS ~~family~~ and is the grand-daughter of [[T._V._Sundram_Iyengar\|TV Sundaram Iyengar.]]		'''Sheela Balaji''' leads the Indian educational [[nonprofit organization]] (NGO) [[AIM For Seva]]. She is known for preserving [[List of rice cultivars\|rice varieties]]. She started with four varieties and now has thirty. She has been awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] for her work and leads one of the largest organisations offering free education in India. She hails from the powerful family behind the TVS group and is the grand-daughter of [[T._V._Sundram_Iyengar\|TV Sundaram Iyengar]].

	== Life ==		== Life ==
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	It is estimated that today there are 6,000 varieties of rice and that 110,000 varieties have been created since rice was introduced to India 14,000 years ago.<ref name="grain" /> In 2013 Balaji organised a festival in Manjakkudi dedicated to grains. The annual festival has attracted farmers and it has led to the rediscovery of old rice varieties.<ref name="grain" /> She began by growing four rice varieties but it grew to thirty. To make the rice cultivation sustainable she opened a store in [[Chennai]] where her varieties of rice can be bought. A map of Manjakkudi is used as the logo and the packaging describes the properties of the rice and the historically claimed health benefits.<ref name=citation/>		It is estimated that today there are 6,000 varieties of rice and that 110,000 varieties have been created since rice was introduced to India 14,000 years ago.<ref name="grain" /> In 2013 Balaji organised a festival in Manjakkudi dedicated to grains. The annual festival has attracted farmers and it has led to the rediscovery of old rice varieties.<ref name="grain" /> She began by growing four rice varieties but it grew to thirty. To make the rice cultivation sustainable she opened a store in [[Chennai]] where her varieties of rice can be bought. A map of Manjakkudi is used as the logo and the packaging describes the properties of the rice and the historically claimed health benefits.<ref name=citation/>

	In 2015, her book ''Without a Second: Concepts of Non Duality'' was published.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Balaji\|first=Sheela\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgeEAQAACAAJ~~&newbks=0&hl=en~~\|title=Without a Second: Concepts of Non Duality\|date=2015\|isbn=978-93-80049-83-0\|language=en\|access-date=2021-01-13\|archive-date=2021-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170555/https://books.google.com/books?id=sgeEAQAACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en\|url-status=live}}</ref>		In 2015, her book ''Without a Second: Concepts of Non Duality'' was published.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Balaji\|first=Sheela\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgeEAQAACAAJ\|title=Without a Second: Concepts of Non Duality\|date=2015\|isbn=978-93-80049-83-0\|language=en\|access-date=2021-01-13\|archive-date=2021-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170555/https://books.google.com/books?id=sgeEAQAACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In 2018 she was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery\|url=http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery\|access-date=2021-01-13\|website=narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in\|archive-date=2021-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170431/http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=citation>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=7 March 2018\|title=Meet Ms. Sheela Balaji, #NariShakti Puraskar 2017 awardee.\|url=https://twitter.com/pib_india/status/971367318579118080\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170535/https://pbs.twimg.com/hashflag/config-2021-01-14-16.json\|archive-date=14 January 2021\|access-date=13 January 2021\|website=PIB India}}</ref> The award was made by [[President of India]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]] at the Presidential Palace ([[Rastrapati Bhavan]]) in [[New Delhi]] with the Prime Minister of India, [[Narendra Modi]], also attending. About 40 people or organisations were honoured that year, receiving the award and a prize of $R 100,000.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=International Women's Day: President Kovind honours 39 achievers with 'Nari Shakti Puraskar'\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/mar/09/international-womens-day-president-kovind-honours-39-achievers-with-nari-shakti-puraskar-1784159.html\|access-date=2021-01-08\|website=The New Indian Express\|archive-date=2021-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170429/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/mar/09/international-womens-day-president-kovind-honours-39-achievers-with-nari-shakti-puraskar-1784159.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>		In 2018 she was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery\|url=http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery\|access-date=2021-01-13\|website=narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in\|archive-date=2021-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170431/http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=citation>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|date=7 March 2018\|title=Meet Ms. Sheela Balaji, #NariShakti Puraskar 2017 awardee.\|url=https://twitter.com/pib_india/status/971367318579118080\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170535/https://pbs.twimg.com/hashflag/config-2021-01-14-16.json\|archive-date=14 January 2021\|access-date=13 January 2021\|website=PIB India}}</ref> The award was made by [[President of India]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]] at the Presidential Palace ([[Rastrapati Bhavan]]) in [[New Delhi]] with the Prime Minister of India, [[Narendra Modi]], also attending. About 40 people or organisations were honoured that year, receiving the award and a prize of $R 100,000.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=International Women's Day: President Kovind honours 39 achievers with 'Nari Shakti Puraskar'\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/mar/09/international-womens-day-president-kovind-honours-39-achievers-with-nari-shakti-puraskar-1784159.html\|access-date=2021-01-08\|website=The New Indian Express\|archive-date=2021-01-14\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170429/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/mar/09/international-womens-day-president-kovind-honours-39-achievers-with-nari-shakti-puraskar-1784159.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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'''Sheela Balaji''' leads the Indian educational [[nonprofit organization]] (NGO) [[AIM For Seva]]. She is known for preserving [[List of rice cultivars|rice varieties]]. She started with four varieties and now has thirty. She has been awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] for her work and leads one of the largest organisations offering free education in India. She heils from the powerful TVS family and is the grand-daughter of [[T._V._Sundram_Iyengar|TV Sundaram Iyengar.]]

== Life ==
Balaji is the managing trustee and chair of a [[nonprofit organization]] (NGO) named [[AIM For Seva]].<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2014-02-02|title=Aim for Seva sets up 100th free student home|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/aim-for-seva-sets-up-100th-free-student-home/article5643514.ece|access-date=2021-01-13|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170634/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/aim-for-seva-sets-up-100th-free-student-home/article5643514.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> The organisation runs a large school in [[Manjakkudi]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] and also has 100 hostels across India. It is one of the largest organisations offering free education in India.<ref name=citation/> She is also responsible for the Swami Dayananda Educational Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdet.in/about-us/our-chairperson-managing-trustee/|title=Our Chairperson & Managing Trustee|website=www.sdet.in|access-date=2021-04-12}}</ref>

The school is an area where there are [[paddy field]]s growing rice. She noticed that a farmer was spraying a lot of chemicals on some rice and she asked why he did it, knowing that the chemicals were bad for him. She was told that the rice variety that was being used would only grow productively if it was treated with chemicals. Balaji decided to find out more and it was agreed that she could plant unusual varieties of rice on 40 acres of land.<ref name="grain">{{Cite web|date=2017-07-21|title=This Woman's Preserved 30 Indigenous Rice Varieties & Is Making Sure You Get a Grain of History Too!|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/109247/sheela-balaji-spirit-of-earth-indigenous-rice-varieties-chennai/|access-date=2021-01-13|website=The Better India|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170430/https://www.thebetterindia.com/109247/sheela-balaji-spirit-of-earth-indigenous-rice-varieties-chennai/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, her book ''[[Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)|Swami Dayananda Saraswati]]: Contributions & Writings'' was published. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avrpt.com/images/pre_publication_price_offer.pdf|title=Pre-publication notice for Swami Dayananda Saraswati: Contributions & Writings}}</ref>

It is estimated that today there are 6,000 varieties of rice and that 110,000 varieties have been created since rice was introduced to India 14,000 years ago.<ref name="grain" /> In 2013 Balaji organised a festival in Manjakkudi dedicated to grains. The annual festival has attracted farmers and it has led to the rediscovery of old rice varieties.<ref name="grain" /> She began by growing four rice varieties but it grew to thirty. To make the rice cultivation sustainable she opened a store in [[Chennai]] where her varieties of rice can be bought. A map of Manjakkudi is used as the logo and the packaging describes the properties of the rice and the historically claimed health benefits.<ref name=citation/>

In 2015, her book ''Without a Second: Concepts of Non Duality'' was published.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Balaji|first=Sheela|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgeEAQAACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=Without a Second: Concepts of Non Duality|date=2015|isbn=978-93-80049-83-0|language=en|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170555/https://books.google.com/books?id=sgeEAQAACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018 she was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery|url=http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery|access-date=2021-01-13|website=narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170431/http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=citation>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 March 2018|title=Meet Ms. Sheela Balaji, #NariShakti Puraskar 2017 awardee.|url=https://twitter.com/pib_india/status/971367318579118080|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170535/https://pbs.twimg.com/hashflag/config-2021-01-14-16.json|archive-date=14 January 2021|access-date=13 January 2021|website=PIB India}}</ref> The award was made by [[President of India]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]] at the Presidential Palace ([[Rastrapati Bhavan]]) in [[New Delhi]] with the Prime Minister of India, [[Narendra Modi]], also attending. About 40 people or organisations were honoured that year, receiving the award and a prize of $R 100,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Women's Day: President Kovind honours 39 achievers with 'Nari Shakti Puraskar'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/mar/09/international-womens-day-president-kovind-honours-39-achievers-with-nari-shakti-puraskar-1784159.html|access-date=2021-01-08|website=The New Indian Express|archive-date=2021-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114170429/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/mar/09/international-womens-day-president-kovind-honours-39-achievers-with-nari-shakti-puraskar-1784159.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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