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{{short description|Indian activist and educator}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name= Tulasi Munda
| image = Tulasi Munda-4.tiff
| caption = Munda in 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kainshi, [[Keonjhar]], present-day [[Odisha]] (erstwhile [[British India]])
| death_date =
| nationality = Indian
| known for = Contribution to education among ''adivasis'' (indigenous populations)
| occupation = Educator, social activist
| spouse =
| education =
| signature =
| other names = Tulasi Apa
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2001)
}}
[[File:Mohd. Hamid Ansari presenting Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award in the category of Community Service Leader Award to Dr. Tulasi Munda, Social Activist, at a function, in New Delhi on June 10, 2009.jpg|thumb|Tulasi Munda receiving Lakshmipat Singhania-IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award, 10 June 2009]]

'''Tulasi Munda''' (born 15 July 1947) is a social activist from the Indian state of [[Odisha]]. She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2001 by [[Government of India]] for her contribution to spreading literacy among the impoverished ''[[adivasi]]'' peoples of Odisha.<ref name="PadmaAwards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> Munda started an informal school in 1964 in Odisha's iron ore mining area to educate children from local ''adivasi'' populations, who would otherwise have ended up as [[child labour]] in the mines. She had been a child labourer in the mines of [[Keonjhar]] herself.<ref name="TheBetterIndia">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/100710/tulasi-apa-eradication-of-illiteracy|title=12 Facts About Tulasi Apa, the Odisha Woman Who Taught 20,000+ Children in 50 Years|last=S.|first=Lekshmi Priya|date=15 May 2017|work=The Better India|language=en-US|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>

Munda is illiterate and has no formal education.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite news |last1=Tewary |first1=Amarnath |title=Illiterate Herself, She Brings Education To Fellow Tribals |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/mad.asp?fname=making%5Fa%5Fdifference%2Ehtm&subsubsec=Orissa&synopsis=Education&fodname=20000327&personname=Tulsi+Munda |access-date=9 March 2019 |work=Outlook India |date=27 March 2000 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213205806/http://www.outlookindia.com/mad.asp?fname=making%5Fa%5Fdifference%2Ehtm&subsubsec=Orissa&synopsis=Education&fodname=20000327&personname=Tulsi+Munda |archive-date=13 February 2007}}</ref> She belongs to the [[Munda people|Munda]] [[ethnicity|ethnic]] group of ''adivasis'', the collective term in mainland South Asia for [[indigenous peoples]].

She is popularly known as "[[Tulasi Apa]]", literally meaning "Sister Tulasi" in [[Odia language|Odia]].

==Early life==
Munda was born on 15 July 1947 in Kainshi village located in the present-day Keonjhar district in Odisha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bepositive.org.in/story-of-tulasi-munda|title=Story of Tulasi Munda – Adivasi Warrior Princess who empowered her people with education|last=Priya|date=11 August 2013|website=Be Positive|language=en-US|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=March 2019}} Keonjhar is one of the most economically underdeveloped districts in Odisha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishasuntimes.com/8-odisha-districts-among-50-backward-country/|title=8 Odisha districts among 50 most backward in country: Survey {{!}} OdishaSunTimes.com|last=Bureau|first=Odisha Sun Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref> As a child, she wished to study but the idea of educating girls and women was largely socially unacceptable at the time.<ref name=TheBetterIndia /> [[Child labour]], poverty and [[slavery]] prevented indigenous children from getting an education. When she was 12, she went to Serenda village to live with her sister.<ref name=TheBetterIndia /> There she worked in the mines.

==Activism==
In 1961, Munda met social reformers [[Ramadevi Choudhury]], [[Nirmala Deshpande]] and [[Malati Choudhury]] who advocated for education for women. She joined their efforts happening in different parts of the country.<ref name=TheBetterIndia /> Munda also met Acharya [[Vinoba Bhave]] when he visited [[Odisha]] in 1963 during the [[Bhoodan movement]].<ref name=TheBetterIndia /><ref name=Outlook /> Her social service training and the guidance of social reformers inspired her future efforts.<ref name=TheBetterIndia /><ref name=Outlook />

She returned to Serenda in 1964 and started an informal school for children in the veranda of her home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhubaneswarbuzz.com/stories-by-people/know-inspiring-story-tulasi-munda-odisha-taught-20000-children|title=What you should know about inspiring story of Tulasi Munda of Odisha who has taught more than 20,000 children|website=Bhubaneshwar Buzz|date=18 May 2017|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=TheBetterIndia /> Later, she started the "Adivasi Vikas Samiti School".<ref name=Outlook /> As of 2019, the school provides education up to the 10th standard for nearly 500 boy and girl students every year. The school has increased the level of education and [[standard of living]] in the area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuaodisha.com/ContentDetails.aspx?cid=20747&todo=news|title=Odia Film Tulasi Apa Based on Life of Eminent Social Activist Tulasi Munda-2016|work=Odisha News|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
Since 1964, she has educated more than 20,000 children and helped the government establish 17 schools for primary or secondary education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kutchinafoundation.org/heres-the-story-of-tulasi-muda-a-k-a-tulasi-apa|title=Here's The Story Of Tulasi Munda a.k.a Tulasi Apa|date=7 July 2017|website=Kutchina Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award given by the [[Government of India]], in 2001, for her contribution to the field of "social work".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gaodisha.gov.in/node/761|title=Padma Awards|website=Department of General Administration and Public Grievance, Odisha|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=PadmaAwards />
* Kadambini Samman, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tulasi Munda gets Kadambini Samman |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Tulasi-Munda-gets-Kadambini-Samman/article15253589.ece |access-date=9 March 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=3 July 2008}}</ref>
* Odisha Living Legend Award for Excellence in Social Service, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/odisha_living_legend/Tulasi-Munda.asp |title=Odisha Living Legend Award (Excellence in Social Service): Ms. Tulasi Munda |date=11 November 2011 |work=Odisha Diary |access-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307192127/http://www.orissadiary.com/odisha_living_legend/Tulasi-Munda.asp |archive-date=7 March 2013 }}</ref>
* Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award, in the category of Community Service and Social Upliftment (Leader), 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lpsiimlawards.in/past-winners.html|title=Lakshmipat Singhania- IIM, Lucknow National Leadership Awards|website=LPSIIML Awards|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>

==Biopic==
''[[Tulasi Apa]]'', a biographic film based on her based on her life was released in 2015 at the [[Kolkata Film Festival]], where it received critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/wait-for-tulasi-munda-biopic-in-city/cid/1399760|title=Wait for Tulasi Munda biopic in city|work=Telegraph India|language=en|access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> The film was also screened at the 4th edition of the [[Tehran Jasmine International Film Festival]] (TJIFF) on 30 October 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discoverbbsr.com/tulasi-apa-screened-tehran-film-festival/|title=Award-winning Biography 'Tulasi Apa’ to be Screened at Tehran Film Festival|date=22 October 2016|website=Discover Bhubaneswar|language=en-US|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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