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{{short description|Founder of India's Bharatiya Stree Shakti}}
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'''Urmila Balavant Apte''' is the [[India]]<nowiki/>n Founder of the BhartiyaStree Shakti organisation in 1988 which is dedicated to the empowerment of women. She received the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] from President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] in 2018 for her work.

== Life ==
Apte is a mathematician who gained a master's degree from the [[University of Mumbai]] in mathematics. In 1969 she used her teaching qualification and master's degree to teach maths at various colleges in Mumbai.<ref name=bhar>{{Cite web|title=Smt. Urmila Apte – Bharatiya Stree Shakti|url=http://www.bharatiyastreeshakti.org/smt-urmila-apte/|access-date=2021-01-08|language=en-US}}</ref>

She founded, Bhartiya Stree Shakti (BSS), in 1988. BSS is an organisation for the empowerment of women. The organisation seeks to end discrimination based on gender<ref>{{Cite web|title=Urmila Balwant Apte - Nari Shakti Awardee 2017 - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9BR10hLGmg&ab_channel=MinistryofWomen&ChildDevelopmentGovtofIndia|access-date=2021-01-08|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and to empower women. It works to recognise women's contribution to the nation and to the family.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Meet Ms. Urmila Balawant Apte, #NariShakti Puraskar 2017 awardee.|url=https://twitter.com/PIB_India/status/971366484336263168/photo/2|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=7 January 2021|website=Indian government press site}}</ref>

[[File:Urmila Balavant Apte getting Nari Shakti Puraskar from President Kovind.jpg|thumb|left|Urmila Balavant Apte getting the Nari Shakti Puraskar from President Kovind]]

She served as the President of the Bhartiya Stree Shakti until 1995. In that year she became the All-India Organising Secretary and that is a role she retained until 2014.
During her time she has travelled across her country to support those interested in the Bharatiya Stree Shakti organisation. Ten states in India have at least one branch and it total there are 33 branches. From 2014 she sat on the National Executive Council of BSS.<ref name=bhar/>

In 2018 a two-day meeting of the Bhartiya Stree Shakti to celebrate thirty years since it was founded attracted 1,000 delegates from around India.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jan 13|first=TNN /|last2=2018|last3=Ist|first3=03:07|title=Bharatiya Stree Shakti discusses various issues {{!}} Nagpur News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bharatiya-stree-shakti-discusses-various-issues/articleshow/62480049.cms|access-date=2021-01-08|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

She was awarded the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] on International Women's Day in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery|url=http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery|access-date=2021-01-08|website=narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in}}</ref> The award was made by President Kovind at the Presidential Palace ([[Rastrapati Bhavan]]) in New Delhi with the Prime Minister of India, [[Narendra Modi]] also attending. Thirty-nine people or organisations were honoured that year. They received 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}}</ref>

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